Today i stayed up late and ate a popsicle. it was fun. my dad is at COT. we missed him. He is coming home in two days.I am so glad that he is coming home. Saterday we get to play with him.I love Illinois. I had such a fun time living in Illinois. I LOVE MOM AND DAD they're so sweet. I love our new house. I have my own room and i have my own qeen sized bed i love my room. We love our house.
LOVE MAELIE.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
St. Louis Temple and our new home
To kill time today we drove 40 minutes to the St. Louis temple. 
The Move:
My parents drove with me from AZ to IL to move into our home. We arrived on July 7th. The movers came on the morning of the 8th. My parents helped me unpack and we were pretty much done with everything when they left a week later. They helped so much! Thanks mom and dad. It's nice to be in a home again and to have rooms to send the kids to when they disobey. We love the neighbor hood and the elementary school is just a little beyond the backyard, about 100 yards. It's nice!
This is what we will call home for the next year.
My parents drove with me from AZ to IL to move into our home. We arrived on July 7th. The movers came on the morning of the 8th. My parents helped me unpack and we were pretty much done with everything when they left a week later. They helped so much! Thanks mom and dad. It's nice to be in a home again and to have rooms to send the kids to when they disobey. We love the neighbor hood and the elementary school is just a little beyond the backyard, about 100 yards. It's nice!
This is what we will call home for the next year.
COT (Commissioned Officer Training)
So for the past 32 days, Denver has been in Alabama learning how to be a leader in the AirForce. He comes home in 2 days and we are soooo ready for him! While he has been gone we moved into our new home. I've been able to talk to him almost every night. The first few weeks were hard and exhausting, but after that, it's been pretty relaxed. Everyone in this traing is an officer. Some 2nd Lieutenants and some Captains.
He has more pictures, but this is what I have so far.
Captain Denver Palmer
He was in the Juliet flight.
He has more pictures, but this is what I have so far.
Captain Denver Palmer
He was in the Juliet flight.
6th annual Windsor family reunion
This year we were able to go to my family reunion before Denver flew to Alabama for Officer training school.
Let the games begin! Jenn and Ned planned some fun games for us to play in team of 4 throughout the campout.
Here is General Windsor, leader of the family, (gen. just for the campout) having us take an oath.
Here is Major Williams (for real) briefing us on the rules of the games and how to salute, etc.
Each team wore a different color band throughout the campout. One of the games was building forts with what resources we had to protect us from storms. We had a time limit. General Windsor chose the fort he thought would provide the most protection.
Team 1:
Team 2
Team 3:
Team 4: My team . We won the best fort award. Not all the people were present in each picture. Some were busy taking care of kids and some were busy making dinner.
Sterling is happiest when he's dirtiest. Having a ball!
Maelie was in one of the other games (getting candy out of whip cream by using only her mouth)
And Denver did the same game.
We played other games too, like an obstacle course, feeding pudding games, etc. It was tons of fun!
We went on the hike to see the ruins. We do this hike every year. It is a must at the reunion.
Maelie and Charleigh
Going through the tunnel
Let the games begin! Jenn and Ned planned some fun games for us to play in team of 4 throughout the campout.
Here is General Windsor, leader of the family, (gen. just for the campout) having us take an oath.
Here is Major Williams (for real) briefing us on the rules of the games and how to salute, etc.
Each team wore a different color band throughout the campout. One of the games was building forts with what resources we had to protect us from storms. We had a time limit. General Windsor chose the fort he thought would provide the most protection.Team 1:
Team 2
Team 3:
Team 4: My team . We won the best fort award. Not all the people were present in each picture. Some were busy taking care of kids and some were busy making dinner.
Sterling is happiest when he's dirtiest. Having a ball!
Maelie was in one of the other games (getting candy out of whip cream by using only her mouth)
And Denver did the same game.
We played other games too, like an obstacle course, feeding pudding games, etc. It was tons of fun!
We went on the hike to see the ruins. We do this hike every year. It is a must at the reunion.
