Summer Fun!

The last two weeks have been busy ones around here! My cousin Kim, her two kids, and brother Nathan came to visit! We had so much fun with them here! Addison is about 6 months younger than Haley so we had to do some refereeing between the two of them, but Haley loved having a friend! When they first got here we went to Nauvoo - It was so fun. It has been a while since I have gone so it was really neat. Haley loved riding on the horse-drawn wagon and seeing the temple. We took the trailer down with us and camped at the Nauvoo state park - which is a very beautiful campground. We had fun camping, the kids especially liked roasting hot dogs and marshmallows! And also all the fireflies - Nathan caught some for us and the kids loved it!

When we got back home we played around here. There is a train that goes through Boone county that we went on and the kids had so much fun! We went swimming one day and picnicking. We even made it down to the zoo - even though we didnt get to see everything because it starting pouring rain! It was just a lot of fun!!

Thanks Kim and Nate for coming!! We love you!

A little taste of Iowa

This is definately what most of Iowa is like! Just in case you were wondering ;)





This reminded me how grateful I am for the beautiful piece of Iowa that we live in!

Camping!

This past weekend we got to get away and go camping! Now camping out here in Iowa is very different than what we are used to (since there is no mountains) - but we found a little lake with a campground and all though it was very crowded (parallel parked trailers) we actually found a pretty good spot. The best part is that we were camped right next to the playground! The worst part was definately the bugs! I have never experienced gnats like I did this weekend! We were so grateful to have our trailer! We just bought this trailer from my Grandpa (for a great deal) and we love it! It is so nice - is fully functional with toilet and shower - love it!! Haley and Parker had so much fun swimming and playing in the sand at the beach while Scott and I got to relax a little! It was a lot of fun and hopefully we can do it more!