Jakoby's Blessing

Last weekend we went to Springville for Jakoby's baby blessing. We took Kelly with us as Mike was in Pocatello to watch a football game and wouldn't get to Springville until 11:00 pm. It was good to see Jakoby, Heather, and Trevor. Jakoby has sure put on the weight, and it was fun to see him laugh and smile all the time. He is such a cute little guy. We had some fun things planned to do while we were there, like playing tennis and hiking, but it was cold and rainy most of the day. So, we just did some shopping and went to eat at Cafe Rio. Derek was able to spend the day with use, and he, Kelly, and Heather did have a very intense game of Monopoly! The blessing was great, Trevor did a very good job, and it was good to spend time with Trevor's family afterwards. It was a great way to spend Father's Day!!

Weekend with Quincy

Tyler and Kati were nice and let us have Quincy for a weekend. We went to Boise on Friday night, May 29th and took them out to eat with us. We found a little fish and chips diner where the food tastes like it does on the Oregon coast. We really love it. Anyway, after dinner we took them back home to get Quincy's things for the weekend. He knew that he was going to our house and did not want to get close to his parents for fear that they wouldn't let him go with us! It was pretty funny.

Our job as grandparents is to spoil the grandkids, right? Well, I think we do a pretty good job at it, no wonder Quincy likes to come to our house. We had a fun time with him here, playing outside, feeding the cows, and riding on the 4 wheeler. We even let him stay up and watch Jay Leno's last night on the Tonight Show with us. Oops, sorry Tyler and Kati. We took Quincy to church with us on Sunday, which is fun because it is a single's ward and it is usually pretty quiet. But Quincy kept seeing his grandpa on the stand and let everyone know it. Of course, Kent loved it.

Thanks Tyler and Kati for sharing Quincy with us!

Memorial Day

Farming has been very interesting this year. First of all, most of the hay fields around here had weevil in them, including us, and so we had to have our fields treated to kill the little critters. Because of this problem, Kent had a few weeks with not much to do. So on Memorial Day we were invited to go see Mike and Kelly for the day and have a picnic. On the way we picked up Tyler, Kati, and Quincy and took them with us. Quincy was pretty excited to go with Grandma and Grandpa! We got to see the progress Kelly and Mike had made on their house, and even help them pull weeds and trim plants and trees in their backyard. Personally, I would have liked to stay and help them get more work done in their yard, but that will be a good project for them to do together!!

While at Wal-Mart getting food for our picnic, Kelly and Quincy decided to take a ride on the Merry-Go-Round. Don't know who had more fun, Kelly or Quincy.

We decided to go to Shoshone Falls for our picnic. The weather was great, hardly any wind, and it was pretty warm. We had a good time looking at the falls, eating, and playing frisbee. There was a little stream of water that ran through the creek that we were wading in. Well, almost everyone waded in it, except for Quincy who did not want to get his feet wet. We had a fun day and we were sure Quincy was tired and worn out. But oh no, he talked all the way home to Boise! It was so cute.

McCall Idaho

Time for the monthly updates from the Howards! At Kelly and Mike's reception, Judd and Lara gave us a nice unexcepted gift. They offered us the use of their condo in McCall for two days and one night. Of course we took their offer up and headed to McCall on May 19th. It was so nice to get away from work for a few days and spend time together. There was still a lot of snow on the ground, but the weather was still nice. Our condo was real nice and we sure appreciate the Tolmans for thinking of us!

We took a drive to Burgdorf and the road was so bad that we actually had to put our car in 4 wheel drive to get through the snow!! After a few miles we gave up and went back to McCall.