Mike & Melissa's June Visit

It was so fun to have Melissa's Brothers get married this June! Thanks Michael and Issac!
It brought Melissa and the kids home for about three weeks home and Mike home for about 10 days. One day while Mindy's kids were here we took the kids to the splash park in Rexburg.

It was fun to watch them play. Johnny loved the water, he wasn't bothered by the cold a bit.

Drake wasn't too sure about water dumping on his head at first but was pretty happy about most of it. Josie had fun washing Madelyns hair.
Madelyn just flitted around from fountain to fountain. It was pretty cute.
Maggie was too cold to play. Mike's face was peeling from a sunburn. Drake got right in his face and said,
"Dad, your face is melting off!"

Memorial Day 09

Sunday we took flowers to the cemetery out in Snake River which after our meetings put us home to late to get away until the next morning when we went to the farm . We decorated Grandpa and Grandma Rices graves in St. Anthony on the way to Ashton and then did Grandpa and Grandma Hillam's there. Dad needed had a list of things he needed someone with some muscles (Hal) to help him with. We took the four wheelers in case we had time to play a little.

One of the jobs dad needed help with was to get rid of the huge tree stump. They dug it out, lifted it onto this metal tray kind of thingy ma bob (I'm sure that's it's name) and then Hal held it on while dad pulled it to the pit behind the tractor. Dad took us for a good four wheeler ride down the tracks by the river. Tyra and her friend Taylinn are on the famous rock. We ate water cress we picked from the spring and got to see this beautiful summer home some mlb baseball player built down by the river. It would be fun to know who's it was .

Another really fun thing we did that has to be documented is this....get ready, we went to the NEW CITY DRUG!!! It is just opened and is so nice. I do feel bad they don't have fresh lime milk shakes but...it's really fun. They have sandwiches, pizza and lots of good things to eat and have designed it around the theme of histoical Ashton. It was a good day.