Trip to Columbus

Quent and I just returned home from Columbus, Ohio where my older brother lives. We went back for Ellee's baptism and to see their new home. We had a great time attending the baptism and spending time with the family. We were able to attend a pack meeting for Parker where he received his arrow of light and also visited an Amish community while we were there.

We were also able to spend Dale's birthday with him. We had a great time visiting Ohio and hopefully will be able to go back and visit someday.

Dale, Sydnee, Parker & Ellee

Parker had a great time playing guitar hero, it was my first time ever playing and we even got grandma molly to play.

Parker did a great job in the annual rain gutter regatta

Ellee and Quent had a great time together, we played a lot of games and team "QUENT & ELLEE" had a lot of fun beating the rest of us.

The quilt that Quent and I made for Ellee.

Full Moon

Both of these pictures were taken from our front porch. The first picture was taken on June 17 and the second on June 19.

Just Like The Real World

As of 12:30 p.m. today Quent and I officially have caller id. So if you call and we don't answer, we probably are just so excited to read who is calling us that we forgot to answer the phone. It's taken me 10 months to talk Quent into calling the state to see if we can get caller id hooked up at the house and the hatchery and after about a week of trying, we were successful in getting it to work. Now for everyone that is not familiar with are phone system, below is a brief explanation of how things work down here.

Just how is your phone hooked up you ask? Well it comes from the jack in the wall like any other house. The difference is in how it gets to the house. Because we live out in the middle of no where, Qwest wouldn't run phone lines to the house or to the hatchery, so it's set up on a satellite system. Our phone is beamed from a satellite in town that hits a satellite at the school which then hits our water tank and then the hatchery building. From the hatchery building to our house there is a buried phone line just like any neighborhood would have.

A quick trip to the city

Quent and I made a quick trip to Salt Lake last weekend and had a great visit with our families. We were able to spend a couple of nights with his parents as well as visit with my family and attend a bbq at a friends house.

Believe it or not it was the first trip I had made (Quent went on a quick one night trip in May) since April. No one thought I could stay in Big Water for 30 straight days but I did.

Up next..Ohio to visit Dale & family.

Pictures, Pictures and More Pictures

The moment everyone has been waiting for....pictures of our cruise to South America. It was difficult to narrow the 1200+ pictures down to just a few, the gallery is about 135 pictures. ENJOY!