The Cow Goes MOO!

We just got back from a weekend on the Farm. It was a SUPER long drive to get all the way to Logan, but in the end it was worth it. Shawn's Grandpa Munk owns a farm in AMALGA, a tiny little town just north of Logan. ( I think it is north, seems north to me.) Shawn has spent some of his most memorable moments at the farm. When he was in elementary his Mom would ship him to the farm for the summer, or for at least a month or 2 of it. He loves to tell me about all of the times he and his cousin, when they were 6 or 7, would head out with there gun to shoot birds. If I have the story right Grandma would pay them 10 cents a bird. He also has great memories of helping on the farm. He loved to ride in the tractor with his Grandpa and help feed the calves. He has funny stories about playing in the cotton seed and climbing up on the hay stacks. I'm sure he was always spoiled rotten. Grandpa Munk has always been known for handing out money to the grandkids.

Grandma Munk has always been known for her great gardening skills and cooking. She makes the best sweet pickles I have ever tasted, and to tell you the truth I don't even like sweet pickles, but hers are great. Another one of Shawn's favorites is milk toast. Shawn always wants me to make milk toast just like Grandma Munk makes it. I guarantee they will never be as good.

The Munk house is always clean and perfect when we enter, when we leave it is slightly different, but she sure does know how to keep a house clean. The house in it's self is really cool. Their favorite color is brown, so nearly everything in it is brown. The basement is all wood lined, which is Shawn's favorite part about it, at least he always mentions how cool it is. I think the best part is the old vintage toys they have. Jack loved to play with them, actually all the grandkids do. Grandpa and Grandma Munk are great people and I know Shawn has and always will be very proud to be their grandson.

I can tell it is hard for Shawn and the whole family to go up there and see them getting older. We got to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with them while we were there. Grandpa and Grandma treated the whole family to a great dinner at the Copper Mill. It was fun to see all of the cousins and there babies. Jack had fun seeing Marcie, who is only one month younger than him. People always ask us where Jack gets his bright blond hair and his blue eyes, and we can now say it definitely comes from the Munk side. Other than Marci, all of them are blond hair, blue eyes, of which I am completely jealous.

At the end of the party Grandpa Munk called each one of us up and gave us an envelope of money. It meant a lot to us. They are such giving people, but they have always taught their kids/grandkids to work. I am sure that is where Shawn gets his hard working skills from. Thanks Grandpa and Grandma Munk for being the kind of people you are.

While we were up north we also got to see my family and friends. Shawn made bathroom cabinets for my friend Jessica, so we got to stop by their house and see them. Boston (the girl) and Jack had fun playing around. Jess also made us really yummy Calzones. We got to spend the night at Grandpa and Grandma Olsen's house. She always makes yummy food and has the softest beds I know of. We loved visiting with them. We also got to see Aunt Sonja at work for a second and we got to stop by to see Annie, Chel, and Ali. Annie had an extra front facing car seat that she no longer wanted, so Jack got it. (Thanks so much) Jack loves facing forward, now he can see where we are headed, instead of seeing where we have been. We got to have lunch with my cousins, Danielle and Brian. We went to a German Deli. Shawn had fun picking out the different foods he remembered from his mission. Believe it or not we also stopped to see my Grandpa and Grandma Cash's new apartment in SLC. It was great to see their new place and visit with them for a second. ( really a second because we saw all of those people in one day, Oh the things Shawn does for me!) On our way home we got to stop by and see Carly, J.T. and Boston. They have such a fun house with so many toys. Jack loves to play at Boston's house. Boston slept most of the time so we didn't get to see him much. My mom, Carly and I got to go see my cousins, Brock and Kristen's new baby Drew. It was great to see them. They live in the coolest neighborhood. All the houses look old, but they are all new.

Well as you can see our life has not slowed down one bit. But at least we are busy doing fun things. That's what summer is for, RIGHT?
(I can just see Shawn saying, in this picture, "now listen son this is how you drive a tractor", Can't you?)