Hoppermetals

Mike has been doing some of his work projects at home on the farm and we love it. Minus the mess, it is fun for Josh and I to be able to wander over and see him during the day. He bought himself a new toy to complete one of the projects, a plasma cutter.

We had a friend/worker, Cody, come to Wyoming to help with several of his recent projects, including painting, automotive work, and welding. He was a great help and we would love to have him back.

One of Mike's large accounts hired Mike to provide them with a dumpster trash service. This is one of the first dumpsters to be completed and placed at the plant.

He makes me smile!

This boy makes me smile... more often than not! The other morning Josh went downstairs with Mike and I was trying to get myself out of bed when Mike called up to me. "You had better come downstairs, Josh made you breakfast, and he did it all by himself!"
Wondering how big of a mess I would find downstairs, I walked downstairs and found Josh sitting on the couch with a lunch box. He patted the seat next to him for me to sit down. I sat down next to him and he opened the lunch box and pulled out a yogurt and a kid's spoon, then handed me the lunch box. I opened it to find a yogurt and spoon waiting for me! So we sat and ate yogurt for breakfast on the couch!

Here is Josh, bringing me pieces of metal! He is so much like his dad already!

Playing dress-ups.

Playing trucks, his one true love!

Trip to Japan

My mom, sister, and I went to visit my other sister in Japan, where she is serving in the Navy. The plan was for my mom and sister to stay for a few days to tour the ship, see some sights and meet some of her friends. I was supposed to stay for another two weeks after they left and travel southern Japan with Sara.
I ended up flying home a week and a half early and Sara followed a couple days later, what a crazy adventure. We had a good, spontaneous time, and enjoyed each others company!

Our first stop after seeing my mom and sister to the airport shuttle, was the Tokyo Temple. I grabbed my wallet to get my recommend, and it wasn't there...it is always there. Then I remembered that I had left it in my temple bag the last time we went to the SLC Temple. They were able to locate my records and I was able to attend the temple.

We toured several Japanese gardens while we were there, and they were all gorgeous.

Leave it to a Bingham to not be able to keep her hands out of the water! Yes, the fish and the turtles bit her!

Okay, so the Dimicks cant keep her toes out of the water either!

My mom, sister and Me.

Sara and I are waiting to board our bus for our 14 hour overnight bus ride to Hiroshima.

Here is our sleeping accomodations on the bus, I felt like I was at a salon, getting my hair dried. They were actually pretty comfortable, all things considered.

This is the A-bomb dome, one of the few surviving structures that survived the atomic bomb. They made a park of this area.

Okay, dont be fooled, these vicious creatures that look like deer, are not as endearing as they look! After eating our maps, my scriptures, fruit snacks, sleeping bag, and anything else you can imagine, I was ready to eat THEM!

The bathrooms were all prefabricated slide-in units, they were all very quaint and compact. Simple and functional. This one even utilized the plumbing so they only had to use one faucet for the shower and the sink!

This is our breakfast that we scrounged together at the airport. Milk and yogurt from here, bagel from there, oatmeal from my pack and....voila! Breakfast extraordinaire!

Okay, ignore the dorky look on my face, but the Japanese seriously know how to make ice cream desserts!

It is time... to go private

I have postponed this for as long as I could, but it is time to go private with our blog. My sister in law gave me the cousel when I started our blog, that I should put a traffic tracker on my blog. I did it just for the heck of it and when I first started blogging, there was no unusual traffic, but for the last couple months, I have had more and more traffic from countries that I do not know anyone in. So to protect my family, I will be going private. If you would like to continue following our life, please leave a comment with your email address, and I will add you to the list. I will also be emailing this notice to all of my email contacts. Thanks for your support.
love the Dimicks