Company...

We've had a lot of company at our house lately and we've loved it!

 I posted a few pictures from KayLynn's visit...
I have a TON more from a visit we made to a sheep farm.
That needs a post of it's own so it will be next.

First of all though...photos of Sydney and Kallie getting their hair cut. Many of you have already seen these. I'm so happy they did it, much easier to fix in the morning (and less straggly hair for mom to look at).

Sydney Rae- after

 Kallie before...

Kallie after.

We actually had some little flowers bloom in our mostly-dead yard.

I was so excited I made everyone come out and look!

We had so much fun with Andrea and family for a few days at the end of Spring Break. KayLynn left in the morning and Andrea came that night and Dan decided to rip out a bunch of old brick and an old propane stove in between. Nothing like a house entirely covered in a layer of dust to make you feel ready for company to come. The weather wasn't very cooperative for the Mangum family. We tried to go to the park once, but we got snowed on and came home and had hot cocoa. I didn't get many pictures because we mostly hung out at home, but we played games, ate, watched movies, ate some more, the boys went shooting, etc... This picture was right as they were heading home and we were heading to church.
Love my sister...

Next we got to have Grandpa Lanny, Grandma Sherry and cousin Jourdyn come for a visit to celebrate Avery's b-day with us.

Avery's cakes (small enough to smash)! I was trying to copy "Nothing Bundt Cakes"- if you can't buy them you've got to make them right?!? Her reaction was hilarious :)

She wouldn't touch the cake at first, she just leaned forward and took bites and licks.

Then she decided it was ok to dig in...

She loves it!

Bath time for a happy baby on a sugar high!

The next morning, off to church.  Nice to have an extra kid in our teeny-tiny Primary.

Monday morning we toured some of the old buildings in Eureka including the courthouse.  Lanny said "all rise for the honorable Lanny Tom".  I wonder what crime Sherry was being convicted of? :)

Avery making sure Dan doesn't have any cavities...

We also went exploring in the mountains a bit.  Some of the old mining sites are pretty interesting.

These bags are at an old abandoned ore mine.  Looks like one day (many decades ago) it was open, then the next it wasn't. 

I love my Chinese husband who doesn't like sun in his eyes :)

I didn't know it before, but Jourdyn loves to collect rocks.  She and Grandma had as many as they could hold.

She is definitely one cute rock collector that's for sure...too bad Kallie and Sydney had to go to school :(

Proof I was there too.

Grandma Sherry was so sweet and brought Kallie a dozen roses since she is turning 12 this week.  Kallie was thrilled and has hung them up to dry so she can save them.  I am so mad at myself...I said (at least 5 times), let's get a picture of you and Grandma with your flowers.  And I didn't.  Why do I do things like that?  Here is a picture of one of the flowers as a poor substitute.

I must say my two cents...this new Blogger format is making me crazy.  This post took me forever!  Let me decide where I want my journaling.  Please don't decide for me.  Please don't delete pictures when I hit enter.  Please just keep things the same...they were working fine for me.  Ok, I'm done.