Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day, Dad! I am lucky to have the best dad in the whole world. He is very wise and kind, and he also makes a wonderful grandpa. Dad is good at everything, and I love all of the times we've ridden horses together, played basketball, or played catch in the backyard. As I was waiting in the car for a train to pass by the other day, I was remembering when Dad used to have "VIP" days for us kids. He would spend the whole day with one of us doing whatever we wanted. I remember one time I wanted to go watch the trains at the Provo train station. We waited there all day for a train, but one never came. What a good sport dad was to wait all day! Even though a train didn't come, I still remember that as a really fun day that I got to spend with my dad--just talking and eating ice cream (two of my favorite things to do). Thank you for everything, Dad! And I also have wonderful grandpas too!

For Father's Day, the animal children and I gave Greg a picture of all of us that he can take to work with him :-)

We've had some pretty wild storms here lately. On Friday evening Greg and I were in Springfield when a terrible thunderstorm blew through. Once again the streets were covered with several inches of water, and there was so much lightning and wind. We both got soaked! When we returned home, we found many large branches on the ground, so the next morning I filled up the fire pit with the storm trailings. Now we can have a good fire (and some good hot dogs).

Yesterday while Greg was golfing, I went on a little outing to Jacksonville, Illinois, located about 30 miles west of Springfield. They were having "General Grierson Days" to honor their very own Civil War hero: Benjamin Grierson. Benjamin was part of an important raid that took place at Vicksburg, Mississippi! He is probably the most famous person ever to come from Jacksonville, Illinois.

Ah, here's our kind of man :-) It was such a fun day! They had so many people there. It was a Civil War lover's heaven. There were reenactors everywhere, and they had all of these little, fun sutler shops set up where you could buy Civil War goods. I had some delicious BBQ for lunch along with some homemade root beer.

And I enjoyed the plastic limbs outside of the hospital tent :-)

They even had the cavalry there! I have decided that sometime when I have a lot of free time and money, I will buy a horse (I already have a saddle) and a Civil War uniform and join a Civil War reenactment cavalry.

I then went to a few antique stores and got lost in the cornfields (it was Weezer's fault! She's my GPS). On my way home I saw this beautiful scene out of the window. What a fun day!