Jesse's Prayer...

Dear Heavenly Father
Please bless us that we will all be safe
Please bless that I won't have any bad dreams or sleep walk
Please bless Lance (Armstrong) that he will win tomorrow
Please bless that everyone can go to Walmart
and spend less and live better
In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

July 4, 2010

To celebrate the fourth of July, we headed south for St. George. We swam in the pool, ate lots of good food...grandma made ribs! We weren't able to set off any fireworks because it was too hot and dry, but we did visit historic Cove Fort. Cove Fort was built by the Hinckley family in 1857. The pioneers used lava rock that is from an extinct volcano in the area, to build the fort's massive walls. When you walk through the 15 foot solid wood doors and into the courtyard, you are greeted by giant black wood trees used by the blacksmith to make wagon wheels. They are the most beautiful trees! Our tour guide led us into each room and taught us all about life in the fort. Not all the artifacts are original to the fort, but they are from that time period. I was pleased to see that some of the oil lamps that they had sitting on their fireplaces were the same as some that I have in my collection! For some reason, my computer is not downloading my pictures properly, so I have no idea what order they are in and I have no way of captioning (is that a word?)them....but here are some pictures of our fun day at the fort: