Road trip 2008

So, this summer, Nathan and Melinda convinced me to take a 34? hour road trip with them from our house to grandma and grandpa's house.  We got to see their new house, play DS and try to keep each other awake.  We crossed many state borders (and missed a few signs.) We had a really good time though and all the kids did great.  However, since the trip my kids now ask anytime we drive somewhere if it is a long trip like going to grandma's house or a short trip!

On our trip we visited Great Grandma and Grandpa Huckstep, who were on a volunteer mission for a camp not too far from my parent's cabin.  I would still like to claim that my grandparents are the cutest ever!  The last couple of times we have gone home, they have been gone, so it was fun to see them, have grandma fix some yummy homemade ice cream, have grandpa take the kids for a ride and of course get a new toy from Grandpa's 'toy shop.'  We played at a lake, went waterskiing and even met Corinne's boyfriend, Alex.  We also got to be there for Chris and Kristal's baby blessing and my girls had a lot of fun meeting their newest cousin, Rylee.

Modeling fun...

We found a good place to take pictures so the girls were having fun 'striking a pose.'

I dyed my hair a few weeks ago.  I was going to go a dark brown, but I made the mistake of taking Abby to the store with me.  She found a deep red and loved it and told me to try it.  I didn't really care, just wanted a change so I made the mistake of listening to my four year old. When Jeana saw my hair, she said, "Mom, you look just like Ariel! Well, not just like Ariel, but your hair looks like Ariel."  (I guess it was the lack of shells and a fin that gave it away.) 

My cute little gardeners

David surprised me this year by putting in a couple of garden boxes.  We have talked about having a garden but when we bought our house, we purchased it from an elderly couple who couldn't maintain the yard anymore and it was out of control.  Three years later, we are still struggling to get it to a manageable state, so we said we weren't going to plant a garden until the yard was in order, but my hubby knew I have been excited about one, so last Monday for FHE we planted one and my girls were really cute helpers.

Corinne Visiting too

We have an international market here in town with lots of fun things.  Everyone wanted to take a "royal seat" with Aunt Corinne.  The doors are deceiving b/c behind the fake outhouses are actually really nice bathrooms.  

My little fruit heads posing at a 4 acre international market with crazy amounts of fun imported food.  Including my girls' favorite...baby fruit.

Graduation Day for Nate

      Well, it is official, the first "Dr." in the family.  Glad we could all be there to celebrate.
Give me an "O" for OSU...

Grandpa and Grandma in Town

Grandpa helped Jeana and Daddy helped Abby build boats at Home Depot for their kid classes the store holds monthly.

A Day on the Golf Course

The girls had a blast playing miniature golf with their cousins and Grandma too.  The Adults were taking too long trying to show me up (since I am practically a golfing pro, in fact I think in the end I still had the highest score :)), so Grandma took the kids ahead.

Jeana, who ovbiously gets all of her skills from her mom, has been mini golfing twice and both times has had a hole in one and done well on the other holes also (though in the pictures they were all sharing the green) ...HIGH SCHOOL golf scholarships...here we come!

After a long day of golfing, it feels nice to crash... wherever.