A Visit from the Jones' Family - August 12 & 13

Here is everyone sitting watching the animal show at..."The Zoo". I didn't lie when I said that we took all of our visitors to the zoo.

The kids are feeding the animals.

This is a great picture of the kids in front of the Idaho Falls. We walked a lot this day and it was so hot. When we got lazy because we had walked so far, we called my sister and she came to pick us all up in her car. The six 6 kids piled in the back, with no car seats, and Brit and I sat in the passenger side. Plus we crammed our double and umbrella strollers in her hatchback. She drives a little Pontiac. This was very safe. I should state, so no one calls CPS on us, that we only drove down the street to a shaded area, maybe a mile.

Here is our little Cooper sitting on my counter. Every time I cook, he comes over to me and says, "Me help too, Me help too." So this is what I get: a cute little dude that takes up half my counter space and occasionally spills the ingredients. This morning we were making Swedish pancakes, which are one of the kids favorite breakfast.

Hurricane, Utah in August 2011

Little Miss Scotlyn out on on Papa's boat. She loves the water and to go fast. Now if we can only get her to try out the water ski's.

Parker wasn't too sure of the ride at first, but loved it in the end. He kept asking Papa to go faster and do it again.

Driving the boat was the best part for all the kids.

This was Cooper's expression the whole time on the boat. The next few pictures were taken at the Hurricane Splash Pad. It was hotter than h%#l in Hurricane. We would have just about melted if it hadn't been for the Washington Rec. Center or this splash pad. The boys had a great time running through the water and I was able to get some cute pics of them. Scotlyn was still on her vacation with Nana at this time.

Here are the kids helping Nana wash her car.

Wendy (Grandma), Jen, Josh, Scotlyn, Parker, and me all got to go see the "Little Mermaid" at Tuacahn. Wendy had bought us tickets in early July, which was good because they had had a sold out show for 29 consecutive days. It was a wonderful show and the kids loved it.

Flintstones, Bedrock City, South Dakota 7/17/2011

This is actually Parker and Cooper at Mount Rushmore. Notice the scratch on Parker's nose. When we first arrived, he fell down on the concrete sidewalk and scratched it.

Flinstones: Bedrock City...here we come!

Iowa : July 6- 16, 2011

We went back to Iowa to visit and so Matt could help clean out his grandparents farm. There was a lot to do and he was busy the whole time he was there. He had a great time strolling down memory lane with his family and finding lots of old items that his grandpa had hidden away. I'm surprised we didn't come back with anything on a trailer. Everyone was helping to get ready for an auction on September 11. They pulled out 15 tractors, I think, and 6 old cars that they decided were too sentimental to sell. Here is one of them with the kids posing next to it. I think the cars name is "Vicky". Matt was successful in getting all of the cars at least running, some not so well but they made noise. We had a great time even though it was very hot, humid, and the kids looked like they had chicken pox from all of their mosquito bites. Parker even had a visit to the ER for a bite, spider we think, that made his forehead and eyes swell.

Here are all the Great Grandkids: Madison, Josh, Morgan, Madi, Josie, Scotlyn, CJ, Parker, and Cooper.

Miss Scotlyn loves to pose for pictures.

The Grandkids: Kristie, Jennifer, Matt, and Cheri

"Thank you Aunt Jennifer for helping me with my hot dog." Parker kept dropping his hot dog in the coals and getting black on it.

We had a bonfire, a small one, and roasted hot dogs, marshmallows, and made smore's.

Matt and Parker were just getting to mow the back woods and side yard with this monstrous mower. Parker and Cooper loved taking rides on these tractors. In the afternoon when Cooper needed to take a nap, we would just take him for a tractor or 4 wheeler ride and he would fall fast asleep.

Parker loved to climb up and down and sit there pretending to drive the tractors. He didn't mind posing for pictures as long as he was on a tractor.

In this picture, you can tell that his face is swollen from the spider bite. It didn't hurt, itch, and wasn't red but it sure looked yucky.

Cooper getting a trailer ride on the back of the mower.

Cheri, Jen, Bonnie, and Wendy were washing and taking pictures of the tractors for the auction guy.

Kristie gave all the kids a ride in the trailer all around the yard.

Parker and CJ

Cooper was so tired each afternoon.

If Matt was fixing a car, then Cooper and Parker were right there, sometimes under his feet wanted to help him.

Matt and Steve discussing how to get the car running.

More washing tractor pictures.

Cooper and Parker taking a ride in the Galaxy 500 with Matt driving.

The girls: (Morgan, Madi, Josie, and Scotlyn) and Josh having a good time hanging out.

Matt, Parker, and Cooper

My little Scottie

Cooper in front of the corn field.

Cooper always wanted to be by a tractor. He was jealous because Parker could climb up on them and he couldn't.

Thanks dad for helping me up on the tractor.