Thursday, July 22, 2010

First Day of Preschool

Zowie goes back to school sooooo early. It's still July!!!! Oh well, next year, she'll be on the same schedule as me. My baby will be in kindergarten next year.


My nephew Grant stayed with us for a little while


Zowie with her teacher Mrs. Albert, and 2 aides Mrs. Angel and Miss Mary


Zowie and her preschool teacher, Mrs. Albert

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Church History Roadtrip

Prepare for a long post.....We took a 2 week roadtrip visiting my 2 sisters and visiting our church's history sites. It was a lot of fun.


Zowie and Zoe (cousins that are a month a part) playing together during Grant's baseball game


eating pickles, Zowie didn't like them


Grant at bat



The spiral staircase at Loredo Chapel in New Mexico


MAJOR hailstorm in New Mexico, had to pull over


looks like snow


my sleeping baby


Saw many huge blades to a windmill being transported on the freeway


Winter Quarters temple in Nebraska


Winter Quarters temple



My little pioneer


Zowie holding a handcart


Kansville Tabernacle


Liberty Jail


Soooooo much corn in many, many states


Jake and Zowie in Far West, Missouri (where the four cornerstones to a temple are)


A mill stone from Hauns Mill


Adam-ondi-Ahman


Mississippi or Missouri River, I forget (we crossed both a few times)


Sears Tower in Chicago (don't want to ever go back there again, crazy traffic)


Chicago Temple




My new niece, Avery. In Michigan visiting my sister Crystal


My cute nephew Rosswell

My other cute nephew Elliott


And another cute nephew, Donovan


Having fun







We all went to one of the lakes, I think it was Lake Michigan, but not sure





Zowie the mermaid, I did each child into something different


Detroit, Michigan Temple


Kirtland, Ohio Temple (not owned by our church, The Community of Christ still owns it)




The Johnson Farm, those steps by the door are the steps where Joseph Smith preached the next day after being taken away during the night and being tarred and feathered


Avery


Avery's blessing dress, my mom made it


4th of July in the backyard


light sticks


Carthage Jail, see the bullet hole? This is where the bullet went through Hyrum Smith


The the same bedroom, this is the window that Joseph Smith fell out of after being shot, he fell to his death


standing next to Joseph and Hyrum at Carthage Jail


Outside Carthage Jail, the 2nd story window is the one Joseph fell out of


Nauvoo, Illinois Temple


In Nauvoo


Gravestones of Joseph, Hyrum and Emma Smith


St. Louis, Missouri Temple


Dodge City (Get the heck out of Dodge!)


Albuquerque, New Mexico Temple


Albuquerque, New Mexico Temple