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

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Swim lessons

We put Zowie in swim lessons this summer with Mandy Bailey. She was awesome! Zowie showed no fear.




Zowie just wouldn't jump feet first. It was always a belly flop. Poor thing.


She wanted to jump off the divingboard when none of the other girls wanted to. Like I said, no fear!

Friday, June 11, 2010

Family Pictures


Love her








So grown up!

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Hoppy Easter

We woke up this morning and had Zowie search for her hidden Easter basket. She loved it!!! We went over to my parents in the afternoon, in between conference sessions, and had lunch and watched the last session. We also hid eggs so Zowie could find them. She really liked doing that. We didn't get to go over to my grandma's yesterday, but my cousin Toy gave Zowie a goody bag. Inside were some gummy teeth. I put them on Zowie and they were freakin' hillarious!!!! I laughed so hard and couldn't stop. They're bunny teeth.








After I showed her what she looked like, she then smiled.


hunting for eggs