More on our trip!

After Nauvoo Ty headed back to Rexburg and we headed on back home. We stopped for the day in St. Louis to see the Gateway arch it was super awesome!
We rode up to the top of the arch 630 feet it was crazy we got into what was like a dryer drum and it only fit 5 people. It was all white and we sat there for like 10 min and the whole time it would tilt a little as we were getting higher and higher! when we were at the top they just had a bunch of these little windows to look out and there was never a flat plane it was a complete arch and there was not a lot of room up there. it was a pretty amazing building!
We also got to go to the St. Louis Zoo. it was really fun we got to see a lot of fun animals. Here it Calvi by the elephants.
He really loved all the animals but his favorite by far was the hippos! there were 5 of them and they kept swimming right in front of him and he just laughed and smiled it was so cute!
Here is Clara and calvi at winter quarters riding a wagon, they had fun playing in the pioneer stuff.
Here is liberty Jail, this was a really neat experience it was so small it fit inside of the building. Since it was November there was no one there and so it was nice to really take our time here, we heard lots of amazing stories that really made me appreciate the prophet and those who helped bring the gospel to us.
This is at Far West temple site there really was not much there but it was fun to just go be there.
This was one of my favorite places Adam-ondi-Ahman, it was so pretty there. We got there right as the sun was going down and it was so pretty to see all the fall colors and the land was so beautiful.
There really was not a lot to see here either but it was really nice piece of land.
Here is my mom just playin with her grand kids. It was nice to have my parents and grandparents on the trip cause they were a big help just entertaining the kids.
We stopped at the Pony Express museum it was really fun to see how it all started. We did see a lot of old stuff every where we went on the trip but it was neat to see what people had and used back in the day.
Here is Calvi who knows who his parents are i mean really he has this thing with putting his feet up on the table. We would go somewhere to eat and here he is just kickin back with his feet on the table. He also likes to take his socks off and i would have to keep putting them back on. He is a crazy boy but i love him!!

Nauvoo Trip

So last month we took a 2 week vacation across a few states to Nauvoo. Me, Calvi, Brooke, Clara, my parents, and my grandparents all went on the trip. Tyler was able to fly out and meet us for a few days while we were actually in Nauvoo. It was a long but exciting trip. Here we are at our first stop Custers last stand.
Next stop Mt Rushmore, this was pretty exciting to see although it is a little smaller than what i had imagined but it was still a huge sculpture on a mountain!! Going in November we were a little afraid of the weather but lucky for us it was awesome the whole time not to cold and not snowy!!
Here we are hangin out at Wall Drug with some local.
This is a really awesome building we saw along the way the Corn palace, the entire outside and some inside it decorated in only corn products like corn cobs and stalks and anything corn! It was pretty amazing.
Here we are in Nauvoo at the brick store, this was one of tys favorite places to go see he also like the blacksmith shop. Since we were there in November it was great cause there was hardly any people there. The people were so friendly and since we were there a few days they all could recognize you and we were able to have one on one time with them.
These are the graves of Joseph, Emma and Hyrum Smith.
Here we are at the Nauvoo temple. it was really pretty but closed for cleaning while we were there. The actual town of Nauvoo was pretty small there was not much else other than a lot of church sites.
Here we are at liberty Jail this is the room where Joseph Smith was shot. It was really neat there was no one else there so we could take time and look around it was a pretty neat place.
This is also one of tylers favorite parts the Mississippi River! it was so huge and since he loves water he loved this.
Here is ty showing calvi the huge barge out on the river it went right past us and it was really really big! The sun was going down and it was so pretty to just sit by the river and look out at the view.
And here is ty and Calvi just hangin out on the grass enjoying the sun! I do have more pictures to come it was a long trip and we saw a lot but that is enough posting for a day!

