June!

We put over 5500 miles on the car this month.   On June 7th we left for a Janis family reunion, really an extended family trip, to Nauvoo. Brandon, Daenon and myself drove to Nauvoo.  Dover met us there.  He drove from Utah with his cousin Derek.  Nauvoo was a wonderful time of reflection on the sacrifice of the early members of the church and how the Lord works through imperfect people to accomplish great things.  Then Brandon, Dover, Daenon and I traveled to Thermopolis, Wyoming and had our own mini two day vacation.  We did some hiking, soaked in the natural hotpots, and did some river rafting.  Then we drove to Cody to see Grandpa and Grandma Dover on their church history mission.  The rest of the family joined us in Cody and we spent 3 fun days learning about the Old West, the role of the Mormon Pioneers in the settling of the West, our Dover family history, playing games, taking pictures, celebrating father's day and my birthday.  It was special to me to see my Dover Grandparent's grave.  It was extra fun because Greg and Natalie and their family joined us in Cody, we were glad that Brescia was there also.  Next we spent a day in Evanston with Greg's family and having him take care of our teeth.  Then we spent a couple of days in Utah County ending with family pictures on Thursday.  Our cousin Heather is our photographer and you can see she's excellent.  Anyone needing pictures?  I highly recommend her.  On Friday June 24th we started our drive back to Texas.  We spent a night in Arizona with Gerron & Kim and dropped Daenon off at scout camp on the last leg of our drive home.  It was wonderful to get home and see that everything was in order.  The grass was green and not in too much need of a mowing and the garden survived.  Daenon got home from scout camp on Saturday and had a wonderful time.  He did his scuba diving certification while at camp.  The troup had a wonderful missionary experience at camp and Daenon really enjoyed it, but he was glad to be home and to get back to his computer.

Joseph and Emma danced on this wood floor!

Dover and his shadow

Family block at the Buffalo Bill Dam

Enjoying Chia-all the children loved her!

Pioneer game!  It was a hit!  We enjoyed it so much that  we created our own sticks and played the game in Cody.
Kylee and Ryan are taking the game on Trek with them this week.