Boys & their toys

Billy got himself a new tractor so he could work
in the yard. Now he has no excuse when there
is work to be done.

He is moving rocks around in the front of the
house in these pictures. Life is good here at
our house.

My baby is gone

Well Saturday we took Toree down to St. George to go to school. She is pretty dang excited to get out of Brigham City. There are 4 girls in her apartment instead of 6 so that will make the bathroom situation a litte better. Everyone has asked how it was leaving her and I tell them it was a whole lot easier than leaving Brant & Kenny at the MTC. At least I can call and talk to her or go see her if I want. It's a little different around the house with just Billy & I but I think we will get used to it pretty quick.

Sturgis

On Saturday July 26th five couples - Kim & Retta Hawker, Roger & Judy Barnes, Rafael & Graciela Avalos, Karl & Lois Bodily and Billy & I left for our long awaited trip to the Black Hills in South Dakota. The first night we stayed in Lander, WY after a long ride through the beautiful country of Wyoming haha! I have a greater appreciation for the pioneers who came across this awful place with no air conditioning or any way to really cool off.
The second night we made it to our destination of Hill City, SD, after another day across the HOT desert of Wyoming. This was our base camp for the rest of the trip. We went into Rapid City to have the Barnes and Bodily's bikes worked on.
The next day we went to Mount Rushmore and then on the Needles Highway. Talk about a twisted road!! It is sure fun to ride and beautiful scenery - a lot better than Wyoming.
We then went to the town of Sturgis - the rally wasn't really going but most of the vendors were there. We got to see the whole thing but not be in the middle of all the mayhem.
We left to come home after Billy had his bike worked on. The rest of the group went ahead of us and then we got up to them.
After 1700+ miles we got home on August 2. We all had tired bottoms but memories to last a life time.
I have to say that this group of people had to be the best I've ridden with. We all got along and made friendships that were already strong, even stronger! Thanks everyone for making this trip one that I will always remember.

Trip to Sturgis!!

This is Billy & I waiting for the rest of our group.
Not bad for taking it ourselves!

We rode our motorcycles to South Dakota.
This is the five couples at Mount Rushmore.

This is Billy & I at the "Eye of the Needle" This is
a man made tunnel in the middle of a granite rock.
While we were there a tour bus went through.
Talk about a tight fit.

We went for a ride on this old steam engine.
Billy was hanging out the window while the
engine went to the other end. I think it is
a fun picture!!

This is what your hands look like after hanging
on to motorcycle handle bars for over 1500 miles!

Fire in the Hole

Saturday Billy & I decided to get a burn permit and burn off some old piles that have been building up for awhile. We had a nice little place burned off and just kept adding stuff to the pile. After a couple of hours we just lit the "other" pile to speed the process up...no biggy. We figured we were done so we doused the fire with a whole lot of water. We went to Jenn and Eric's for a bar-b-q with Marge, Raul, Derek, Nicole and the girls. Billy thought he should check the fire so he went home which was good cuz it had flared up again. He doused it again and came back to the party. We doused it again before we went to bed at midnight. Thank heavens our neighbor had an early morning water turn cuz he called us at 4:00 a.m. and informed us that we had a fire in the back yard hence the following pictures..

The original burn place
the original place and the 2nd burn pile
at the fence line
the other side of the fence, just feet away from where we have our chickens. I bet they were thinking "KFC here we come"
the other side of the field, thank heavens for wild trees.

Bear lake

Saturday after Billy & Kenny got done working on the roof we decided that we needed to go for a little motorcycle ride. Brant & Ashley came up so the four of took a little jont over to Bear Lake and enjoyed a refreshing shake. That has to be one of our most favorite rides, Logan Canyon is so dang pretty. It makes you wonder how some people don't believe in God, all you have to do is look around and you can see His handiwork.

Brant & Ashley at the scenic overlook of Bear Lake
Billy & Kelly at the same place
And all 4 of us there
Brant & Ashley at Rick Springs

July 4th fun

For the 4th of July we went up to Pineview res. and went boating. We went Friday and Saturday. Jenn, Eric and Elli went with us on Friday and being the lame mom/grandma that I am, I forgot my camera so I don't have pictures of them. DANG IT! I did get pictures of everyone else on Saturday.