Rockville, the Day of the Funeral

Saturday after the funeral, my sister and I went for a walk down by my grandma's house.  We took lots of pictures and admired all the junk:)  I decided I wanted to post some of the pictures, so I will get to my favorite part next time.

This is where my grandma hung her clothes out to dry.  During the summer that I lived with my grandparents, I also hung my clothes out to dry.  Who knew it was going to be good practice for my mission.  I have often wished I had a place at my house where I could hang my clothes out to dry.  I definitely have enough wind.

I love this picture of my grandparents' cars.  My grandpa rode that "mule" around everywhere.  I can't believe that it is still there along with their car.  My parents bought a mini van about the same time.  They had just come out with them, and they were such a novelty.  Since then, my family has gone through lots of cars, but my grandparents still have theirs, who knows if it runs!

With the hopes of being able to "use up" everything, there is a lot of junk laying around my grandparents' house.  These are old gas tanks, I am not really sure what they are called, but my grandpa used to have gas in them and I remember him filling up my old Buick Skylark once in awhile.  

This is the pecan tree at their house.  It produces a lot of pecans!  My grandma spent a lot of time cracking nuts and she always had some to share.  It is much prettier later in the year when there are some leaves. 

More junk....but I remember this car sitting at their house when I was a little girl.  I had no idea it was still there, it is just a little more hidden from plain sight.  

Lots of old tractors hanging around...

Bridge Road is one of my favorites, I have posted pictures of this bridge before, but everytime we go, it is still one of my favorite things to see.

At the end of my grandparents' lane, you can see the house where Kirk's grandpa grew up.  Small world!

And this is another reason why we love Rockville so much!

Surviving the Winter/Lots of Pictures

Last week while Kirk was in New York, I took the kids and we went to St. George and Zion.  We had such a good time and wish we could have stayed a little longer.  Unfortunately my parent's house is under construction and we had to come home eventually.  We enjoyed great weather, good shopping, yummy food (did you know there is a Brick Oven in St. George?), beautiful scenery, and fun friends.  It was a great trip and we look forward to doing it again!

At our hotel in St. George

Beginning the hike, Angel's Landing in Zion

At the end of the hike, we made it!  Not all the way to the top though, that hike is way too dangerous for little kids.  But I was impressed with how far they all made it.

I really am vacation/calendar oriented.  It keeps me going to have something to look forward to.  That is why I like planning ahead.  This was a great little get away!  And now the count down begins for our next adventure, I can't wait!

Rockville Recap

We squeezed in a quick trip to Rockville this past weekend, it was quick, but well worth it.  We always have a great time.  These are a few pictures from our Sunday evening.  

We hope to make it back down again soon!

In Search of Sunshine.....

Last weekend while my husband was at a scout camp (in the rain), I took off with the kids and headed south.  The further south we went, the warmer it got.  It was great.  We waded in the river, the boys swam, we sat outside and watched the sun go down, and we didn't miss the rain.  Then we had to come home, and it is still raining.  If it weren't for the bright yellow dot, called the sun, on the weekend forecast, I might be going south again this weekend.  

On Monday we went and hit a bucket of golf balls for FHE.  Golf is Kirk's very most favorite thing.  I have never been and haven't ever really had a desire to get into it.  But I actually kind of liked it.  Good thing Kirk doesn't read my blog, I would never hear the end of it!

It's About Time for Some Pictures......

Last night I cut off all of my boys' hair.  They now have "summer cuts".  They were all excited about it last night.  This morning though, was a different story.  Jacob didn't want to go to school because he, "hates being a twin and now I look just like David."  Funny boy!  Usually it is David who is worried about his hair...

Reggie loves to sunbathe on the little plastic picnic table.  We get a kick out of seeing him laying there.  We do clean it before we eat on it.

My kids thought that this might be Dora's house.  I am pretty sure she doesn't live in Rockville though.

Ethan really loves chess.  Chances are if you visit us, he will want to play a game with you.  I still have not learned to play and it works out pretty good.  Lucky for them they have a great dad who spends time playing with them.

Girls wearing kimonos, crossing the street in Japan.  I also saw boys wearing kimonos, I didn't know that boys wore them, but they do.

Helping to build a dam at a creek in Moab.  After this, we had to go buy some more shoes for the weekend (I only packed tennis shoes).  Luckily we found crocs (yes, real crocs) on sale for 1/2 off!

This is my little niece.  She was born on my birthday as well as my grandma's birthday.  She is a real cutie!  But I loved this little outfit in particular.  I wish I could pull it off.  Don't you just love those socks?

I love my silly twins.  It is so hard to see your babies grow up!