Ghost Town Restored

A couple weeks ago we drove out to see this little Mormon ghost town called Chesterfield. A lot of the buildings there have been restored and you can take a tour of them. It was built on the Oregon trail and people still lived there until the 1950's. It was fun to walk around and go inside the houses. It was very quiet and peaceful there. In the museum there were all these old pump organs so I decided to try one out. (No one was in there to stop me so I hope it was ok!) It was so fun to play, but kind of weird to keep the sound going with your feet. This is one of the last tithing offices of our church that is still standing. Unfortunately, it was locked so we just had to peek in the windows.
In one cabin you could climb this ladder to go into the loft area. Even I had to turn sideways to squeeze through.
We visited the little log cabin store after our tour and loaded up on candy and soda. Lemon drops, rootbeer barrells, licorice, and huckleberry and sarsaparilla soda. Yum! I haven't eaten that much candy in one sitting for a long time. Oh well, the dentist was eating it too, so I guess it was alright. :)

Party Time!

Our nephew Kaden turned 1 a couple weeks ago and we went to help celebrate. Kaden is just starting to walk and is such a cutie. We love to spend time with our nephews. opening presents
enjoying the birthday cake
Jacob having fun with the baby toys (maybe I should get him a drum set for his b-day?) Teagan as Batman trying to steal the show from his younger brother

Visitors

This is a little late, but a couple weeks ago we were so excited to have our really good friends the Waddoups visit us. They had been on vacation in Idaho and stopped by on their way home. It was so nice to see them for a little while. We wish it could have been for longer. I was sad to see them leave again. It made me homesick for Virginia. Anyone else wanna come visit? We have a guest room you can stay in. Thanks Waddoups for making our day a little brighter!

Blue Angels

While we were in Twin Falls we met up with Will, Louisa, Josh, and some of Josh's family at the Blue Angels Air Show. I have to say I hadn't complained of it being hot yet in Idaho until that day. But now we had to sit by the runway and melt into our camp chairs under the blazing sun. There was no breeze and we had to drink our water quickly so it didn't boil in the bottle. But it was fun seeing all the planes fly by. We waited a few hours for the highlight of the show: the Blue Angels. They were amazing. I guess it was worth the wait to see them fly. If you ever get the chance to see them you should go. Just remember to bring a hat (and sunscreen). Jacob about sunburned his head off.

Louisa and me
Will
Jacob showing off at the Marine's tent

Josh and Lou

the blue angels

Open House

We were able to go to the Twin Falls Temple open house a couple weeks ago. It's the 4th temple open house I've gone to now. It is beautiful inside, of course. All of the stained glass windows have the syringa, the Idaho state flower, in them. It was a good experience to go through and I hope we can go back later after it's dedicated.

Come on, you know you want to read it...

I am so happy this book is finally here! And yes, I waited in line with all the giggling teenaged-girls to buy a copy. I got mine at Wal-mart after doing my grocery shopping. Weird, I know, to buy groceries at midnight, but there were actually quite a few people doing the same thing. There were even a few kids dressed up in line to get the book. I have never gone to a midnight release of a book, not even Harry Potter. So I thought I would for this one. Anyone else already get it? Now I'm off to read it before someone spoils the ending for me...