On to Missouri to see Family!!!

After Cole got his trophy we traveled 6 hours to get to my

Aunt & Uncles house in California, Missourion mostly 2 lanes roads like this all the way

through Kansas--we loved this sign that said

"Bridge ices before road"

we went through the town where Laura Ingalls lived
we finally arrived at their house about 12:30

or 1 am we would have been there sooner but the

GPS took us on a little detour through 2 dry creek beds and a 3rd with water in it and up a steep hill and it was a one way gravel road and we got no service---it ended up we were only about a mile from their house--but that was a shortcut and the gps was set for the shortest route!!
the next morning we all went to church together--Wayne surprised us as he had come from Illinois to see us!!

Cole and Wayne after churchgetting the tour--they have 218 acres and

it is a turkey farm
--we are walking out to see the turkeysJim, Cole and Ron
Turkeys everywhere--these barns
are huge
--these turkeys are almost ready to goBaby turkeys
all they do is eat
then we walked out to see Christopher's cows
some are in this pond
Cole Wayne and Chris--Chris was calling his
cows and they started coming to him
they all have a baby--i love cows 2nd only to my beloved elephants
I took a million pictures of all the babies
and their mommas
everyone humoring me as i try to get the cows to
come to me--Cole, Wayne, Lex, Jim and Ron
look at that sweet baby nuzzling his mama

they would not let me touch them
Chris sad his bull will come right to him
and it did
he let Chris pet him but not me
they are so curious

the long walk back to the housewe celebrated Masons B-day right before Sunday dinner

The boys

Michele and CadenWayne had to leave after dinner

Then Cole drove the skidster??

Cole playing with the cousins

All the babies love Cole

The boys wanted to see Cole ride

Cole with Logan

Cole with Mason

Jim mowed these terraces for Cole

tons of jumps all in a rowCole loved it

everyone came out to watch him

Michele and her babes

these raccoons were right outside the kitchen door
eating the cat food on the deck

they were so cute

Lex has so many hummingbirds on her feeders
i counted 9 at 1 of them at the same time

Logan and Mason the big brothers

Cooper the blonde boy!!

Cole and Cooper on the porch swing--we were listening to

the thunder and watching the lightening

The night before Cole and I had sat outside

watching the fireflys or lightening bugsnot a great shot but that is their house it is huge
it has 6 bedrooms and 4 baths

these boys loved Cole this was Tuesday
morning after breakfast

the view from the front porch

the view from the back deck

following Cole up past turkey barns

to go riding it was very hot

and humid here

but very pretty green everywhere

still following him

Cooper didnt like cole when he had on all his gear

the family we sure wish we didnt live so far apart

then the cows came

slowly out of the trees to see what cole was doing

the white one was the leader calling the others

waiting to see if they were going to go away

then cows came from another field to see what was going on

they just kept coming from everywhere
to see the motorcycle kid

they were all blocking coles jumps

the white one came right up by him

he started his bike to see if it would scare them

away but no they were there to stay
and it was hot so we headed back to the house

Lex took me to an amish community near her house
where she buys her eggs and i saw some amish children

with their dutchboy hair cuts outside playing

that is a newborn

buggy--she says people make good money

driving the amish around in cars

then we went to see Chris's horse at their friends
house and her new pony

eating at Micheles and Beans house
he made us bisquits and gravy and fried potatoes

a first for both me and cole they were good too

then Bean took Cole outside to do

what boys like to do shot guns

Watching the sun set and bugging Michele

by taking tons of pictures of her and Caden

Mason in the pig pen

Mason letting me take a pic before the pigs
started bugging him--they bite or nibble

Cole shooting he actually is a good shot

The redneck picture

Michele is laughiung cuz she said this is the

redneck picture--kid without shoes-kid without

shirt-kids holding guns

just had to take several

look at that moon and flatland

more corn fields

Cole don't go in there

So loved being there with them

Me and my Michele

Cole took these

me and Cole getting gas in Iowa

more corn fields--we drove from Missouri

to Provo in 1 day it was 19 hours--we drove through
Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming then into Utah

scones at my mission comps house

in provo--having breakfast with Caitlin

loaded and ready to drive home

but first lets play with the unicycle

Cole and I were not too excited about

getting back in the car

what a trip Cole and I were gone 2 weeks

Ron had to fly home after we got to Missouri

as he had to work that Monday--We are so

grateful we got to Missouri and see family!!!