Family Photos Fall of 2011

Family Trip to Missouri

Over fall break we were able to fly out to Missouri to see some of Josh's extended family and enjoy the fall leaves. We got to stay with his cousins, the Pointer Family on their dairy farm. They were wonderful hosts and we had quite the experience on the farm. I have never really been around farm life, but I really enjoyed it. We got to see how they milk the cows, feed the calves and we even got to see a baby cow be born. Josh's grandparents just live down the road so we got to visit them too. They have a nice property with the iconic red barn. Josh's other cousins, the Lemon's have a turkey farm that we visited too. They had just got a shipment of 35,000 baby turkeys. Wow there were a lot of baby turkey bobble heads! We spent a lot of our trip driving on the winding roads and enjoying the countryside. We took a day trip to Branson and went to Silver Dollar City and a steamboat dinner cruise. We also drove to Bentonville, AR, the home of Walmart headquarters. We saw Catherine one of my childhood friends who just bought a house there and her husband also works for Walmart. While we were there, we couldn't miss Sam Walton's first 5 and dime store. Alta of course was very popular and was very good for most of the trip. She loved all of the new experiences, animals and many many babysitters. We were glad Josh's parents were able to come with us too. On our way back to the Kansas city airport we got to tour Liberty Jail. The church has done an amazing job with the restoration. Thanks to all the Missouri family, we had a wonderful trip!

Summer Backpacking

Josh and Brad went backpacking up to White Pine Lake

Summer is Finally Here

We were able to join my family for our semiannual trip up to the Teton area. We stayed at Signal MT. campground with my Grandma and Gene where we had beautiful weather and crazy obnoxious mosquitoes!


Some of the Bastian clan joined us for Trilobite hunting out West of Delta


4th of July fun in Moroni and outside the Stadium of Fire. Alta wasn't so sure of the fireworks, but with some earplugs she tolerated them.

Spring With The Bastians

This Spring has just flown by. Alta is growing so quickly and is the sunshine in our lives! So here are some pictures of what we have been up to. Josh just got back from a backpacking trip to Canyonlands with his siblings. We have spent lots of time with our families and are looking forward to the summer!

Happy New Year!

2010 was a great year for us, we have so much to be thankful for and so much to look forward to in 2011!

Alta's First Christmas

Our first Christmas with Alta could not have been better. We spent Christmas Eve with the Treasure's and Christmas Day with the Bastian's. Alta was pretty popular and spent most of her holiday being passed around. It was a wonderful Christmas and we are glad we could spend it with our families. Both Lindsey and Russel came from out of state so we could all be together.