Quentin chose bowling to celebrate.
Happy Birthday QMac!
Monday, June 6, 2016
The Q Man is Four!
May 2016
The month of May started with John and I celebrating our 14th wedding anniversary! And by celebrating, I mean we got to sit next to each other during Stake Conference. At one point he leaned over and whispered, "Happy Anniversary," and I squeezed his hand in response. Big celebrating right there!
We drove to Sheridan for John's grandmother's funeral. On our way there we stopped to see Chimney Rock.
The face you make when you realize you're not the only occupant in your hotel room.
Chickens vs Jedi
Baseball Tournaments!
Gabe's team took 2nd place! Saturday, his team played from 8:30AM until midnight! It was insane!!!
Some cute things Porter brought home from school.
"My girl friend will be my Valentine.
We are in love so much we want to get married.
We are in love a lot."
"I want to go to White Water Bay.
I want to go to Hoo Why Ey (Hawaii) and relax on the beach."
End of year fun at Porter's school
When your skinny enough that toilet paper rolls fit on your arms:)
I picked the kids up on their last day of school and we kicked off summer vacation with burgers and milkshakes!
John and I went on our first real date in quite a while. We went downtown to the Plaza District and ate at a restaurant called The Mule.
Summer is already off to a great start. The kids are making plans and getting things done! I just found Gabe's plan for the week.
"Monday, make big plan.
Tuesday, buy supplies.
Wednesday, video games!
Thursday, bribe Porter.
Friday, do plan, take over world."
These dogs crack me up : )
Gabe was really proud of the Lego centaur he made.
Monday, May 9, 2016
Sheridan, Wyoming
This last week we drove to Sheridan for Grandma Heaton's funeral.
A big part of this trip was reminiscing about things John and his siblings did as kids. First thing we did was spend time at Grandma and Grandpa Heaton's Dry Farm.
Dave was king of the pond, catching all sorts of animals for the kids to look at!
See that sign Charlie is holding? It used to hang above the entrance to the Dry Farm. John and Chuck battled for ownership of the sign by having a bow and arrow shooting competition.
Checking the target and adding up the points
It was a really close match, but the sign looks great hanging in our family room : )
We also went down to the creek (pronounced crick) and heard lots of stories from Chuck and John about things that went down there . . . like John getting his tongue stuck to the bridge in the middle of winter : )
The best part is that while Chuck and John lead us down memory lane, our own kids were making new memories with their cousins. These kids were wild and crazy, but they had so much fun playing together!
The house where John's family lived in Sheridan.
I love this pic of the kids listening to Uncle Chuck's story of the time he saved Brandy (the pug dog) from under the ice on the creek.
This handsome guy took us on a wild fish chase up Piney Creek
Our group couldn't keep up with Uncle John, so the kids stopped and made forts on the side of the trail.
Q trying to break a stick on his knee like he saw Aunt Andra do : )
We visited the cemetery again and had the kids leave pennies on their ancestor's graves.
Quentin's namesake, his Great Great Grandma Bell
The boys next to John Edwin Bell's headstone, John's namesake.
The kids chased a heard of deer through the cemetery. It was hilarious to see them running and hiding behind headstones trying to be sneaky. When that didn't work they decided to make themselves "look" like deer . . . notice the antlers and Gabe being the backend.
Next stop was downtown Sheridan.
We had such a fun trip! The kids LOVED playing with their cousins and kept asking if we could move to Wyoming. We had to explain that their cousins were just visiting Wyoming too and it'd be really boring to live there without them. We love these special trips when we get to make such fun memories with our families! However, we still haven't solved the ancient mystery of what does the fox say. . .
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