Welcome Home Drew!!!

We were planning on taking a trip out to Iowa this summer. Drew was coming home from his mission mid-July, so we decided to hit it just at the right time. It was so good to see him. I can't believe that he is home already. He left just after Darrick finished dental school. Boy, we are getting old. Welcome home Drew! Great job out there. We love you and are so proud of you! The girls waiting patiently for Uncle Drew to come home!

Drew heading into the airport. (I know, nice fuzz, but oh well cute picture. :))

The girls hanging out with and having lots of fun with Uncle Drew!

Reunion with the Jones

We recently took a trip back to our old stomping grounds in Iowa. Our first stop was to see our good friends the Jones'. It was so good to see them. I sure wish that we lived closer, but we plan on continuing to get together every once in a while. It was a long drive to get there, but it was so much fun hanging out with them again. Camden was so excited to see Keira again. She had a really hard time saying good-bye. On our way back through she kept begging to go and see Keira again. We really do miss those guys a lot. I feel bad that I was such a dead beat while we were there. Boy I hate those nasty migraines.

Fourth of July Fun!

We had so much fun this fourth. Grandma, Grandpa, and Aunt Carolyn came out for a visit. We had a great time with them. Thanks so much for the visit.

We started off the day with the sound of hot air balloons right outside our window. We got up to see the sky full of them. It was really neat. One landed in our neighbor's backyard while a plane took off. Another one landed and folded up right across the street from us. Darrick and the girls even went around town following them for a while. Kota almost got into one of the baskets. What a fun way to start the fourth!

Next we took off for the parade in Crested Butte. It was fun. The girls had forgotten how much candy you could gather at a parade.

We left there and headed up the mountain where we went hiking. It was such a beautiful day. We came home rested a bit, had a fun Bar-B-Q, and went out to our favorite fishing hole. We got skunked! This was our first experience to come up empty handed. Oh well. We chalked it up for coming a little earlier than usual. We then came home to enjoy the fireworks. It was a great day! We sure were glad to have family here to celebrate with us.