Back Up to the Fourth of July

On the Fourth of July weekend the Wells' had their family reunion. It is held everyother year. This year George's sister, Lynette and her family did the planning and organizing and they did a tremendous job!! Way to go Lynnie and Shalon and family!! Here are only a few pictures that I took. If there are any family members that want to email me pictures I am working on putting together a slide show of the reunion and would be happy to include your fun shots too!


George and Cody


Griffin and HIS bat and ball - that nobody could touch! Check out that thoughtful little face!



Grandma Wells enjoying being surrounded by her family!


Little Ella - what a trooper she was!



Their smiles say it all!!



The Wells tribe - all together and loving it! Pretty obvious who the family clowns are!



The camp photogs - or maybe the paparazzi! Ooooo are we that famous?!?!



The river by the camp - isn't is beautiful?



Happy smiles - Grandpa loves his family!

Scattered Updates....

So, what HAVE I been doing with all my time?!?!
hahahah
What time?!?!
How does time keep morphisizing - shouldn't 5 minutes, 5 hours, 5 days always feel the same?? The last two weeks feels more like 2 hours. From my last post I have been crazy busy. I spent a week trying to get the house thoroughly cleaned before we had to leave for the family reunion (which almost got done), the yard work done on both our house and the office house (which needs to be done again already) and get things prepared for the Wells Family Reunion. Oh, and I got a new calling - I'm now the Gospel Doctrine teacher - yikes!!! So I was preparing my very first lesson some where in that time frame. Whewwwwwww!
The lesson went well - thankfully - I was pretty nervous though. On Friday July 3 we took off for Red Lodge for the weekend for the family reunion. It was a lot of fun. George's sister, Lynette, and her family did all the planning this year. They did a great job! We got home on Monday the 6th and on Tuesday the 7th I was racing around finishing cleaning and preparing for some young men who stayed the night with us. The Utah Valley Children's Choir performed at the stake center. They were awesome. We volunteered to be a host family and took home 5 boys from the choir. They slept at our house and then were off early this morning to travel back home. It was a busy and fun night - 5 boys ranging in ages 14 -21. As you can imagine they were all starved when we got home around 9:30 P.M. so I made them dinner. We sat and visited for a while and got to bed around midnight. Then I got up at 4:30 so I could prepare sack lunches and some breakfast for them. They were all wonderful young men and were a delight to have in our home! If you ever hear about the Utah Valley Children's Choir coming to perform, don't miss it!! They are amazing!!
I hope to have a few pictures soon of the reunion to post.
Hope everyone had a safe and happy 4th!!

"Here we go round in circles"

Remember that song from the 70's??

Have you every been going in so many directions that you end up not going any where at all?? That's where I've been this last month. I just noticed the date on my last post! I am not sure where June went, but its all but over. Crazy! I can't even say thay anything exciting has happened - just lots and lots of everyday "stuff".

I do think George had a nice Father's Day weekend. Friday, Amber and Zane were off to a family reunion and dropped off a really nice card for George. Ciara and Dalin signed their own names - that kind of stuff always melts my heart when I see their own handwritting and little scribbles - I guess I'm kind of funny that way. Then on Saturday he got a fun card in the mail complete with pictures from Nate, Heather, and Ella. (Ella, Papa loved your happy bright smile!) Then on Sunday, Matt and Chantile gave him a really nice card and a fun sound therapy player and some yummy chocolate - which he ate on the way to dinner at his mom and dad's house. Joe and Tabby were there and of course Griffin did his, "I'm so happy to see Pockee!" dance when he saw George. What better gift could he have given his grandpa?! Griffin loves his Pockee and loves to spend time with him. LJ is in Spokane and George was able to talk with him on phone - maybe it was texting, but I know he got to speak with him at least. (LJ we miss you!!)

All in all it was a nice day. George is a great man and a great dad, not only to his own children, but to many others as well. Just ask any of the youth in our ward. They know he loves them like his own. I count my blessings every day of having him in my life! I love you, George!!

Right in Our Back Yard

On Memorial Day George and I went for a ride. We ended up driving out past the Stillwater Mine - this picture was taken just a few miles beyond the mine. Are we lucky to live in Montana or what?!

Something to Smile About!