Happy Fall

Man we have been so busy lately. I cant believe what has happened to the year, it is already fall! Calvin had a great time playin in the leaves. He is so cute he can smile on demand and it is super cheesy!
A few weeks ago we took a trip to utah, tyler had a meeting and while he was in his meeting we hung out with uncle Andy! we had a great time he took us to go get some super good frozen yogurt, not like the fake stuff this was really good! He also took us around BYU it was really fun to hang out with him! Thanks for everything Andy!
One of the nights we spent in a hotel, Calvin had a lot of fun crashing the hotel and getting into everything!!
Last week we went for a quick trip to Twin Falls and we got to go trick or treating to the Grandma and Grandpas. Here are the kidos in their costumes, they are so cute!
And here are my boys just getting ready for bed. Calvin loves books he will just sit there while you read to him it is so cute! Happy Fall!!!

A lot of Frstst!!

For some reason this pict is not showing up, you HAVE to click on it to see my super cute Calvi!!!

So a lot has happened this last week. Calvi has just been growing like crazy! He not only is an awesome crawler but he now likes to stand up or kneel next to things!! Here he is in the tub he likes to kneel by the side and look out. He just loved hangin out in the tub!




We had a Halloween party to go to last weekend and here is calvi in he Halloween costume from his gma fint! Can you guess who he is, Calvin and Hobbs in 1!



A day in the life of calvin includes playing and talking to the fish!



Trying to go climb up the stairs, but for now he gets stuck on the 2nd step.



and helping mom with the dishes! Calvin has had fun following me around all day and being a big boy doing all kinds of stuff. He also got a new tooth on the bottom but no one can see it he is very protective of it! He also has learned to clap and he claps all the time! it is so cute!

All boogers here!!

Yes it has been a long time and it has been crazy! We have been sick for the last 2 weeks it started out with runny noses and then sore throats that turned into coughs. Hopefully we are getting over this junk! In the mean time calvin has been all over the place. He is super fast at crawling and he is like my little tag along puppy!

Here he is playin with his uncle tysen. They like to wrestle around on the floor it is really funny!
Tyler has been having a lot of fun with his little guy now that he has been mobile. It is so crazy but in the last month calvin has really grown up he is a lot of fun to play with.
He is such a happy guy and he is getting into a lot of weird places. He gets stuck a lot but he will figure it out! He is a pretty funny dude!

Sleepover!!

So last weekend we went up to west yellowstone with some friends and family to a cabin. It was a lot of fun. The cabin was really awesome and had a great view. Here is calvi helping me load up the truck he loved it and he was ready to go!!
Here we are out on the porch you could see the lake, it was so nice and relaxing. The weather was even nice.
Here are the boys what nerds!! There is Clay, Ty, and Domino, all on their sweet phones!
Here is me and Calvi on the porch looking out at the cars passing by.
And here are the girls, Danielle, me and Brooke! We are looking out at Quake lake it was pretty creepy looking! we had a really great time just lazing around the cabin. we went to west yellowstone to eat lunch and have yummy ice cream for lunch on Saturday. This might be the last big outside thing we will do for a while, it is gettin chilly!!!

The last few weeks

So a lot has happened the last few weeks. We went to Utah a few weeks ago and I left my camera at tys cousins house! man so much happens when you dont have your camera!! anyway a few weeks ago Adam and Cori came down to hang out with us for the weekend. It was a lot of fun we went swimming at this really awesome spot i use to go to in my college days. We all had a lot of fun. We also went to the rexburg fair wich was so so tiny, and we went bowling wich is something i have not done in forever!
Tysen came to stay with us for the night and calvi had fun with him, here they are palying dominos just hangin out together! they are so cute!!
We also went to Twin falls and hung out with the cousins!! it was alot of fun to see them all they are growing so fast!
Here is calvin out on the farm. We went to my parents house and we helped burn a field on the farm. Calvin sat in the pickup with good old trusty tina while my parents burned, and i got to drive around on the 4 wheeler. It was a lot of fun to be out on the farm again. wierd to think that you could miss working but i had a great time!
And here we are last night was so nice outside and so we had a little BBQ and calvin had his first cheeto and LOVED it! I cant believe that the sumer is almost gone!