Big City Vacation

Dalan took me on vacation the beginning of this week. I loved it. We went to Salt Lake City and explored the Gateway, Temple Square, IKEA and a BEES game.

I love this picture. Dalan is shaking his head no very very fast. Props to my camera for the clarity, I thought for sure it would be blurry.

We sat on the grass behind right field and we were right in the action for quite a few Home Runs.

This is our view.

The sister missionaries were very nice and took a picture of us in front of the temple. Walking around the temple was very relaxing and beautiful.
And . . . as a side note. I am blogging on our own internet connection and it was crazy fast. Loving it.

Honeyville Home

Here I am sitting in our hotel with the fastest internet I have had in so so long. It is amazing. Wednesday is the big day for us to get internet at our house :) I can't wait to catch up on my blogging. So much to show everyone.
It has been so hard waiting to share pictures of our new house! So here it goes.

This is the front door leading into the living room.


This is a side shot. Here you walk into the laundry room. It's perfect. (Don't mind our lawn at this point, soon we will do something with it I'd imagine)

The kitchen. I love the space and the Hickory cabinets.

This is our living room! We love the big windows.

And this is our room. And our new bed, which we absolutely love. It is a lot more comfortable than the Nebraska bed and also the bed we have at this hotel.
Come visit us!

Insanity

So . . .internet here is a bit ridiculous at times and I have not been able to blog for a very long time. Courtesy of my insanity (as Dalan told me today) I was able to finally get this to work! Here are some random pictures I have taken over the course of this internet famine.

Is this what being a mom is like? Babies climbing on your head and never leaving your side? I think that is what I remember us doing to my mom.

I like this baby frog on the turtle. I have a better one, but I'm not going to push my luck.

Here in Nebraska we are being taken over by grasshoppers, mosquitoes and dragonflies. I really like the dragonflies though. For two reasons. One. They eat mosquitoes. Two. They are so pretty and occasionally sit still long enough for me to take pictures :)

Like this little guy. Again, I was giving up hope on the internet and I didn't select the very best pictures . . . that is probably why it worked. Still I am so exited to be blogging and share some new pictures!
Wish me luck.

Hungry Bellies

Here are the faces I see when I go to feed my calves.

I don't think I ever see this calf without his tongue out.


They always act so so hungry, and come running mouths ready to eat.

Pretty Things Continued

Pretty Things

My dad sent me a camera battery charger in the mail just the other day. The one I got was lost in the mail, maybe stolen, who really knows. I've been dying to post some of these pictures to show you, but unfortunately we haven't had internet for the last 3 days.


Basically, these pictures are just close up of little things that I think are pretty. I was playing with the settings and getting to know my camera again.


Looking though different perspectives.



Finding the beauty in everything.


Admiring the simple things.


Thanks dad for thinking of me and sending the battery charger. It has made my week so much fun :)
Happy Fathers Day

Snapping Turtle!

On our way home from town yesterday Dalan spotted this snapping turtle, who was chillin' so close to our front yard.


I can't believe how big they are, I'm not sure the pictures give him justice. His tail is so long and take a look at his claws! A living dinosaur.


Of course we had to see if they really snapped . . . they do. This guy was real quick! See how far his neck is cranked over!


He can reach so far. It was a good adrenaline rush. Our friends down the road said that these are the only turtles that can roll off of their backs.


So, we had to test that too. He can flip over pretty fast actually. It was crazy.



We know. This makes Dalan look like a jerk. I promise you he isn't. We just wanted to make sure our neighbor wasn't pullin' our legs. For the record though, we stopped pestering the big, ugly turtle shortly after and he was not harmed :)

Obesessing Over Windmills

I think these windmills are so beautiful.


They define parts of the Sand Hills for me.





Dalan has learned how to fix them.





As he was checking this one he decided to pull out the granola bar he stashed in his coat.

What a great place to eat a snack.

Our Chinese Puppy

Here in the Sand Hills Pepper thinks she is a great digger.


Dalan says she is digging back to China. This would be the best place to start.


She doesn't ever have any rocks get in her way and the soil is . . . uh sand.


Bottoms Up :)