more fun

Gage, Claire, Levi, Kolby, Zack, Judd, and Troy are showing how they can be HAPPY!!!
Michelle was here and we took pics for a reverent book. It gave us something fun to do and they only whined about having to take pictures a few times.

Elders quorum presidency vs. bishopbric tug-o-war at our ward pioneer day party (it was Aaron's idea) I won't make public which team won :)

Cousin Haylee and Judd with their bottles.

other summer fun

My best friend Lise and her kids came to visit. The kids had a sleep over (no, they didn't sleep) and we went to the Bean museum at BYU.

Church history sites

We also went to a whole bunch of church history sites.

We stayed in Nauvoo for three days. It was a grand adventure. We stayed in a "cabin" along the Mississippi river. Grandpa Brown taught the kids to skip rocks on the river. We caught fire flies (both mom and I had that on our list of things to do before we die). It was a great place to go back to. And I was a little sad to leave, I could feel a little of how the pioneers must have felt leaving that beautiful, peaceful place.

summer vacation

Velma was the oldest family member there and Judd was the youngest.

We (Bentley fam and G & G Brown went on a major road trip. The first stop was a way way extended family reunion in Kearney Nebraska. We met lots of family we didn't know we had. We had a great time getting to know them and learning more about our family history.