They Have Arrived!

At last... The moment Glen waits for every year about this time.

Season tickets to the BYU football games.

 I think his smile says it all.

Quotes of the Week

"There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot."
-- Plato

"Love is not about finding the right person, but creating a right relationship. It's not about how much love you have in the beginning but how much love you build till the end."
-- Author unknown

"When your intention is great enough you will ALWAYS find the time and energy to accomplish your desires. You can state excuses to the contrary, but holding on to your old stories is just another way of wasting precious time."
-- James Arthur Ray

Chickens, Swings and a Playhouse

Our August monthly family birthday dinner party was at Andy and Amanda's house--their backyard to be exact. And what a fun backyard it is!!! And with such a beautiful view of the mountains.

The kids spent so much time at the chicken coop. Brooke loved to feed the chickens grass through the holes.

The chicken Andy grilled was super delicious. We were assured it was not a freshly slaughtered one from their coop.

Everyone enjoyed all the food options.

Amanda finished the baby quilt we helped make during Kaelyn's baby shower.

Maggie and Rachel could hardly wait to hold Dennis and Kaelyn's new baby Samantha.

August birthday person was Kenna with a shout-out to Newland turning one. Kenna did give permission for Caroline to blow out her candles.

And my, oh my, did Caroline LOVE the brownie cake. She had seconds and I think even thirds. There she goes with plate in hand.

More playing for the kids and the adults even joined in. Nani is swinging and a group of big people went over to check out the chicken coop.

What a super fun playhouse a neighbor just barely gave to Andy and Amanda. They got it all freshly painted and cemented into place just in time for our party. Ladder in the front, slide at the back and a fireman's pole in the middle.

As Glen and I were saying our good-byes, a rousing game of arm wrestling was just beginning. May the best man win...

Fun time, Andy and Amanda! Thanks for hosting!!

G&K Lagoon Day

The employees at G&K did it once again this year. They got good numbers and qualified to earn a family trip to Lagoon. Hurrah!

And once again Glen and I got invited to go to the campground next to Lagoon for breakfast with the Provo branch before the amusement park opened.

Don't know if it was the bacon and sausage we ate first thing in the morning that caused us to be so thirsty the rest of the day. Could not ever quench our thirst. All day long.

We spent the first couple of hours sitting out in the front booth so Glen could help greet all the G&K employees and their families while Craig and Jeff were giving them their tickets and meal vouchers.

Look at this cute G&K employee and his family. Dallas won the best design for the company's matching t-shirt logo contest. Cute shirts!! I heard comments all day about how wonderful our shirts looked.

Rebecca liked the shirts because she could easily spot her children if they wandered off and they could easily spot us if they got a little too far away from the group.

Look who else came to Lagoon. Sarah's family! Extra family members could go to Lagoon on a reduced rate that day as well. Sarah was super sad there weren't enough matching shirts for her family to wear. 

Once we made our break from the booth and entered the park, we found Sarah's kids at the splash pad.

Eli got told at least 5 dozen times to WALK--DON'T RUN!!! The poor Lagoon employee who got stuck with splash pad duty that day.

Carson loved the water.

 Here comes Eli on the run...once again...!!

This was the funniest thing that happened there. Carson was having such a good time playing in the water. But this time, he was in a spot that was showering down water on him and he just froze in place and didn't seem to know how to get himself out of that spot.

Mommy to the rescue!

 By the time she got to him, the water had subsided.

When we caught up with the Goldens, Rebecca was standing in line for food. Doesn't she look famished?

Brooke was entertaining herself while waiting for her food by walking around the tree 87 times by the time we got there. I know it was 87 because she was counting out loud and I think she went all the way to 100. Made me wonder who needs an amusement park if a tree is so amusing?

 Along came the Excell family with their food.

Then on to the rides!

Sarah warned us if Carson fell asleep in the stroller, it would be our sign that it was our turn to watch her kids so she and Jeff could go off by themselves to ride some big rides. It happened, so off we went to follow Eli around Kiddieland.

This little boy was supposed to sleep for a couple of hours. More like a couple of rides is what actually happened and then this is what I saw peering up at me when I looked in to check on him. Such pretty blue, wide-awake eyes!

Glen kept trying to get Eli to go on the kiddie roller coaster. He said he didn't want to go on it because it was too noisy. But after he watched it go around and around a few times, he decided he would give it a try.

 First time around the track.

Second time around the track Glen gets brave enough to hold his hands in the air.

Third time around Eli gets his little arm high in the air.

Caroline and Spencer spot their grandpa. The jeep ride is one of Eli's favorites. He's in there somewhere even though it looks like Glen is hogging up all the space.

 Caroline's favorite ride is the ferris wheel.

Such a fun day we had at Lagoon. Thanks goes out to G&K for being a great company to work for!!!