Summer Adventures

It seems like we went so many places over the summer. We counted several states we were in through all our travels including Montana, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Idaho, Utah, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa! We traveled to Missouri for a clogging expedition which was a lot of fun with our older girls and niece. And we took a trip to Idaho Falls to check out a job there with the whole family which was a lot of fun also!

The kids posing for a quick picture outside of TGI Fridays in Idaho Falls. Friday is Toby's favorite day and he is quick to remind us every day of the week!

Tyler and Kamryn riding the tiger at the Idaho Falls Zoo which we bought an annual pass to...luckily the pass also gets us in to the Sioux Falls Zoo for free!

Tyler and Tobes on our way to Minnesota. We waited 2 1/2 hrs for the tire mechanic to come fix our blown tire. It was hot and we did all survive but we were tired of waiting!

Kylie, Carly Brown, Richelle Phister, Taytum, Kram, and Mariah Phister outside our cabin in Branson. This was our last day in Branson!

Cloggers performing Barn Dance in Silver Dollar City

Kram, Taytum, and Kylie waiting outside of Olive Garden in Branson

Trav and me with girls after a show. They did 24 shows in Silver Dollar City!

Tired and hot but still smiling...well sorta!

Kylie is a Silver Dollar City beauty.

Clark, Juleen, Trav and I outside of a brazilian grill in Salt Lake City on our anniversary trip.

Sioux Falls Zoo

Toby claims the giraffes were his favorite!


Eating lunch...


Toby in the flamingo house. He kept saying..."mom, they are standing on one foot!"

Pipestone, Minnesota

Pipestone...our new home for the time being! It has been 2 years since I have posted anything so I thought it was time I got back in the groove. I have no excuses now since I am not working! Here's some pics of the kids first day of school here.


Tyler Kindergarten


Kram 5th grade


Kylie 7th grade





Windmills are a big thing here. I took this picture of a bunch of restored windmills just outside of Jasper MN for my dad. They are interesting to watch and beautiful! They really change the landscape!






This is just a quick picture I took when Pipestone flooded a few weeks ago. This was a couple days after so the water had gone down alot! We were very lucky that our home didn't flood and many prayers of thanks were offered up!