Topaz Mountain & Omaha Trips

We've had a couple of great trips with the fam lately. The first was with Mitch & Sonnie and the Clarkes at Topaz Mountain May 23-25. Topaz Mountain is down in central Utah about 45 minutes from Delta. It is in an ancient volcanic area where you can find little pieces of topaz if you dig in the mountain and also if you just sift through the sand in the wash area. We took a detour on the way home to find the Dugway Geode Beds. Mark and Mitch dug in the 95 degree sun trying to find geodes while Sonnie and I just wandered through the previously dug areas and found our own geode treasures.

Our next excursion, May 31-June4, was with the Clarkes (Eric absent) on a 16 hour journey to Omaha to visit the Pences in their little condo. It was a houseful. Marianne was a lovely hostess and we fit in all the famous Omaha sites in just three short days before we took the 16 hour return journey. We visited the Winter Quarters Temple, the Omaha Zoo, the Omaha Botanical Gardens, the giant slides in downtown Omaha, then took a trek to the Pizza Machine (a buffet pizza place with amusement rides, arcades, race tracks, mini golf etc)--a Chucky Cheese on steroids as Kristen called it. But the favorite place for the kids was just in Marianne and Dan's condo complex's playground. What a great time we had with the girls and their babies (for sure Dan too).

Kellen's latest news is that he's had intestinal discomfort (if you know what I mean) ever since he arrived--no fun. But he's managed to keep in good spirits and has visited one of the largest waterfalls in the world, Iguacu Falls, in Argentina on one of his P days. He's our missionary hero!

We are truly blessed to have such amazing children who've made such good choices in their lives thus far. We love them.

Baby Animal Days

Gavin and Addie came to visit at Grandpa and Grandma's house for a couple of days during Grandma's spring break. We went to Baby Animal Days at Jensen Historic Farm on April 11. What fun!!! Here's some cute pics...

Grandkids on the fence.

Addie with the baby chick--so soft.

Gavin finds out how hard a calf can suck.

Gavin with the baby pig.

Pony rides!!!

Addie loved the bunnies?!

Gavin with the toads and turtles...Nothing like little boys and toads.

I hope they call me on a mission!

Mitch & Sonnie's Wedding

Easter Weekend

We spent the weekend with Clarkes in Provo where we had a fun little Easter egg hunt with the grandkids! On the way home, we took a detour past the MTC. It was great to be in range of our "Elder" son. He's loving it. Mark is harvesting scrumptious salad greens from the greenhouse and we'll soon have a fresh pineapple to enjoy. I promise we'll get better pics from the wedding as soon as they are ready...anticipation!

Grandma and Baby Livvy!

Zeus loves to be in the greenhouse. He's sitting by the basil, parsley, and oregano.

Soon the pineapple will be ready to be harvested

Mark in the greenhouse with his lettuce (notice the cucumbers, lettuce and and tomato plants growing with hydroponics)

Elder Humpherys (second from left in the back)

More pis to come later...

Big Days

Well, we made it through the big days. Mitch & Sonnie were married and now live happily ever after. Kellen is now Elder Humpherys and lives in Provo for a couple of months before moving on to Argentina. Mark & I are empty nesters. So far it's not such a bad thing!!!