Airplane dreams

One of my brothers new hobbies is RC aircraft. He had 3 airplanes and 6 or 7 helicopters. Sunday after church we all went to the park to watch him fly his newest plane. Eric made the plane do loop after loop. Landing the pane is the hard part. Eric said he has crashed many many times. Most of the time he can fix it but sometimes he can't. Taydom loved it. He wanted to fly it so bad. Maybe when he get older. For now Eric is had a computer program that has the same controls as the RC plane. Taydom can play that one and crash that one as much as he wants.

Roasting Marshmallows

Friday night we roasted marshmallows in the fire pit. The kids had a great time. Vilate was upset she kept burning her's until I showed her a good spot. All her marshmallows were golden brown and just perfect after that. Taydom held his over the fire for just a few seconds and them popped them right into his mouth. I told him they would be extra yummy if he would let them get warm and gooly but he said he liked them just the way they were. The kids wanted to sleep outsid in tents that night but the wather man said it could rain so I made them sleep inside. They were sad but dry that night.

Moutain trip

While I was in Arizona Tyson took the kids hiking in Castlewood Canyon. They had a great time. The Canyon is not very big but it has some really pretty rock formations. The kids were so glad to take a trip to the mountains.

Tyosn said Vilate got sand in her pants from the river and walked like a duck the rest of the time. I am so glad the kids like to hike. I have always loved the mountain and hiking. I going to have to plan another trip really soon. The aspen trees should be turning, I do not want to miss that.

Baby Sealing

This last weekend I went to Arizona for the sealing of my new nephew. My sister and her husband have been trying for a long time to have and child but have not been successfully. As soon as they decided to try adopting they heard of a child that needed a home. They have been living in Italy with the air force and the birth mother was also in Italy with the army just an hour away. On July 14th 2007 just 5 weeks later Karen was there for the birth and took her new baby home. The adoption process was long but it was finally final on Aug 29th 2008. Karen and Dixon invited all the family to Arizona to their new home for the sealing in the Mesa Temple.

My sisters and Mom. Amy, Karen, Kathy, Me and Kelsey.

so.... I've been a little depressed.

It has been a hard past few weeks. Getting the kids in school, unpacking, organizing our storage unite and just settling in. I have been having a hard time emotional too....so I decided to look for things to help make me fell better about being away from the Northborough

I love Sonic. The food is good but that is not why I like the place. They make the best drinks. You can order anything you want. Tyson's favorite is Strawberry, vanilla, Dr. Pepper, Vilate loves the peach smoothies, Taydon like the strawberry slushy and my fovorite is a blue coconut cream slushy.

I have always loved to ride bikes. Denver has a ton of bike paths. I use to take the kids in a bike trailer when they were younger. I am so glad they are now able to ride their our bikes with me on the trails.

On September 12th (my birthday) the high country got it's first dusting of snow. It's so cool to see snow on the mountain

not in Boston any more

The Winfreys do not live in Boston any longer. :( We took a week to travel across the country and tried to make a vacation out of it. We loved seeing the church history signs on the way. I enjoyed seeing the kids love Nauvoo. I did not want to leave. As soon as we left and heading west I could not help but think that we were going the wrong way. We need to be going east, not west. But we kept going west and west some more until we reach Denver. Last night Vilate had a hard night. She was crying and said " I miss my friends and teacher in Boston. I do not want to live in the dry land. Mommy, I don't want to put lotion on, I do not like lotion, I do not like the dry land. I want to live in Boston and go to the beach." Tonight after putting the kids in bed Taydom came out just crying his eye out. "Mommy I want to go home." "Were is HOME?" I asked him. "You know, Boston Massachusetts." He sat and cried on my lap for awhile. I cried too. Denver is my home, and I love Denver, but right now I do not want to be here. I do not want to battle these battles, or fight these fights that I know are coming. I will enrolling the kids in school tomorrow, and Wednesday I have an appointment to meet with the Special Ed personal. And so it starts...

