South Dakota

Owen is obsessed with bull riding.  He found a PBR event in South Dakota that was letting fans in despite Covid19 and he and Kylee planned a roadtrip.  They asked Davis if he wanted to go, but he didn't really want to go, so the little sisters got to go along.  It was quick, they left on Thursday night around 10pm and got home tonight around 8:30.   They had a lot of fun, and drove a ton.  I am pretty jealous, especially of a park that they went to called Falls Park.  They went at night and saw fireflies.  They saw Mt Rushmore, now all my kids have been to Mt Rushmore, and I still haven't seen it.  They went to a zoo, and an aquarium.  They visited a couple museums and swam at the hotel.  Gator didn't want to go to the rodeo, so she stayed at the hotel and had some quiet time.  It sounds like they had so much fun.  I am glad that Gator got to go on a cool vacation this summer.  I think it was a neat thing for them to do together before Owen moves in January.

Evening ride

I worked all day, but after I got off, Davis and I had planned to go up and cook tin foil dinners and do a little riding on his 4 wheeler.  It is fun to have one on one time with my kids, it doesn't happen very often with schedules, but I love it when it works out.  He even missed out on a camping trip with his friends to keep these plans with me.  Owen and Gator are in South Dakota, I'll post those pictures when they get home, from the pictures I'm getting it looks like they are having tons of fun. 

I actually don't even know if I ever posted that Davis bought a 4 wheeler.  He came to me and said he wanted a 4 wheeler, so I said okay, get a job.  Well, he did.  And he saved and bought himself this 4 wheeler.  He has been on a couple camping trips with friends and done a lot of riding.  It actually broke tonight, so now he is learning how to do some repairs, and he's also learning that it is expensive, but he is loving his 4 wheeler, and I think it is a great lesson for him. 

Some Random

Lots of Lagoon and friends.  Lagoon hasn't been very crowded lately.  I know it probably isn't the smartest thing to do right now, but it's open, so we will go.  

 High School has been approved to slowly and without expectations start football again.  I will be so upset if football season is cancelled, but I have to accept that it very may well not happen.  So I will enjoy what we get.  It is Davis's senior season, and we will be so heartbroken if Covid takes this away too. 

 100 degree days in the pool.

 Owen is unexpectedly but happily coaching for Fremont again.  ISU made the decision to move his signing group to January.  With Covid and so much uncertainty, it isn't even known yet if there will be a college season this fall.  I know this is the worst news that Owen could have gotten and he is so heartbroken to not be playing right now.  He worked so hard to rehab his knee and the only thing that has gotten him through this rough year and a half was knowing he'd be playing football.  Along comes Covid and turns the world upside down.  My heart is breaking for my kids. 

 Not knowing how the season will be, I'm going to enjoy every little bit that I can of watching Davis play for right now. 

 I don't know what a Vsco Girl is, but Gator and Sydney had fun dressing up and going out as Vsco Girls. 

 Davis has been picking up odd and end jobs along with his other job.  This one was absolutely disgusting, but he got paid nearly $300 for the day, so that helped.  A truck broke down with 40,000 lbs of apples loaded.  Well, that sat for 10 days in 90+ degree July heat.  His friend and him had to clean out the trailer at the dump.  As a joke, the lady that paid them after had bought them some applejuice.  Davis was just happy for the cold drink, and the paycheck. 

4th of July

Just like everything else this year, all the 4th of July festivities were cancelled.  How on earth do you cancel the 4th of July??  We planned our own.  It was sure a different year, but we had just as much fun celebrating.  We found a company that still wanted to do business and rented a big waterslide, had dinner, and fireworks.  It was actually kinda nice because we didn't have to deal with crowds and traffic.  I like the 4th of July, but it is such a busy and hot holiday.  I think I prefer how it was this year.  Although I did miss the parade (never thought I'd say that) and the big firework show.  So many people left town, the mountains and freeways had all the crowds and Layton was dead.   Driving home from Layton was amazing, so many fireworks.  Without the big shows this year, I am sure the firework stands had a huge boom in business, there were fireworks going off all night long. 

 Yes Lu, I feel the exact same way sometimes about my boys.  I feel your pain. 

 Thanks to Dallin and Tyler we had a pretty good show. 

 Before they left for the evening to hang out with friends, they had to show us how dumb they can be.  And I got some perfect pictures.  Owen standing looking all dumb and innocent while Davis lights one firework with another one.......

Seeing who can get closer to a lit firework.  The argument went on all evening who was closer.  

 Andrea brought some adult pop its.  So of course Owen and Davis think it would be a good idea to throw them at each other.  I can't say anything though, because I was just taking pictures. 

 I just shake my head and go on with my day.  The 4th of July is their favorite holiday along with Halloween.   I call this combining the two and "dressing up" for the 4th, they just say it's Merica!!!

 I actually get pictures now that Owen is with Kylee because she wants to take pictures, and Owen can't tell her no. 

Girls Camp

Gators first year attending girls camp was cancelled thanks to stupid Covid19.  It is really getting so ridiculous.  Edens ward improvised with a few days of fun activities and Gator got to go with them.  They had a great time, and were absolutely exhausted by the end of the three days.  Tuesday the weather made them have to improvise some more because it didn't get above 65 degrees and they were going to swim at a leaders house, but they had dinner and games with smores.  Wednesday they spent the day at the lake boating and paddle boarding.  I went to Kaysville to pick up Gator, it was after 9:00 before they finally came back from the lake.  And today, they played water kickball, with dinner, and a movie.  It was really nice of Eden and her ward to include Gator so she could get a little bit of a girls camp experience.