Manti

We had a two great weekends going to Boise for Lauren's endownment and then to Manti to witness the sealing of Wade and Lauren. It was a wonderful two days.

July

We have had a busy July but we enjoyed it.

Owen George

We are so happy to have another grandson. Owen George Stoker was born July 22. He is such a sweet baby.

Big brothers with their Big Brother shirts that the hospital gave them.

Grandpa and the boys.

Coltin's & Braxton's Day

On June 7, Tyler blessed Coltin at the Fast & Testimony meeting. What a wonderful day. We had all the family at church plus a lot of the exteneded family. Since Braxton's birthday was the next day, we also celebrated it too. Here are some pictures from the day.

My memories

I love traveling through Washington because it brings back memories of Meme and Grandpa and the time we spent with them. This is one of those. This is the Coulee Dam. We went there and had a picnic. I remember rushing to the elevator and some of kids getting on it without the adults. We went down into the area where the turbins were. They were so loud and it scared us. The elevator doors closed and we went back up to where the adults were. Mom said our eyes were so big when the elevator doors opened up.
Just a little something I remember.

Memorial Weekend/Addison's B-Day

Here some pictures of playing in the park.

Travel Time

Dad came and picked me up on May 6. He just got back from the Toronto area with a load going to CA. We went and unloaded then we picked up and then back to Canada. We unloaded and then drove back into Michigan. We set there for a day and half. We wanted to go to Nigara Falls, which we weren't very far from but we were told to leave. After the sitting time, we picked up a load there in Michigan to take to WI. After unloading there early Sunday morning, we were able to attend church in Marshfield, WI. We then drove to Mattoon, IL, which is one of the areas Wade served on his mission. That load went to Armstrong, British Columbia. We then went to Seattle to pick up a load for Kimberly, ID.

These two pictures are traveling over a bridge going over the corner of Lake Ontario in Canada.

The White Sox stadium.

Notice the traffic, that was the light traffic.

The Sears Tower

(sorry, I didn't realize it was a blurry picture)

Downtown Chicago.

This silo had the pumpkin for it's roof.

The weekend before we got to Illinois, they had an extra lot of rain. Most of the fields looked like this, it's not a lake.

This is in British Columbia, Canada. There are vineyards and orchards all over that area we travel. The hills on one side and lakes on the other side. It's really pretty.

This tunnel going into Seattle, goes under those houses you see above. It's a weird feeling knowing houses are on top of you.

Dad has to wear a hard hat when he loads at the Seattle port.

My favorite picture. A reflection in the lake of the mountain,

between Seattle and Ellensburg, WA.

Brad & Brian

Brad and Brian turned 22 on May 5. It is so hard to believe they are that old. It took the last two months of their pregancy to go by than the last 22 years. How grateful we are to have them part of our family.

Mother's Day

How grateful I am to have a wonderful mother and mother-in-law. They are such great examples. I have been blessed with six wonderful sons that call me Mom. I am proud to be their Mom. I am grateful to each of the mothers of our wonderful grandchildren. Thank you for doing such a good job. We love all of you.

OUR NEW ADDITION

Here he is!!

Coltin Ted

Pictures of NC Trip

Golf course in NC

(It has the only par 6 hole)

The fruit in CA

The wild flowers in the median of CA

The red dirt in OK

Building in Memphis TN

Jimmy Johnson, Nascar driver
Lowes Motor Speedway, NC

Race cars at Lowes

Our NC Trip

Mt. Hood in OR

The bridge over the Columbia River

After sitting in NC for 3 days, we left there to go to Laurel MD to pick up milk to take to Springfield MO. We drove empty, across KS, to Lamar CO and picked up sunflower oil. We took it to Santa Fe Springs CA. We then picked up milk to take to Lake Norden SD. Mark dropped me off in UT so I could come home. After delivering there, he came home empty.

We are on the road again. We left home with just the truck, no trailer. One of the drivers took the load to Boise that Dad was suppose to take. We went to Yakima and picked up a trailer and got it loaded with apple juice. We took it to Dunnigan, CA where we met another driver. We traded trailers and we got the load of canola oil. We went down to Bakersfield and then over to Barstow. We got on I40 which went through AZ, NM, TX, OK, AR, TN and then into NC. We are there now. We unloaded early this morning at Frito-Lay and will wash the trailer in the morning. Then we will drive to Atlanta, GA (going through SC) and pick up defoamer for Simplots in Nampa and Caldwell. This is a quick post so I will post more later.

Still Going.

We are sitting in the Toronto area. We got here last night, thought we would unload today but things have changed. Apparently the place we delivered to is not equipped with tanks so they are unloading as needed. They hope to have it unloaded sometime tomorrow but not sure. They were thinking, we would just drop the trailer and then when the next load came, they would leave the full trailer and take the empty one. The next one is not suppose to get here till sometime next week. They also didn't know it would cost so much to do that. We are getting paid for sitting here but not sure how much. They can't plan what to do with us since we are not sure when we will be done. The interesting life of truckers.

Bridge going into California, over the Colorado River, on I40
Birds flying over the Interstate 80 in Nebraska. Some of them were Snow Geese.

The ice forming on the hubs of the truck tires.

Donner Lake

Going over Donner Pass

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