A peek into our business trip vacation

Troy had a business trip in the same city Grandma and Pa live, so he invited us all to accompany him. We happily obliged. Here are some of our fun adventures down where the weather was perfect. I didn't get pictures of everyone or everything, but this is what you get to see to document our last week's worth of adventures.

Notice Pa's goatee slowly shrinking over the course of the week. By the time we came home, Grandma had her way and Pa was clean shaven again.
Spencer and Pa wrestling- Spencer wins!
Timmy helping himself to the M&Ms
What is missing in this picture?
Spencer and Uncle Garrett
Hanging out with Grandma and Pa upstairs
Sleepy snuggle bugs

General Conference at Great Grandma and Grandpa's house

As sisters in Zion: Aunt Wendy and Grandma Jill
In between sessions: "Flying with Pa" (Look at Timmy's shadow)
Great Gramps grilling the burgers
Look at those 2 bald guys working on the dirt bikes
They planned on riding Thursday and Friday, all day long, but the first day, the repairs took longer than anticipated, and the second day, they locked the keys inside the truck and had to wait for us to bring them a spare.
Pa is always changing the story. Timmy's troubled face in this picture is because Pa is trying to convince him that the cat's name is "Lunch" and that he tastes good barbecued. The plot is a
Pioneer children sang as they walked and walked and walked home from Conference
Playing together
Playing with kitchen utensils with Uncle Kirby
Shannie and Jake (the twitterpated lovebirds) enjoying Conference together
... a little while later...
Garrett is now in High School. My baby brother, all grown up. Where does the time go?
Timmy can put on his own pants. Hmmm...

Preschool

Grandma teaches preschool. She let Tim go to class with her. He isn't so sure about all the "big" kids."I Pledge of allegiance..."
Doesn't he look tiny standing next to the giant 4 & 5 year-olds?
Lining up to go home

Daddy's Little Helpers

When we were camping, Timmy must have run over a thorn with his bike because when he went to ride it, the front tire was flat. When he discovered it, Timmy was distraught, and just had to call Daddy at work. When Troy answered, Tim's message was short and sweet, "Daddy, when you get home, [will] you help me plump up my front tire? It got soft and flat." So, true to his word, Troy plumped up Timmy's tire when he got home and we went for a family walk so Tim could test out the plumped up tire. (It's one of those cute mispronunciations that we couldn't bear to correct, so we adopted his word as our own.)

However, a few days later, the tire was flat again. Timmy asked me to plump it up and I explained that it had a hole, and it needed to be fixed before we plumped it up. So, on Saturday, Daddy took everyone to buy a tube patch kit, and they spent a little male bonding time patching and fixing the tire. Timmy was eager to help, he got out his "Bob the Builder" tools and tried to do everything Daddy did. Spencer wanted to help, too, but was mostly a detriment to the fixing. The first step in fixing it was to remove the tire from the bike. It was cold outside so we broke the rules, and Mommy let the bike come into the house. They turned it upside down and began to take it off.

Once the tire was off the bike, there was a mini-crisis.

It was at this juncture that Tim decided Daddy was just breaking his bike even more, not fixing it. "Put it back on, Dad, don't break it! Just fix the tire! Don't take it off!" It took a moment to calm him down and explain that it had to come off to be fixed. Then when Troy pulled the tube out of the tire, Tim came unglued again. He recovered quickly this time. After finding the hole, patching it, testing it, plumping it, and putting it back on the bike, Tim was ready to ride. He grabbed his helmet, and rushed outside. Dad followed to be the spotter (we still have a crash almost every ride), and Mom was close behind with the camera. Spencer followed as fast as his crawlers would take him, and before we knew it, the whole family was outside. As soon as Spencer found a big stick, he stopped the chase, and was entertained with his new toy.

Hopefully, his tire won't need plumping for a while.