Dodge City, Kansas

We had a great time in Dodge City. The kids loved the old train. They played for an hour. First they called everyone aboard and lit the fire. They Taydom had to get the cows of the tracks and fix the broken parts. Vilate shovled coal in to the fire and called Taydom "Captian".
We also went to the local zoo. It was small but very inpressive. It was so clean and we could get very close to the animals. We evan met the zoo keeper, Tony. He told us stories about the animals. Were they came from and how they got them. Some of the animal were in their dens and he called them out so we could see them better. I could have spent hours talking to him about the animal.
Later Tyson asked Grandpa if he could use his BeeBee gun and take the kids shooting. I was amazed how fast the kid picked it up. They shot the water bottle many times. Dad and Grandpa shot the bottles a few times too.

Happy Birthday Dad/ Aug 29th

We arrived in dodge City, Kansas so late the nigh of the 28th. The 29th was Tysons's birthday. I got up early and went to Wal-mart to buy balloons and streamers to put up arould the house befor he got up. It has been a hard few months for him and I wanted to try to make his birthday specal. We alway put up streemer and balloon for birthdays and I did not want to forget to do that even though we are in the middle of a move. The kids were exctied to see the balloon and it made Tyson smile. Grandma made him his favorite cake and we sang to him. I hope he felt specal on his birthday.

August 28th... on the road again

From Nauvoo we travled to Dodge City, Kansas. Tyson grow in Dodge until he was 15 years old. On our way to we drove though Kansas City, Kansas. Taydom and Vilate were born in Kansas City. We stopped by our old house to show the kids our old house. We knocked on the door and met the person that lived there now. He said he just bought it a few months ago. It did not change much except the trees had grow.
We also stopped to see Uncle Beau and Ashley. It had been about 2 1/2 years sence we had see them. Beau could not believe how much the kids had grown.

The Temple

more photo of 2nd day in Nauvoo

2nd Day in Nauvoo

Our 2nd day in Nauvoo we took the river road to Carthage to see were Joseph and Hyram were killed. The kids enjoyed learning about what happoned. I loved showing them were I served the 2nd summer of my misson.

Sunset on The Mississippi

1st day in Nauvoo

Monmouth, IL

On our way from Clevland OH to Nauvoo we drove through Monmouth, IL. This was my first area on my mission. I was only there for 2 mounths but really loved the town. When I servied there the church was located in a small store frount in a strip mall. We were lucky if 30 people showed up for church each Sunday. I wounder if the tiny branch would last long. When the church was not were I remenbered it, I thought for sure they must have been absorbed by the ward in a larger town. Tyson pulled out the GPS and looked it up. As we followed the direction I thought it would take us to another store fround, I was so excited to see a building. I was full of joy to see that our tiny branch was doing well and ever growing.

Day 2 on the road / Notre Dame

After staying the night in Clevland we got back on the road and drove until around lunch time. As we were getting of the highway I so sign for The Univerisity of Notre Dame. We had to go. When are w ever going to have the chance to see it again. We quickey ate some lunch and followed the sign to Notre Dame. We passed Holy Cross College and St. Mary too. We only got out to take a quick photo and got right back ing the car to get on the road again. I pictured the the building to be more like the great cathedrals in Rome or Italy but they were not. The campus was beautiful, but not what I pictured in my heard for so many years. They were very modern with just a touch of old world in them. Morely in the window and doorways.

The Sacred Grove

We stopped in Palmyra, New York and spend some time in the Sacred Grove and the Smith Family home. The Sacred Grove is were Joseph Smith pay to know what church he should join. In answer to his pray God the Father and his son Jesus Christ appeared to him. It was little out of the way but we had to go. The spirit was so strong there. I wish we could have spend more time there.

We got into Cleveland, Ohio very late that night but I did not care. I would have driven ever later. The detour was worth the late night of driving.

Day 1 on the road

Sunday , August 24th we got up early and on the road. Taydom and Vilate enjoyed movies while I drove my car and Tyson drive his. We were not able to drive together. It would coast too much $$ to ship one car and I did not want to sale mine and be without a car once we got to Denver.

Swimming late at night

All day Saturday Tyson and I worked hard to finish everything so we could leave the next day. We told the kids if they were good we could swim at the hotel that night. It was very late when we made it to the hotel but not too late to swim. They only swam for about 45 minutes but I had to keep my word. It is so amazing to see how well they have learned to swim this summer.