Slim & Melissa's Wedding

Slim and Melissa were married in the Draper Temple on June 24, 2009. We were fortunate enough to spend the entire day with them as they celebrated their special day.

Of course I have a million and one pictures, here are just a few.

Crazy Hail

Quent and I were finally able to plant the garden and flowers in the front yard on Saturday and just when we thought we were safe, we had two hail storms within a week. Not only did we have hail, it ended up raining the first 17 days of June.

Our flowers are finally starting to come back and the garden is doing ok, but not great. Hopefully we'll be able to enjoy some vegetables later this summer.

This picture was taken the day after we planted the flowers. I call it snow in June.

Busy Weekend (Lots of Pictures)

Friday night we had a BBQ with Parker, Elle, Grandma and Grandpa. The rain subsided just long enough for us to eat outside and build a fire to make smores.

Saturday the kids were able to help Uncle Quent at work which included feeding the fish and cleaning tanks. Grandpa helped Quent with a special project while it wasn't raining and was able to catch a 23 inch 4 pound trout. (See picture below)

Dale arrived Saturday afternoon and we all went to Maddox for dinner, in honor of Dale being in town. Sunday before all the house guests left to go to my dad's house to celebrate Father's Day we took Dale, Grandma and Grandpa on a tour of the hatchery.

As part of the tour on Sunday, Quent was able to show us how they spawn the fish to take eggs. I had never seen this before and it was really interesting to see how they squeeze the fish to take the eggs. See pictures below.

Visiting Golden Spike

Quent and I were fortunate to have my grandparents and Parker and Elle stay with us the weekend before Slim & Melissa's wedding. On Friday, we took a journey across Box Elder County to the Golden Spike monument.

Parker was a bit disturbed that the original golden spike was no longer in the ground and the spike on display was a replica as the original was on display in a museum at Stanford University. We then learned that the the trains on the tracks were also replicas as the original trains that met as they completed the transcontinental railroad had been sold for scrap metal in the early 1900's.

We had a great afternoon learning about the railroad and touring the museum located at the site.

Following our tour of the monument we stopped at Peach City and Grandpa bought us all ice cream cones. Thanks grandpa!

Little Girls Salon Day

Ellee and Parker flew into town a week earlier than their parents and they bounced between Joe & Joy's house, our house and my parent's house. On Wednesday Nicole, Joy and I took Ellee, Morgan and Alyssa to the spa for Ellee's ninth birthday. Morgan and Alyssa were so excited to spend time with their "much older" cousin Ellee that it was the perfect day for the girls.

After getting their hair done, nails painted (fingers and toes) we met Grandma Molly and Parker (who declined going to the spa) for lunch at Red Robin.

Peters Family Reunion

The annual Peters family reunion was held in Farmington, Utah this year. Quent and I were excited that his aunts and uncles were able to spend a day in Mantua for a tour of the hatchery and a BBQ.

Quent took everyone on a tour of the hatchery building and then down to the raceways were all the big fish are. Due to the rainy weather we weren't able to eat outside so we moved some furniture around in the house and fit everyone in the living room. The meal was complete with grilled chicken, potato salad and homemade raspberry ice cream.

It was the first time I had met his mom's side of the family as we have not had a chance to get to South Dakota yet.