Maelie and Charleigh
Going through the tunnel
A good time was had by all. We missed those who couldn't come.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Mount Rushmore
We headed north to South Dakota to see Mount Rushmore. It a beautiful drive. The evenings in SD were very cold, in the summer!
Here is a live bear. This is the first time I ever saw a bear in real life.
This Bear Country U.S.A. had baby animals and baby bears.
The pictures say it all! We loved Mount Rushmore.
Here is a live bear. This is the first time I ever saw a bear in real life.
This Bear Country U.S.A. had baby animals and baby bears.
The pictures say it all! We loved Mount Rushmore. 
church history
During our homeless month, we stopped and saw church history sites. We stopped at Liberty Jail. 
And went to the visitor's center in Independence where they had lots of things for kids to play with that are related to church history.
Then we went to Adam-Ondi-Ahman.
After that we drove to Kainesville and Winter Quarters. 2 things happened in Kainesville.
In the visitor center we got to dress up like the pioneers and try to push a handcart. It was so much harder with a few rocks in the way.
The temple in Winter Quarters.
All the church history was so neat to see. The kids did pretty good and the sister missionaries were great to keep things short and apply it to them.
And went to the visitor's center in Independence where they had lots of things for kids to play with that are related to church history.
Then we went to Adam-Ondi-Ahman.
After that we drove to Kainesville and Winter Quarters. 2 things happened in Kainesville.
1. The Mormon Battalion left from here. 2. Brigham Young was sustained the prophet.
I have an ancestor that was in the Mormon Battalion. It was cool to hear their story along with the story of winter quarters.
In the visitor center we got to dress up like the pioneers and try to push a handcart. It was so much harder with a few rocks in the way.
The temple in Winter Quarters.
All the church history was so neat to see. The kids did pretty good and the sister missionaries were great to keep things short and apply it to them.summer 2010
On May 26th, the movers came and boxed up all our stuff. They did it pretty fast. 
The next day the movers came to load up. They got there around 10am and didn't get done until 7pm! HELLO! I could've done it faster than that. We were annoyed because we had to clean the home and then drive to Ohio that day. I cleaned as the movers went and we were able to get away by 8pm. We drove (in 2 cars) to my sister's in OH and arrived at around 3am. We stayed and played with her family until June 5th. The kids had tons of fun playing outside. Sterling was intrigued with the eggs the chicken laid and cracked a dozen of them before I even knew what he was doing. This water float was a hit with all the kids.
My sister has a neighbor that has a goat that had 3 babies. We got to hold them. I think they were just a day old.
We traveled to another sister's house in OH and stayed with her family for a few days. Then we headed to Illinois to see our new home and to drop our Honda off at the AFB in long term parking until we could come back. This was the hardest part of our trip. All we wanted to do was to move in and stay in O'Fallon, but the tenant in the home we were going to rent wasn't out until July 6 so we couldn't move in until the 7th. So, away we went on the rest of our journey.
The next day the movers came to load up. They got there around 10am and didn't get done until 7pm! HELLO! I could've done it faster than that. We were annoyed because we had to clean the home and then drive to Ohio that day. I cleaned as the movers went and we were able to get away by 8pm. We drove (in 2 cars) to my sister's in OH and arrived at around 3am. We stayed and played with her family until June 5th. The kids had tons of fun playing outside. Sterling was intrigued with the eggs the chicken laid and cracked a dozen of them before I even knew what he was doing. This water float was a hit with all the kids.
My sister has a neighbor that has a goat that had 3 babies. We got to hold them. I think they were just a day old.
We traveled to another sister's house in OH and stayed with her family for a few days. Then we headed to Illinois to see our new home and to drop our Honda off at the AFB in long term parking until we could come back. This was the hardest part of our trip. All we wanted to do was to move in and stay in O'Fallon, but the tenant in the home we were going to rent wasn't out until July 6 so we couldn't move in until the 7th. So, away we went on the rest of our journey.
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