Galaxy Soccer Game

The Galaxy played the Kansas City Wizards. So we

got to see David Beckham play soccer. Sean's parents

came to see the game with us, it's kind of a tradition.

Walking in to the game.

Melissa, Taylor and Grandma Sarles

Taylor thought it was Disney World

Beckham thought the game was boring so he crashed.

Eating snacks!

Beckham and Melissa

Taylor and Melissa

Sean and Beckham

Taylor crashed also.

He's so amazing!

Rekstads Visit

The kids swiming in the backyard.

Beckham with a squirt gun.

Of course we had to see if we could fit all four kids

in the bath tub at the same time.

Beckham and Ally

Taylor and Abby.  Taylor constantly talks about

Abby.  I don't think there is a day that goes by

that she doesn't mention Abby.  We had a fun time

while they visited and hope they come again.

RLDS Temple and LDS Visitors Center

Curt wanted to see the RLDS Temple so we 

went on a little tour of the LDS visitors center

and then got to see the RLDS Temple. It was fun

to visit this again.  I had not been here since EFY

as a kid.  

At the visitors center they have a little play area

for the kids.  The kids really enjoyed playing.

Taylor in the little house.

Ally riding the horse.

The RLDS TEMPLE

The kids posed in front of Christ at the visitors center.

The Rekstads

The Sarles. 

Taylor and Beckham driving the horse and cart.

Fritz's

Taylor and Beckham wanted their cousins to experience

their favorite restaurant "Fritz's". It is a train restaurant

where you order your food by telephone, and your food

is delivered to you by a little train that runs above the

restaurant.  I think we all had a good time and no one cared

 how loud the kids were because it was a place for kids.

Abby Taylor and Ally playing with the Jute Box.

Posing in front of the Train on the way out.

Taylor gets that sas from Sean.

Adults can pretend too.

Ally and Beckham waiting for the food to come by train.

Taylor and Abby sharing a squeeze.

May I take your order Please....

Always a challenge to get four kids to pose.

Visitors

We had the privilege of having my sister Jackie

and her family come visit us for a week in September.

We took them to one of our favorite places in Kansas

Deanna Rose Farmstead.  It was over 100 degrees

outside the day we went so we were all soaking wet

with sweat by the end of it.  Kansas is the hottest place

on earth during the summer so I think they were in 

for a shock.  I had forgotten how hot it gets here.  I 

attended an EFY at KU as a kid and remember not even

being able to do my hair because it would just go curly

after being outside for a second.  All the memories came

back when we experienced our first hundred degree day 

here.    

Taylor and Abby feeding the baby goats a bottle.

Beckham feeding two goats at once.

Curt helping Ally feed the goats.  The baby goats chew on

your clothing and shoe laces while you are feeding them.

Ally riding a tractor.

Taylor was so excited her and Abby waited there turn for 

the bright pink tractor.

Beckham and Ally milking the cow.

Beckham kept squirting it up at Ally.

The kids looking at Pippy the huge cow.

They have a little movie on milk and such.  So we

watched it in the nice cool air conditioning.  It felt great.

Beckham and Ally on the big Tractor. This is one of 

Beckhams favorites he loves big tractors.  He pretends

he's driving them and I usually have to drag him off.

Taylor and Beck on the tractor.

Beckham, Abby, Taylor, and Ally! They were all

having so much fun. Taylor and Beckham were

so excited to show there cousins all the fun things

in Kansas.

Taylor and Abby

Ally and Beckham

Ally feeding the big goat oats.

The kids hanging on the fence.

Taylor and Abby

The kids sitting on a bench in the Butterfly Garden

Beckham, Abby and Taylor pretending to be flowers.

Beckham pretending to be a butterfly.