Last Sunday night (5.24.09) Dalin was being quite the little performer! I got a snap shot of him in his Hollywood look. What I missed was his dancing - oh to have a video camera! He and the girls were having their own little version of "So You Think You Can Dance" complete with their own judges panel (which by the way was absolutely hilarious to hear their critiques!) Anyway, when it was Dalin's turn to dance, he would sing for himself - wave his little hands above his head, freeze in a silly pose for a second or two, then grandly throw just one hand high above his head and shout "DA!" (Meaning ta-da) It made my whole week - oh and did I mention the seventies headband he was wearing to complete the look??? Flash dance at its best! Like I said - oh to have a video camera!

Friday Picnic 5.15.09

Today Amber and I took the kids to Riverfront Park in Billings to see the baby gosslings that I took pictures of a couple of days ago. Amber packed a lunch and off we went!


Here we go 'round the mulberry bush....


.... and round and round they went!


Oh how I love my babies!



The wind up!




Ageless...timeless...eternal even...the SPIT BATH!



Enjoying the rays!



You dare me?? I'll do it! I'll stick this rock right on my tongue and I'll bet it tastes great!



ohh...yuck....ick.....never mind...that's disgusting!



All you have to say is "Hey Ciara, give me a pose!"




Mommy and Dudie



Where's lunch?!



Cookie Monster (kind of looks like a black upper lip and a big cheezy grin!)

Celebrate Good TImes

On Sunday 5.10.09 we had a family celebration for Mother's Day and a belated celebration for Ciara's golden birthday. Golden birthdays are when your age is the date of your birthday. Ciara was born on the 5th and she turned 5. It was a fun family night for sure!

Princess Ciara!



A kite from Matt and Chantile - but not just any kite - an ELEPHANT kite!



Happy Mother's Day to Chantile!!



The master kite builder - Uncle Matt can do anything!




Jasmine played a song for me for Mother's Day - what a beautiful gift!



Gumbo shree-ump. Fried shree-ump. (Seen Forrest Gump lately????)

This is For You, Dad!

I've mentioned on earlier blogs about ICT's (Ice Cream Trips) with my family when I was a kid and how I still love to go on them. There are a lot of pictures here (I probably should have put them into a slide show, but I can't see slide shows on my dial up modem at home - hope you don't have scroller's cramp by the end!) and I hope you all enjoy them, but this entry is dedicated to my Dad. Dad I can only imagine how you miss Montana ICT's, so here's the next best thing! I hope this brings a smile to your face - enjoy!!

"....and then this big dog came and I just froze.....like this...."


Cute little babies


Vogue-ing for the camera!


This is a golden eagle we spotted just outside of Big Timber


Ever seen a Stealth Fighter plane???



By Little Big Horn Battle Field



This is at Little Big Horn Trading Post - cow skulls - only in Montana!

This is what I see every night driving home from the office - cool, huh!?

Riverfront Park in Billings

A robin and a flicka chattin' it up- you don't see flickas very often!

Ummmmm....a meadowlark..... I think???

So many pheasants this year!

This is a blue heron - they are on the endangered species list but must like it in Montana - we saw 4 the day I took this picture. It's not very good - man are they squirrly critters!

Strut your stuff!

Are these the cutest fur balls you've ever seen!?

"You just gotta squeez 'em" (Mom and dad will get that comment!)

No Rest For the Weary

Last weekend the scouts had an overnight camp out. George had to chaperon a dance on Friday, so he couldn't go on the camp out, but got up early and went out to see the boys on Saturday. Last weekend marked the 13Th week in a row where he had activities on both Wednesday night and the weekend! WHEW! Being young men's president is a very busy calling! But somehow George is holding up and he loves those kids as if they were his own.

The crew



Lots of fun on a beautiful day!

National Geographic Right Here in Montana!

On Monday (5.4.09) I went with George to Crow Agency near Hardin to get some information for a job he is getting ready to start. On the way home we took a short detour and saw these cranes. They are fairly common around here and almost always in pairs - this pair being no exception. What was new however, was the mating dance they were doing. I have never seen that on TV, let alone in the "wild". It was fascinating to watch them hop about and "sing" to each other. I wonder if they would be equally fascinated with human courtshiping?? Yea.....probably not.....

George said the one jumping was the female......but.....with all the effort in the jumping and the sounds it was making and the fact that the other bird was just standing there staring......I'm pretty sure it was the other way around!!



"Look what I can do!!!" (Oh Yea, that is definitely the male!)