Oregon

Even though this trip to Oregon was back in May I decided I need to blog them anyway. This trip was so incredible for so many reasons. It was a wonderful experience to go be with the people Jordan served on his mission. Oregon was so beautiful and the Browns were awesome, we love them so dearly. If you ask Jord he would tell you they were the reason he went on a mission. So here is some pictures of Jeff Brown's cranes, they were so cool!

This is Jordan and Jeff collecting crane semen to attifically inseminate a female with, how many people can say they have done this???

Here they are putting the collected semen into the female.

Notice in this picture how nice this crane is that he is petting

Same exact crane two minutes later attacking me. He must not like girls. You can't tell but when this guy stands up he is at least six feet tall....so it was kinda intemidating to get attacked and chased down by him. Jeff had to grab him because he started chasing me and biting my arms. It was pretty funny now that I look back on it.

These ones were nicer.

Strawberry

This last weekend we spent the day up at Strawberry Resivor and Fished and let the dogs swim, Then we headed uo into the mountians for a bbq and some more fishing. It was so gorgeous where we went. We had tons of fun!!

Brin was sooooo tired after playing with her friends all day. I don't look to happy in this one......If you know me you know how accident prone I am. By this point I had already split my foot open from dropping wood on it and had my first experience with stinging needle. Oh and several mesquito bites. It was totally worth it though!

Jord caught 7 fish!

The boys are gearin up for the fish

This is Rusty and Gus, Brin's best friends. They love to swim except Brin is a sissy about swimming so while I wasn't looking Jord threw her off the doc..... No she did not learn to swim. She almost drowned and he had to pull her out of the water. I wasn't very happy about it. Maybe Bullmastiffs just aren't meant to swim.

ugliest baby ever

This is one of the many baby pigeons we have. Believe it or not he is pretty good lookin compared to the younger ones. I thought all babies were cute.........boy was I wrong

Me and Derek

Today I went with my uncle Wayne and my aunt sonya to visit Derek. He is in a new hospital now that is up in bountiful. It seems much nicer than the U, as far as his room goes. He said the U has much better food and better lookin nurses though. He is making good progress and is woking hard to be able to come home. He spends most of his day in rehab. This has been quite the experience. It has been really hard at times, but he learned a great lesson and hopefully others can learn from him. I love this guy dearly. We are only six months apart and have always been close friends. Although he is paralized he seems hopeful and has a good attitude. I told him that my dad wanted me to tell him hi and he lit right up and said uncle Barry??? He seemed very excited to hear about his uncle Bary. This is still going to be a long journey, but things are hopeful.

Fourth of July

Here are a few pics from the family party at grandma Barney's house. Dan and erin totally missed out. We had glow sticks and everything. Grandpa just got back from a fishing trip in alaska so we bbq'd fresh halibut, it was yummy! Eden was so amused by the fire works, she kept saying "wow" and "woah" in her tiny little voice it was so cute.

Maya loves her big Jordan (thats what she calls him since her brother's name is Jordan also) He is always up to play a game of hide and seek. Plus he is like a big kid sometimes and Maya loves to play with him

Here are my cute little bro's marsh and little Jordan

This is me and my cousin Tregani with our sparklers

I like to embarass him sometimes just for fun!!

Have I ever mentioned that I have the sweetest, best hubby?? I am so lucky to have this guy. He is pretty good lookin too

The piggys

Here is jord cleaning out the pig pen. good times.

I went out and took some pics of the pigs this morning while they were out running aroung in the pasture. They are so funny. They are still pretty skiddish around us, until I get some fruit or in this picture they are eating left over cake. needless to say they loved it! When they get hot they try to swim in their troff and will dunk their heads under water and blow bubbles out their noses. They are so silly.

Fun with Levi

We love our one and only nephew levi. Last time we babysat He had fun relaxing with uncle jord in the hammock. It's great being an aunt, I can just play with the baby when I want then give him back when he is stinky or fussy, it's awesome!!