G&K Lagoon Day

G&K had a company Lagoon day again this year and with that came another day of wearing matching t-shirts. Love the bright green color! (WARNING: You will be seeing green by the time you finish reading this blog entry.)

Looks like someone is photobombing us. For anyone reading this who doesn't know what that means, here's the definition: "to drop in a photo unexpectedly, to hop in a picture right before it is taken."

 Pretty soon we had another little person who wanted to be a part of our photo session.

 Then a third little girl hopped in.

 Look! Here comes a fourth little photobomber.

 He sidled himself up next to Glen's leg and stood there timidly waiting to be included in the now-group shot.

 Just wished Eli and Spencer had joined in with Carson, Brooke, Madison and Caroline. Cute grandchildren!

The rides were fun. Most everyone got wet on this boat ride--except Madison and me. She was sleeping soundly in her stroller.

I turned out to be quite the awesome babysitter that day. Got Madison to sleep three different times. This was the first time when we were watching Eli ride the bumper cars again and again and again. It was his favorite ride.

Brooke liked to know where she was at all times, so she studiously studied the map. She also liked to point out she rode all the roller coasters at the park. Every one of them. She had no fear. Glen was urging her to go on the exciting rides and she turned out to be a very willing rider.

Madison woke up just in time for us to be able to go on the train ride with the rest of the family.

 Snack time while watching Brooke and Glen riding Screamer.

Lunchtime at the G&K pavilion.

Someone sure looks happy. Okay, the other two of us look happy as well. Who isn't happy at Lagoon?!?!?

Believe me when I say I was so much happier sitting in this semi-air-conditioned building patiently waiting for a show to begin.

So glad Jeff and Sarah were able to come with us again. We were especially happy there were extra t-shirts for them to wear to feel more a part of the great big, happy G&K family.

Thanks, G&K, for providing a full day of family fun!

Farewell, Lagoon, until next year...we hope...providing G&K has another very profitable year!

Quotes of the Week

"With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose." 

 -- Wayne W. Dyer 

"Life is truly a ride. We're all strapped in and no one can stop it. When the doctor slaps your behind, he's ripping your ticket and away you go. As you make each passage from youth to adulthood to maturity, sometimes you put your arms up and scream; sometimes you just hang on to that bar in front of you. But the ride is the thing. I think the most you can hope for at the end of life is that your hair's messed, you're out of breath, and you didn't throw up."  

-- Jerry Seinfeld 

"If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll never enjoy the sunshine." 

 -- Morris West 

Quotes of the Week

"Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you." 

 -- Mary Lou Retton

"Don't lower your standards. Instead, wait for people to rise up to your expectations." 

 -- Susan Gale 

"Keep people in your life who truly love you, motivate you, encourage you, inspire you, enhance you, and make you happy. If you have people who do none of the above, let them go."  

-- Unknown 

"If you follow the crowd, you will go no further than the crowd. But if you walk alone, and find your own way, you will likely find yourself in places no one has ever been before."  

-- Albert Einstein 

Pioneer Day Float and Parade

Our stake was assigned to make a float for the Bountiful Handcart Days Parade. The stake assigned our ward to be in charge of the float. Specifically, Bruno Kossin was put in charge of the float.

He got a committee together to come up with the idea.

From that these styrofoam seagulls were born.

In the Kentucky Fried Chicken-looking bucket is Kolob Fried Crickets.

Strings of firecrackers.

My part of helping with the float was gluing the letters and stars on both sides of the blue banner.

The morning of the parade I went to Bruno's to take some pictures of the float. It still needed the green flooring and the seagull feet and the firecrackers put into place. But at least I got to see the banner assembled.

The parade is always held at 6 p.m. the night before Pioneer Day. That seems like an awfully hot time of the day for a parade. And an awfully hard time for working people to get home, collect their families and find their spot on the parade route.

Fortunately for me, the Golden family had found a spot in a mostly shaded area and I joined them. Glen was in Minnesota and missed the whole thing.

The children were given small American flags to wave during the parade and they loved them. They also loved getting the candy that was thrown their way. They had to be a little more patient not being on the front row since that's where the majority of the candy was being thrown. But, when they finally got some of the candy, they were extra happy.

 Look at what a good grandma I was getting Madison to sleep halfway through the parade.

There were the usual school marching bands, clowns, old cars, floats, horses, etc. that you see in a typical parade. But this was the first time I saw a stars-and-stripes horse sporting golden hooves.

The moment we were waiting for finally arrived...our float! There's our friend Bruno with Colleen in the passenger seat.

 

Rebecca declared our float the best. Here are most of the other floats so you can judge for yourself.

Do we even consider this decorated boat trailer a float??!!??