Back Bloggin' Part 5

PISCATAQUIS COUNTY FAIR...

We went to the Fair with Nathan's family during the last week of August, 2009. It was SO fun. It really felt like we had the full Fair experience.

Nathan trying to see if the goats will

take the invisible food from his hand...

Grand-Dad, Elizabeth, Boyd, Lindsay and Shauna...

Shauna and Elizabeth with a lovely cow...

Our little family...

"Baaah" says the sheep. "Baaaaahhh" says Isaac...

My adorable nieces Shauna and Lindsay...

Cutie cousins...

Funny girl!

Isaac eating a dough boy and loving it...

Elizabeth with her girls on the carousel...

Boyd and Lindsay snugglin...

Elizabeth and Shauna fishing,

Boyd and Lindsay in the background...

Isaac with his Daddy...

I love the Fair! Good thing it will be back in seven months! Ha ha.

Back Bloggin' Part 4

SWIMMING AT THE LAKE

Here we are at Sebec Lake at the end of August. This beautiful lake is close by, and we love going there to swim and boat. My sister in-law Elizabeth took me while Nathan was in England, and we went again when Nathan got back. I managed to stay behind the camera this time!

Isaac playing in the sand, and Auntie Elizabeth behind him.

Lindsay, and Shauna in the background wearing her float-suit.

Handsome Nathan

Fun in the sand!

Lindsay, Shauna, and Isaac. None of whom would look at the camera.

Isaac with his Daddy

Cute baby Isaac and his cousin Lindsay in the water.

Sebec Lake

Precious Lindsay

Back-Bloggin' Part 3

Here are some pictures from our road trip/move across the country. It was a memorable experience! Isaac was surprisingly okay with the long drive (thanks in part to the new portable DVD player). Nathan's dad Pat and brother Reece drove the Budget truck and we drove our car. This was during the second week of August 2009.

This picture of Isaac with his Grand-dad was taken

somewhere in the Midwest (Kansas?)

Below is the St. Louis Temple.

Thank you, Morgan for meeting us in St. Louis and taking us on a tour!

Morgan took us to the temple, the St. Louis Arch, and then to the Cheesecake

factory in St. Louis. What a fun day!

Isaac with Morgan's son Ronnie at the temple gardens.

Pat, Nathan with Isaac, Alyssa, Reece.

Here is my dear sweet forever friend Morgan!

This was the only picture we got together that day.

Funny how that happens!

Here we are posing at the base of the St. Louis Arch.

What a magnificent structure!

Isaac is playing with Morgan's son Ryland on the stairs at the St. Louis Arch.

A riverboat in St. Louis. We could hear a band playing from it.

Isaac with his Grand-dad at the riverbank in St. Louis.

This is the Kirtland Temple. We didn't have much time in Kirtland, but

I'm glad that we took the time to go on the tour there.

(Reece, Alyssa with Isaac, Nathan, and Pat)

This Christus is at the Visitor's Center at the Hill Cumorah.

At the top of Hill Cumorah.

Isaac checking out the flowers.

Here we are in front of the Smith home in Palmyra.

This is in the Sacred Grove.

While in the Sacred Grove, I expected an overwhelming, "God was here" feeling.

What I experienced instead was the most profound peace and calm.

You can feel that it is a sacred place. The birds sing reverently.

The sun touches the trees differently. The soil sounds different underfoot.

The elements seem to witness that it is a sacred place.

I am so glad we had the experience of going there.

I'll try to keep the back-blogs coming! Soon we'll be current. I promise.

Back-Bloggin' Parade! Part 2

Here are some pictures of some of our goodbyes before we moved from Utah to Maine. This was during the first week of August, right before we left. Ahh, memories. We miss everyone!

Some of my sibs. Glen (now on a mission to Argentina),

me, Adriane (lives in CA), and Donovin.

Erin was in WA, and Amanda in CA.

Isaac with Grandma Mary and G-pa Gary

Isaac with his California cousins Zoey and Jesse

Isaac and Nate's cute sister Emma (who now lives in Utah)

Grandpa and Grandma Loveland (Nathan's adoptive Utah parents)

Great Grandma and Grandpa Booth

Isaac with Grandpa and Grandma Roundy and others...