South Jordan Summerfest

South Jordan does parties like no other place. Early on in the year, it looked like COVID was going to ruin summer for a lot of us.  Hoping and praying that things would be better in the fall, South Jordan moved their Summerfest celebration from June to September. 

When it turned out that social distancing was still needed, they used the Salt Lake County Equestrian Park so they could spread things out.

Scout was working a button-making booth along with some friends from Youth City Council, so of course we wanted to support her and enjoy the fun.

Curly took off to find some friends while Baby Doll and I looked around. It was fun visiting the mermaids.

We bought cotton candy and ice cream...

And played some carnival games while sipping diet rootbeer.

Curly finally rejoined us with some extra ride tickets, so we all got on the merry-go-round. 

Great job on the party, South Jordan!!

Wordless Wednesday

The most amazing sunset I have ever seen.

Happy Anniversary to Us!

The day after we returned from our amazing trip to Massachusetts, my sweetie and I celebrated our 38th wedding anniversary. 

We were both SO exhausted that we decided to keep things pretty low-key. Instead of going out, my sweetie smoked a tomahawk steak for us to share. 

I had never even seen one before, and it was so delicious! Maybe someday soon we will do as we had originally planned and use my gift certificate for an overnight stay.

It would be totally different from staying with the kids...

Traveling Together - Going Home

Thursday morning came all too soon. I was up late packing everything; just hoping we might be able to do something fun before it was time to go to the airport. Unfortunately, it was pouring rain outside. So sadly, the kids all sat down at the table to work on homework for an hour while I emptied the fridge and my sweetie packed the car.

We said "goodbye" to our little place and climbed into the car, but instead of heading for Boston, my sweetie turned toward the shore. Rain drenched everything and there were huge puddles (mini lakes) on the roads. It was impossible to avoid them and we giggled a little as the water splashed higher than the car. 

Soon we pulled into a beautiful little beach parking lot. The water was angry, crashing in on a couple of guys crazy enough to be trying to fish. We didn't get out of the car; and after about 10 minutes, we pulled back onto the slick roads.

A bit further along the road, we stopped at another pounding beach. We weren't the only car in the parking lot watching the water.

Another beach and our final destination was this beautiful little lighthouse. We only had a few minutes before we had to get back on the main road for Boston and the airport. 

Time to get back to the real world.