Brothers in Iowa

Right after I got home from Idaho a few brothers drove out for some John Deere presentation. It was so fun to get to show the boys around Ottumwa (even though it's a little ghetto). 

They were SO tired when they got here since they drove all night and I thought it was funny they all sort of passed out when they got here.

Touring the John Deere plant. They LOVED it. Like little kids in a candy store. Actually the whole weekend was like that!

When you tour the plant you have to wear these boots. They have a whole closet full for people to borrow but of course they don't have any for women (or I guess men with small feet) so I was stuck wearing these huge clonkers. Haha.

So Saturday we were on our way to Omaha for the John Deere presentation and on the way we stopped in Des Moines for the Iowa State Fair. It was crazy! There were SO many people there!
But this is the famous butter cow!

Oh yeah and it was like a million degrees that day.
Daniel, Ben, Me and Andy.

So I took this picture because at the fair we got some yummy lemonades and then when we left we were still thirsty-well the boys had cream sodas in their car but they weren't cold so Trav poured his in the lemonade cup because it still had ice. Well it totally looked like he was chugging a beer! Ok maybe you had to be there.

This was at the John Deere thing in Omaha. They showed a bunch of the new products and then we all got to walk around and check out everything. Again-the boys loved it, and I was just glad it was inside and not hot. Haha.

It was so nice of the brothers to drive all the way to Iowa just for a few hours basically! We seriously crammed so much into that tiny amount of time. So fun!

Catch up...

So it's been a while since I blogged last but I've been busy! Growing a human is much harder than it looks! But since that human is going to be here in eight short weeks and I want to blog a lot more once he gets here (because let's face it, babies are adorable) I really need to catch up on everything that has happened since July. It's mostly just going to be a flood of pictures so prepare yourself!


Here we go!

We went home to Idaho in July. Travis only got to be there for the weekend but I stayed for about three more weeks after he left.

Hallie has the sweetest little smile ever! It was so fun to get to meet her-we love her little personality. These next few pictures were taken the day that Taylor spoke in church.

I don't know how to edit this dumb picture so sorry but this is the only one I have of the whole family!

We were so lucky we got to not only meet Hallie but Nels too! And just look at the kid. Adorable.

Sweet Sonora! Don't we have cute nieces and nephews?!

Lots of time at the lake and I was in heaven!

Huckleberry picking! Yum.

Got to go to the lake with the Roes too before Taylor left!

Annie is a pro wakeboarder!

Camping at the lake! Best weekend ever! Livvy, Daniel, Darcy, Joes, Jen, Steph, Ben and Chelsea all came and it was such a blast! And the kids too. :)

Matching skeleton jammies-happy little campers!

Then it was time for the Watson cousin get together! More fun at the lake!
Rocco and Roman lovin the tube!

Nice shades Ikey!

Maggie, Jen, Lulu, and Morgan on the tube. Cute girls!

This was so funny! Nat, Ezzy and Ellie on the tube. He was not sure he liked it...

But then he decided it was ok!

He sure liked driving the boat! Just kidding, it was hooked to the dock and not even turned on.

Stealing from my mom's raspberry patch! :) Those were some really good berries!

Stealing from Annie's in law's patch! Shhh, don't tell.

I just couldn't get over how pretty Idaho is! I didn't realize how much I missed the mountains!

We ate about a million snowcones! That was seriously like the number one thing on my list going home to Idaho. People in the midwest do NOT know how to make snowcones. It's a real shame. But I think we got our fill while I was there. :)

Jake, Maggie, Ellie, Ava and Ezra took me to dinner before I left. Miss these cute faces.

Oh Nels. Just melts me.

Another trip to the lake before I left! Daniel and Darcy on the tube!

Then the last weekend I was there Andrea got married! It was so fun to see all the cousins and be there for her wedding!

Bekah, Me, Andrea, and Annie! Can't believe Annie is getting married next week!

This is what I came home to! Safe to say Trav missed me a little.

Well you made it! That was a lot of pictures! Just putting all these together makes me miss Idaho so bad! I am so excited we are going home next week!