Our 2 Favorite Missionaries

My sister Melissa is in the Omaha Nebraska Mission and currently gives tours at the Mormon Trail Center. She was always my best friend growing up & (besides Lincoln) she still is. I don't know what I would do without her in my life. She is a constant support & is the most perfect person that I've ever met! Not to mention, she is so cute! She will be home in July...we are so excited to see her.

My brother Shawn is in the Kennewick Washington mission. My cousin Stetson got called to the same mission and they reported the same day! They are even from the same home ward, but Stetson sent in his papers from Utah & Shawn sent his in from AZ. Pretty crazy! We are hoping that they can be companions sometime during their mission. I love Shawn so much & miss him. I can tell that he is an incredible missionary! He gets home a few weeks after Melissa!

We've seen many blessings come into our lives since Shawn & Melissa have been out on their missions. I love having missionaries to keep in contact with. I love hearing their experiences & testimonies...they are great examples to me.

Texas Roadhouse

Lincoln & I just being...us! Ok, so he doesn't know that I posted this picture...I thought it was funny. He wouldn't cooperate with the camera so that's what he gets!

I love this guy.

OKLAHOMA!!!

Lincoln's cousin Katee flew me out to Oklahoma to stay with her & her kids for a week while her husband was out of town. It was such a fun trip...I think I really needed a break from real life for awhile! :) We had so much fun staying up late talking and watching tv. She took me to a lot of fun places. Thank you SO much Katee for the enjoyable trip! I can't wait to visit you guys again!

At the Oklahoma State Fair...

This goat had a crazy beard!

Sydnee & I in front of a bull. Don't worry...it was chained to the wall!

A view of downtown Oklahoma City

These guys were climbing a ladder & doing flips into the water. I took some pictures to send to Lincoln to make him jealous (ha ha!) & this guy caught me taking pictures of him. Who invented Speedos anyway? They are so gross!

Going down the slide with Sydnee

Disney Princesses on Ice

Katee, Bergen, Sydnee & I went to see Disney Princesses on Ice at the state fair. It was a good show. I was really impressed with some of the ice skaters! They did some really cool things. And of course the Disney music and characters are so fun.

My favorite Disney Princess...Belle

Sydnee & I watching the show

The Grand Finale!

Oklahoma City Bombing

We were supposed to visit the Oklahoma City Bombing memorial the first time we went to visit Katee & Kevin, but I was too sick to go the day that we had planned to. Now I really wish we had gone, so that Lincoln could have seen it. It was amazing! I was so impressed with everything they had at the memorial and the feeling that I felt there.

A wall with tiles from kids with pictures representing the day of the bombing.

A rescue worker wrote this as they were pulling people out of the remains of the building.

In memory of the victims...this little pair of shoes just broke my heart.


My favorite part, even though it is not technically part of the memorial. This statue was put up across the street. The inscription in the last picture is on the bottom of the statue. AMAZING!

The bombing happened at 9:02 so they have a wall facing one way that says 9:01, and another wall facing the opposite direction that says 9:03 on it. In the middle they have a shallow pool that spans the space between the two walls. It is flat and empty...it is a really powerful part of the memorial.

This is the tree that survived the bombing. They have a quote on the wall in front of it about being survivors. It was too long to take a picture of, but I loved it.

There is an empty chair for each of the 169 people who died in the bombing. Each chair has one of the victim's names on it. This is where the building actually stood.

Star Wars Mailbox

I saw this mailbox outside the post office across the street from the memorial. For those of you who don't know, Lincoln is a huge Star Wars fan! Seriously, he loves it, so I had to take a picture of it for him. This is a real mailbox...we thought it was pretty cool!

Grandparents Night

Sydnee's school had Grandparents Night while I was there, so I got to go and be the honorary grandparent. I teased that I was going to get a gray wig & walk around with a cane. She was mortified! Anyway, I got to see Syd's classroom & school and meet her teacher. It was a fun night!

Lunch at Pops with Katee & her friends. This place was so cool...they had TONS of different sodas to choose from, and the place was a convenience store/restaurant. It was very futuristic looking. The girls that we went with were a lot of fun & made me feel like part of the group. Thanks girls!

Bergen loves making faces for the camera!

Playing cars in "the box".

I love Bergen's frog boots...he wants to wear them everywhere. It is hilarious!

I'm really going to miss this cute face!!!

Hiatt Family Reunion

Last weekend we had our annual family reunion up in Pine at the beautiful Hiatt cabin! We talked, ate, played games, had a program Saturday night, and a nice meeting on Sunday. I feel so privileged to have married into such a wonderful family.

I hate spiders!

Lincoln & I just got back from his family reunion in Pine. I had a fight with the bugs up there & obviously lost. I think these are spider bites. I am on Benadryl for this stuff & Vicodin for my other pain, so I will be sleeping well tonight. :) I have the worst luck ever!

"A Dropped Call Can Ruin The Conversation"

My cousin Savannah cut my hair today...I wanted kind of a drastic change. So Lincoln hasn't seen my haircut yet & I told him I was cutting it, but didn't know exactly how short or what I was doing to it. Anyway, I called him after I got it done and he wanted me to send him a picture from my cell phone so he could see it. I told him to text me right back so I knew what he thought. I sent the picture...nothing. I waited a few more minutes for a text from Lincoln...nothing. I started making excuses & texting him things like, "Well, I took it with a camera phone. It looks better in person." Still no reply. I called his cell phone. He still didn't answer. I finally got a text a few minutes later that said, "I'm on a job. I like it." I felt like I was on one of those Cingular commercials where they ask a question and get no answer and then it is totally awkward. It was pretty funny.