Aug 15th-20th

On Wednesday of the week we had Heather's friends party. It was really weird not having the other kids around to help, but she had a lot of fun with friends and the party was a hit. They played fruit basket, went swimming, had push pops for their cake and opened presents. How they opened presents was very interesting. They would pick someone without Heather knowing and they would say happy birthday or sing happy birthday and she would guess who they were. It was fun to watch.

Sunday we had a the family birthday party for Heather while grandma was here. David is playing on his phone before the present opening began.

Bob and Gloria came up for a birthday party and stayed with us at the end of Lindon days and the beginning of this week. It was nice to have them around, but pretty crazy. They seemed to survive and left on Tuesday and took Alan and Timothy with them. They wanted to go spend some time with cousins before school started. They stayed down there until Monday and came home and started school on Tuesday. They had a good time and had fun with family.

Before they left, Sara when to Idaho to go pack packing with my mom. My mom had it all planned and they had a great time. Sara did great and even helped a little with grandma's load. They hiked four days and three nights. She went on a boat ride, saw five lakes, spent quality time with grandma and even made it to the hot springs before she got on the plane to come home. Yes, my mom tries to have as much fun in the shortest amount of time as possible. Never a dull moment.

Aug 8-13 Lindon Days

Lindon Days is an event that our whole family participates in. This year was a little more exciting because we were in charge of an event and helping with another. Monday we went swimming at the Lindon pool as a family. That was fun, but something we do, so not way exciting.

Tues the kids went to a video game tournament and had a lot of fun with their friends. Matt got 2nd in the smash brothers and someone else they knew did well in guitar Hero. Timothy, Alan and Sara were out early. Heather had some fun playing as well.

Thursday was the Horse n around event and Sara and I participated. We did the egg race, magazine race, and tandom bareback. Sara also did musical chairs and run lead ride. It was a lot of fun and a good laugh.

Friday we were in charge of the family arena events. That morning we helped Lewis Cox trailer the sheep to the arena and later that day he brought the chickens, pigs and steer. He was a great help and it was nice to get to know him and his family. The family arena events included sheep riding, steer riding, chicken chase, greased pig and the Ribbon race. Then in the middle of all that was the Mayor candy scramble. It was a great evening and a lot of people showed up to participate. We didn't quite have the help we were hoping for, but some of the city council stepped in and it all seemed to work out. One kid was hurt on the steer ride and I wanted to go help him, but I couldn't leave. So David told Bro Frampton to take care of it and he did a great job. It is always bothersome for me when children get hurt. The candy Scramble was a hit and everyone seemed to have a good time. It was fun, but I will be glad to only be helping Marcy and Brian next year.

Saturday was the mini rodeo, but only 5 horses showed up and it went very fast. I felt bad that so few showed up, but everyone there had a good time. Lewis was so kind that he let everyone have a ride on his horses after the event. We tried to make it to the fireworks, but a big storm blue threw and the concert was canceled and they did the fireworks as soon as the storm broke, but we didn't get back in time. David felt bad, but we did the best we could and had a good time with family.

July 30th 2011

Saturday was a very busy day. David and Alan went to Camp Helamen at Aspen Lakes and had a great time. Sara went with a friend to Colorado. Heather went to the county meet and did well. She was first in the medley and freestyle relay. Second in breaststroke, 11th in freestyle, and 14th in backstroke. After the swim meet, I went to the gym to exercise and Heather went with me. She was so funny. She wanted to do everything I did and then when she was bored she ran some laps. Then after all that, she wouldn't let me leave without playing some volleyball with me. We had a good time, but I was surprised she had energy to do everything.