Monday, January 5, 2009

Screaming Hysterically from the Mountain Top!



I am soooo glad to have my computer back in business, thanks to Tim Paige from our ward!!! Shout out to Tim!! Life has been wonderfully chaotic and I want to share it with all my friends and family! I miss checking out your lives as well! The first two pictures are for Mellissa Hunt. This is a buggy, an Amish buggy! There is a Wal-mart about 20 minutes away that has buggy parking! There are no pooper-scoopers so Watch Out!! We are so blessed to be able to see these everyday! We are spectators into their everyday life, and we are very intrigued!


My mom came for Thanksgiving and we visited Kirtland, Ohio. We were able to see Newell K. Whitney's store where The Prophet and Emma and their children lived for a year and a half. The visitor's center is there, as well as the old town to tour. The temple was closed, but these are the pics from outside. It's only about 1 hour from our home! Our family will be going again! Would you like to join us?

We packed ourselves into the suburban and drove to Utah like sardines in a can! 32 straight hours we arrived in Utah!!

We were sooo thrilled to spend Christmas with Grandma and Grandpa in Escalante! It was surreal! Then hopped back in the truck and headed home. But before we left...

We were able to visit friends. Shylee was glued to her best friend, Hailey!

Goofed around as much as possible!

Went sledding and had fun doing some more serious goofing around with family!

It's nice that we are all crazy, that way, we can relate to each other! We are back to Ohio. Some of us are happy about it, and some are still coping with it! The kids are, as always, flourishing and doing better than Lance and I! I guess they haven't learned to wallow in self-pity! A skill we yet have to teach them! I hope everyone had awesome Holidays! I love all of you, and we can always pitch a tent in the yard for any visitors:)

6 comments:

Mellissa said...

I would love to see the buggy parking at your Wal-Mart! How funny. We never did get any pictures together, did we? At least Melanie got a few of Hunter. We won't grow six inches by the time we see each other again, but those two just might!

Laurel said...

That buggy must be so cold! I'm glad you had a good Christmas (32 hours, wow).

laceeJ said...

Uncle Greg looks so much like Grandpa Allen more and more! makes me want to go on a drive to escalante and give him a big hug!

The Wynn Family said...

32 hours! And I thought the ten we did to Idaho was going to kill us off! I am impressed!

fivewheeler said...

Ok, Lori, I want in on the church tour, the buggy parking, the tent in the front yard and your family. I am so glad you are back up and running. What a bust that you came all the way to UTAh and I didn't get to see you in person. Glad you made it home safe.

grandma jojo said...

hey lori allen. how are you besides cold? it's 80 deg. today - really i don't get you cold weather people!
nice to be able check in and see what you have been up to. can't believe how your family is growing.
by the way, nice pic of cally!