Girls night

Years ago when Rachelle and I went out we were with all little boys.  Now we hang out with girls.  Chick flick outside at Layton park.  

Work Lagoon Day

 I didn't buy myself a pass to Lagoon this year, but Gator has been a ton.  The assisted living was having an employee Lagoon day so I had a free ticket and some half off tickets.  Gator, Eden, Lucy, and Dallin went over in the morning and rode rides.  I went later and met the girls at the pool.  They somehow still had energy to stay so Josh & Rachelle came over and spent a couple hours.  The girls were there from open to close, and they were exhausted.  Gosh Lagoon has so many memories.  I spent most of the time remembering all the summer days with my kids walking around every inch of that park.  

Weber County Fair and Rodeo

 Fair season just is so close to fall that I can't help but get excited when the fair comes around.  Every year there is a big petting zoo and that is actually my favorite part, but this year it was terrible.  There was a zebra and a pony with a unicorn headband on.  It was so disappointing, it wasn't even worth going in the heat.  The lemonade was good though.  We went to the rodeo so that was fun as well.  But once a storm rolled in, I was all about the lightning and rain.  

Once a year treat

 Last year we went to Roy Days and got a yummy pineapple treat.  I've waited all year for Roy Days to come back around just so I could go get another one.  And that is all I went to Roy Days for this year, was that yummy treat.  

Visiting Milford

 Gator went with Krissy and PJ over the weekend.  I had to work, and with football season coming up, I have to ask for a couple days off for games, so I couldn't get it off.  Anyway, they are happy to have her along with them, she is basically another kid in their family.  While they were down there, the girls went to the play Clue.  Gator said it was so funny, and the thunderstorm added to the effect.  I stayed home with Willow, not my idea of fun, but I got a lot of homework done.  That has been hard to do lately, we're just trying to finish up summer break and get ready to go back to school/work.

Mt. Timpanogos Temple

Today was the Mt. Timpanogos temple.  My favorite part was the landscaping.  There were a ton of sunflowers used in the gardens and I think that is so pretty and different.  The sunflower isn't very common to use in the temple gardens.  When Gator first made this goal, I told her I would get her to every temple, but she probably wouldn't be able to do baptisms at all of them because appointments were so hard to get.  We persisted though and today we went to the last operating temple on our list.  Well, we are going to redo Provo.  We couldn't get an appointment at first so we just went to the grounds, but since we have made it in all the other temples, we wanted to actually go into the Provo one and we have an appointment next month.  Other then that she just has to get 5 more that will just be the grounds because they are closed or haven't been started yet.  

After the temple we got some sandwiches and went to have a picnic lunch at Bridal Veil Falls.  We went here years ago on one of my fall drives, but we've never been out and explored.  

As soon as I took the picture, they all turned around and despite only Eden having on proper hiking shoes they were gone up the falls.  I stayed back, I don't trust my old legs.  

At  least they took pictures up close.  

When I'm not there

 I love that my kids take pictures when I'm not there.  I love it even more when they send me a picture.  I usually steal them off of their social media, but once in a while they willingly send them.  

Temple & Breakfast

 Gator is winding down with her temple goal.  I am so proud of her!  It has been awesome going with her to all the Utah temples.  She isn't going to stop though, she just keeps making appointments and inviting friends/cousins along with her.  This morning we woke up early and went to the Ogden temple and then to Kneaders for breakfast.  We all quite enjoy the all you can eat french toast.  

Grandkids

Owen asked me to watch Steele so him & Kylee could go out of town for the weekend before football season makes it so they don't see each other.  Gator was at girls camp so I already had Willow.  Saturday afternoon Gator got home and we went to see Davis & Kin who asked us if we'd watch Joey so they could go to a concert and camping for the long weekend.  So me not being a huge pet person had my 3 grandkids all weekend.  It was quite the party.  I'm glad Gator was home for the second half.  Joey and Steele don't get along great so we had to do keep them separate.  But Gator didn't mind having all the dogs over.  

Sara Evans

 I used to listen to Sara Evans when I was younger, but I haven't for a while.  I'll have to start again, even though I'm not usually a fan of many female singers, Sara Evans has some really good songs.  She was at the Ed Kenley Amphitheater in Layton last night so Gator and I went with Rachelle, Millie, Carrie, and Andrea.  Once the sun went down it was a fantastic evening.  Waiting in line in the heat and sun was a bit brutal though, but once we got in and had shade and the show started we forgot about how bad we all smelled.