Youth Conference

Mhari and Clark got to go enjoy our stake youth conference at Stephen F Austin University in Nacogdoches!  They had a great time and especially loved getting to room with friends!  

 

Free Meat

It was a beautiful day!  The clouds were doing some crazy things.  Later in the day I got word that a friends cow had to be put down and they were wondering if we wanted to help butcher it on site.  There were several families that came and helped.  It would have taken forever without all the many hands getting it done.  It was also a great chance for Clark to get his first butchering hands on experience.  Getting to do it with his best friends was the best!  It was a long evening, but we stayed to get it all cleaned up in the end.  Can't complain about a bit of free grass fed beef!

 

Wrangler

Sandra is working as a wrangler at Dry Ridge Outfitters at Harriman State Park in Idaho.  She is leading horseback rides!  I got a message from Kara Martin, from church, with this photo!  She didn't even know Sandra was doing that and then she ran into her there!  So fun!  Sandra is getting tan, working hard, and learning a lot!  Yay for summer jobs!

 

Sea World

We took the kids to Sea World!  Lorna and Clark really don't have much memory of the last time we went (almost 12 years ago) so we figured it was time to go back!  Having cousins live nearby was even better!  We hung out with Joseph, Benson, and Lorali the whole day.  The kids loved hanging with their cousins.  The big kids enjoyed roller coasters and we saw some fun shows too!  It was hot, but luckily there were some opportunities to cool down.  The seal and otter show was so crazy.  The firehose sprayed the audience!  Sure wish I had known how seriously they took their splash zone!  

Saturday we hung out at Joe and Amanda's for more bonding before heading back home.  Hopefully this trip will be remembered for a long time!

Big Lou's!

Big Lou's Pizza... how we've missed you!  We took the kids on a family trip to San Antonio!  Our first stop was Big Lou's Pizza!  We met up with Joe, Amanda and kids!  The pizza tasted great and the kids really helped clean it up!  They ate so much we ordered another (smaller) pizza!  Great times!  Oh, and Clark is still taller than his cousin, Benson, for now :)

 

Weedn

The clean up continues... with some old fashioned weeding!  The feed lot was getting so over run that I decided it was time to just pull the weeds.  I hate weeding, but I hate looking at weeds even more.  Hopefully next year we won't let it get this bad!  It's looking better now!

 

Cleanin Up

Clark has been mowing!  Getting the compound area all cleaned up!  It looks so much better short!  While he mowed Lorna and I cleaned up the dogs.  It also got them out of the pen so Clark could mow that too!  It's amazing how a little clean up makes everything look so much better!