Happy Father's Day!

I love you Kelly! Thank you for being such a wonderful Daddy and husband. How could we survive without you? You complete our lives and fill us with SO much love and light! Happy Father's Day sweetheart!

The Oswego Fair

We had so much fun yesterday going to the fair in the neighboring town of Oswego. Fairs bring such nostalgia for me of running our family booth in Star Valley as a youngster. We would campout in a tent, work 16 hour days, and sweat pure grease from working over the fryer. Yes, it sounds grueling but we were working together as a family and built some of the most lasting bonds and memories. It is amazing how the most impressionable bonding time comes from the most intense circumstances!

This lady brought her pet birds to the fair and let this kids hold and cuddle it

The fire dept. gave away hats, badges, and rubberband guns. Gotta love free stuff!

Haela was in awe of the camel. How often do you get the chance to go for a camel ride. We figured the cost was an investment!

Of course, every kids favorite...the merry-go-round. I miss the days when they cost 25 cents!

Nauvoo

We had a wonderful weekend visiting family in Iowa City for Uncle Spencer's graduation from Dental School (way to go Spencer!). On our way home we stopped in Nauvoo and had such a wonderful time. It was nice to be back where the streets are filled with other saints! Of course we ran into people we know (it happens every time!). Our friends from Chicago were there, some friends of Shayla/Spencer's, and an Elder from our mission! Every time I go I feel just as powerful a feeling as I did the first time. My gratitude and reverence for what the saints went through and what Joseph Smith sacrificed for this gospel is renewed every time. I love this place and it is so nice to be only a few hours away!

Haela was in heaven playing the role of pioneer!

Enoch had a ball in the wheel-barrow and we all LOVED the ride in the covered wagon.

I can't wait to go again!

Nauvoo (cont.)

The kids loved learning what the pioneer kids did for fun!

After adoring the beautiful temple Haela said, "I want to get married so I can go to the temple"!

Meet me in St. Louie!

One foot, two foot, guess which is whose foot!

Kelly goes to St. Louis often for work and sometimes we go with him because there is so much to do for FREE! Forest Park is our favorite spot with the lakes, rivers, museums, and zoo! Even parking is free!

Yes, the bounce-house was free too!

Birthday Fun! (cont.)

Enoch loved all of his presents because they either made noise or....

...could be thrown!

So the cake I made wasn't the prettiest but it least it was wheat, egg, dairy, and nut-free! It actually tasted pretty good too! Thank you Cherrybrook Kitchen!

Birthday Fun! (cont.)

Haela wanted to put on make-up for the occasion! What a beauty!

Kelly's favorite past-time is trying to act as old as the kids!

Birthday Fun!

Though we had no family or friends with us we sure enjoyed celebrating Enoch's birthday with our small clan. The weather looked nice from the window so we packed everything up to take to the park. We had fun for about 10 minutes until everyone got too cold so we packed everything back up and went home to finish celebrating. Poor little Enoch was still recovering from his massive goose-egg he received the day before when he decided to nose-dive out of the van and land right on his head. Poor kid! He still managed to smile through it all. It is hard to see in these pictures how big it really was but--no lie--it stuck out about 3/4 of an inch!