Tetherball Champion

Guess who is preparing for the Tetherball Championship?

Pebbles!!

New Mission Call

I am SO excited for Taco! It won't be long before he becomes Elder Taco when he leaves for his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on December 5th.  He will be serving in the Ghana Accra Mission!!

Traveling Together - Gotta Swim

We got up pretty early and grabbed breakfast in the lobby. The kids wanted a chance to swim before checkout.

 It was only a quick ride home after that and another fun and family day.

Traveling Together - Blackhawk at Cherry Peak Resort

We took a little short trip to Logan yesterday. I got free passes for the Blackhawk concert at Cherry Peak resort and we decided to cash in some of our Marriott points and get a room so we didn’t have to drive home late.

It was so nice to be in the mountains without the crazy pressures of home.

We were an interesting group, me and my sweetie, Scout and Baby Doll, Crafty and Tadpole.

When Curly couldn't come because of football, at the last minute I called Princess and asked if Tadpole could come.

The concert was so much fun!

We just might have to do this every year!

Going to Lagoon

We had a great time at Lagoon on Tuesday! We took advantage on the buy one get one free after 2 deal. Scout brought her friend with us and they were so silly in the Biergarten in front of the fountain my sweetie's Cousin George designed.

It was SO hot at Lagoon! My favorite rides were the Odyssea...

And Rattlesnake Rapids.

The lines were long, but we went a 2nd time anyway.

I always enjoy the Skyride.

But Scout's friend is terrified of heights. She didn't like the big ferris wheel either.

It was a pretty good day even if we did all go home sloshy wet.

The Barbie Movie

Yesterday morning, a bunch of us went to the Barbie Movie. That's why Scout did the cute nails I posted yesterday.

The kids liked the movie, especially the cute photo ops.

Curly would like to take home this car, even without a Barbie in it.

Thanks for the fun!

Wordless Wednesday - Scout Does Amazing Work

So proud...

Happy Pioneer Day!

Dog Walker offered to be in charge of our Pioneer Day celebration and he did a fantastic job! We started this morning by going to see the movie, Go West. It was a parody by the original Studio C cast.

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We stopped at Sam's on the way home for a few things and a hot dog lunch. Then we made dinner for the family.

My sweetie roasted a turkey and we had several racks of ribs. My sweetie taught Curly to make scalloped potatoes and the Dog Walker made biscuits, jello, and homemade pie.

Bossy's family and The Beast and his boys joined us for dinner and afterward we played a ginormous game of Blank Slate until it was time to do fireworks.

We fought a little with the rain, but we got our fire works off without a hitch.

Elder Sport joined us via messenger. Can you believe he will be home in 3 short months?

It was a fantastic day! Thanks, Dog Walker.

Just a Mess

I wasn’t sure if I wanted to tell this story, but even though it has a happy ending, the emotional stress made both my sweetie and I just a mess.

So on Friday night, Curly and Burrito had planned to go camping with their scout troop until they scheduled pictures for the football team. Since Gamer is a troop leader now, he told Taco to go up with the Scoutmaster and he would bring Burrito and Curly up later. It was a tight schedule with a 45-minute drive and a 2.5 mile hike, all before dark.

Just as we were leaving the movie at nearly midnight, Bossy called in a panic. The guys were missing. To make matters worse, Taco had headed down the trail by himself to meet them and he was missing too.

Bossy had just gotten off the phone with Dispatch and they were going to send a car to check the parking lots near the trailhead. My sweetie and I chose prayer, not panic, and then we turned on the TV with something mindless. We weren't sleeping until we knew something.

Just after 1:00AM, Bossy got a call from our poor frantic Scoutmaster. Everyone was safe and he could see lights on the trail. Curly said they finally dragged into camp at 2:51AM.

The guys had gone to the wrong trailhead and Gamer estimated the 2.5-mile hike was closer to 10, mostly in the dark. We were just grateful they were all safe.

Sound of Freedom

My sweetie and I went to see the Sound of Freedom last night. We were actually pretty nervous since we knew the subject matter. Seeing children in compromising and perilous situations did not appeal to either of us, but we both felt like we needed to join our voices with millions of others.

Trafficking is a horrible crime and none of us should sit quietly by while the weakest among us are exploited.

Please join your voices with ours.

The Bees Game

I love that Smith’s grocery supports the Bees! Once again, we were able to get a dozen free tickets with my store receipts.

That was enough tickets for our 5 and Bossy's 5. Gamer took our Jersey girls to the airport so he wasn't able to go.

The game was a double-header since things rained out last night. The kids got pretty hungry.

Especially Curly...

It was so much fun even though the Bees didn't do so well.

Another great day.

Heber Valley Railroad

As you know, my sweetie is a true train nerd and one thing he wanted to do while our Jersey girls are here was to ride the Heber Valley Railroad. Fortunately, Monday was Family Night and we got the tickets for $8 each.

We had a great time!! There were 18 of us and over the 90-minute ride, there was plenty of singing and dancing in the aisles. 

I would highly recommend this family night train.

Lots of fun besides the train...