Cove Fort

Chad's parents are on a mission at Cove Fort. They are on a 6 month mission, so we went to visit them while they were there, so they could give us the personalized tour.

 This is all of us outside the fort

 Just our little family, outside the fort

 Cove Fort, est in the 1890s.  If you haven't been to Cove Fort, you should stop in.  It was originally created as a telegraph station between Beaver & Fillmore, since a telegraph could only be sent 30 miles.  It was ran by President Hinkley's grandpa. Several travelers passing by would stay there.  It was a great reminder of how life used to be.  How basic life used to be a chore.  We have a lot of conviences in our lives, dishwashers, washers & dryers, indoor plumbing, and what are we filling our spare time with since we aren't baking our own bread?  Blogging I guess today :)

 Hinckley Family Cabin, church on Sunday was held behind the building under the trees

 They had a few games and pioneer type things to do and watch, it was a hot day

My two sweet boys

Happy Birthday Bridger

I know its probably the most common thing to say on a 1st birthday, but I really can't believe Bridger is 1 already.  He is such a sweet boy and is so easy going to go and do whatever his family drags him along to.  I just can't believe how fast the time goes.

 Bridger's birthday was at the cabin this year, and why not? He spent a week there when he was only a week old, so why not have his first birthday party there too?

 I love that open mouth grin!  You know he is so excited and so happy when you see his mouth wide open. 

 He received the perfect amount of gifts for a 1st birthday, and is loving his new items, as well as the wrapping paper, balloons and tissue paper that any normal 1 year old would gravitate to.  

 He was so cute with his cake, he repeatedly would stick in his thumb like Jack Horner and lick the frosting off.  

 I should have known better than have red frosting, his eyes were red the whole next day.

His Marrott cousins loving on him for his 1st birthday.  So lucky to have such great family members, old and young that love him & play with him!!  

Bridger is such a joy to have in our home. He is a very very busy boy, I just knew once he got mobile there would be no turning back. We call him a tornado, cuz thats what the house looks like when he is awake. And thank goodness for that.  I am lucky to have such great boys in my life.  

The Cruise

Ok, don't friek out! But yes, I am blogging!  Chad & I went on a cruise back in March, and it seems so long ago now, we already want to go again.  So I was looking at the pictures and thought maybe I should share them, then maybe it will feel like we just went :)

 This was our cruise ship, it was Norweigen

 St. Maarten, our favorite stop

 I had to have my hair braided, 1st stop.  It makes it so much easier the rest of the trip

 Taxis in St. Maarten

How some of them sale their wears

 In honor of Swamp People we had to stop at the Everglades National Park so get in some gator action, what you can't see is that guy has an alligator tattoo all up his arm

 Alligators are very lazy animals, unlike how they are portrayed on TV

They had an ice bar on the cruise ship where they served drinks (even non-alcoholic) in an ice cup, you couldn't stay in there for longer than 1/2 hr, and you had to wear parkas and sit on ice benches.  Something with the humitidity, this pic was obviously before the hair braiding.

 Just like the rumors we'd heard, the room attendants made animals out of towels. And of course you could buy the DVD on How-To make them for 1/2 a million dollars

 A little bowling on the ship, which was hilarious. We weren't even drunk like 1/2 of them and it was still hard to do while the floor was moving.

 Snorkel trip on St. Thomas

This is the 'mall' at St. Thomas, the best little restaraunt was down here 

 Ahhh....the bahamas.....

Miami