Howdy from Wyoming!

Hello from Wyoming! I took the kids and decided to brave a flight with them to come and stay with my parents while Jonathan is away for a month.
I don't get to come to Wyoming very much. I think we've come about once a year in the past five years. Everytime I come home I marvel at how beautiful it is. There are mountains every way you look. Below is a view from my parents back yard of the Bighorn mountains.

This next photo was taken at Devils Canyon overlook about ten or twenty minutes away. It's completely serene, uninhabited, beautiful land. There are wild mustangs that roam around out here. And if you know where to look you can find rocks from Indian teepee rings. (They used to use rocks to hold down the outside of their teepees.)


Ezra and Annika have been having fun at Grandma and Grandpa's house. They even got to go visit Grandma and Grandpa McKenzie a few times. Here they are hanging out in the new shades Grandma M. got for them.


Annika has really been missing her Daddy. She perks right us when she hears his voice on the phone. She has really become attached to me (even more than she used to be) in the past few days. That's one perk of Daddy being gone that I don't mind!


Ezra came down with a fever on Thursday night. He has been feeling pretty bad for the past two days. I even took him to the doctor on Friday because of high fever (well high for an over protective mom like me, 102). He told me Friday night that his teeth hurt, so perhaps he is getting in his molars. I feel bad for the little guy.


We were fortunate to be here at the same time as my beautiful niece, Kennedi. She has been helping me out by playing with the kids and keeping them happy. Ezra follows her around and thinks she is the coolest thing that has ever happened to him. He wants to do everything she is doing. He has even noticed that she goes into the bathroom to potty, so I'm hoping he will want to copy that behavior pretty soon. Here are some pictures of Kennedi in all her glory. Isn't she cute?




I should mention that Kennedi is perhaps the bravest soul I know. Today we got to take a ride in a speed boat at the Horseshoe Bend. When we got into the canyon the driver stopped and let Ken climb onto raft and hold on while the boat pulled her behind. She was not coerced into this. She wanted to do it and asked if she could. She's seven. And she liked it! I wouldn't dare do something like that. Then when we got back into town she went over to my uncles farm and rode a horse. She is really brave. Below is a picture of one of the boats in the canyon. We weren't on that one, but it is the same canyon that we were in.

I have a lot more pictures and stories and the top ten reasons we miss Jonathan to add to the blog, but I am way to tired right now and need to go to bed. There's something to keep you waiting for! Jonathan told me he will also add lots of pictures from where he is once he gets an internet connection in his room, so we can see what he's been up to soon!