A Sleepover for Seth at Grandpa and Grandma's!

Seth has been wanting to come and spend the night, but we had a very difficult time making it happen. He is starting school next week so we were able to 'squeeze' it in on Sunday August 21st, 2011. Here he is the next morning watching the Disney Channel and eating his cereal. He was excited to sleep in the guest room all by himself and he did very well! (He told his Mom that Grandma would take care of him, and he was so right!!)

We started our morning by first going to a little farm here in Springville where we saw ducks, geese, pigs, a deer, llamas, black swans, a bull, a donkey, a few rats and chickens and a rooster! After that we drove up Provo Canyon and went on the trail up to Bridal Veil Falls.

Along the path we were following the Provo River and at one point we can cross it so we got a picture from the bridge to show the power of that beatiful river!

Here is Bridal Veil Falls ... still running very strong the end of August. Seth enjoyed putting his feet in the cold water! We sat at the base and I told him how his Grandpa and I went on the tram that used to run up to the top when we were dating. He was very interested because all you can see of it is some of the ruins and a little bit of the fence up on the rocks at the top where the restaurant once was. The restaurant burned in a forest fire and the tram was destroyed by a snow slide. We rode it in the fall of 1968.

Seth and I (Grandma) had a fun day. He is a very 'inquisitive' young man ... one who asks more questions than any one can possibly answer!! After we came down the canyon we went to McDonald's where he had Chicken Nuggets ... then we stopped by Grandpa's work ... and then took him home. Thanks Seth for spending time with us!! We love you!!

When the Family Gets Together ... August 2011

Ryan and Alisa and Owen came from Minneapolis ... what a beautiful family (and they just announced that there will be an addition in February!)

Here's Ryan with the 'binky boys' ... Owen and Spencer.

On Thursday evening we were getting ready for dinner and a powerful storm came in ... which brought lots of HAIL ... this was our deck, after the sun came out. For about 20 min. we had an amazing storm (thunder, lightening, rain, hail). We actually got .4 in the rain gauge in about 20 minutes. (We all stood in the garage watching it ... quite a storm!!)

Jodi curled Alisa's hair ... so here they are looking quite beautiful! (They could be sisters ... all we needed was Amy with them and they would be triplets!)

McKay is our official 'baby tender' when he is here ... everyone loves McKay! Here he is with his two cousins ... Owen and Spencer!

Friday night we had a dinner with our good friends, The Risley's (who now live in NH!) They were here visiting their kids so we invited them to come and see all of our kids and g-kids, there were 39 of us all together. In the picture are (the backs of) Tammy, Linda, Marty, Dennis, Jodi and Mike.
Here's the 'kids table' (notice there are lots of Cheetos on their plates) and Amy, Dave and Spencer.

Another table ... Ryan and Alisa, Tammy, (her daughter Cora) Mike and Jodi, (Carter, David's youngest) and Wendy. (Not sure why Carter was there ... how cute is that, Carter with the adults?)

Saturday morning we went out to the property to show them the improvements we have made, and to let Mike and Jodi's boys get to ride the 4-wheelers. Here are McKay, Tanner and Talmage heading out for a quick ride.

Jodi (with Owen) and Alisa ... just chilling!

Alisa riding on the little trail we built on our property.

Ryan taking Owen on a 'very little' ride ...he is not sure he quite likes it, but he didn't cry! (Actually he was getting sick, we just didn't know it yet ... later that day he had a fever!)

Dennis and I with little Owen ... he had a smile, even though he wasn't feeling well.

We had a great weekend ... Mike and Jodi stayed with us as well. They came up to pick up Tanner from EFY. It was fun to have so many staying here for a change. We have great kids and love having them around. Wish they all weren't so far away!