Memorial Day Weekend

We spent Memorial Day Weekend with Justin’s family for his grandpa’s 80th birthday party.  All of Justin’s brothers and sisters were there – a huge group!  It was a lot of fun, and Evie had a blast playing with so many cousins. 

On Memorial Day, all the dads took the children fishing. all. day. long. there were 20 children and 5 dad’s and a grandpa.  Wow.  The mom’s crafted and visited all. day. long.  It was the most fabulous day! Thanks to amazing dad’s who are willing to do that!

The weekend expanded into the next week where two of his brother’s made their way north to Justin’s parents house for the week.  We went to Temple Square, a splash pad a baseball game, lots of thrift store stops, and lots of bar-b-que’s and get-together’s.  We even painted two rooms in Kristel’s house!  What a fun week with family. 

Here we are (some of us) walking to the church for the luncheon.  Each of Justin’s aunts/uncles had a different color assigned to them for the big family photo.  Ours was red. 

Temple square with cousins.  Evie, Jackie & Grace looking at the Christus statue on Temple Square.

I Love to see the Temple!

The Farm in Minersville

This weekend was the start of the deer hunt.  Evie and I drove to Minersville with Justin and he took off to their camp in the mountain.  On Saturday night he came back down to spend Sunday with us.  We had a really nice time visiting and staying with Grandpa Great and Grandma Kathy was there too.  We took a drive on Sunday out to the Dairy Farm.  The cows are so adorable, and the first time we saw them, I realized I had forgotten my camera.  So…we drove back to grandpa’s, got the camera and returned.  Needless to say, the shots were not so “candid” the second time around…but they capture the idea of it. 

Evie walked right up to the stalls at the first.  This baby cow had knocked its bucket out and so she helped by putting it back. 

Here is just one row of the baby cows.  so cute!

Overnight in Minersville

We had a fun weekend. Evelyn and I went swimming in Tooele with Kristel & Kathy & Jackie & Eli. We learned that Kristel's fridge/freezer stopped running. There was another used freezer combo stored at Grandpa Wayne's house in Minersville. So, Justin & I went with them to Minersville that night so they could use Justin's truck to transport it home. It was a nice drive down, with a little patch of heavy snow in Provo. Other then that, it was easy-going. Evelyn even traveled well. We got in about 11 pm and put Evie to bed. She had fallen asleep during the drive and woke up when we arrived. When we put her to bed again, she wouldn't go to sleep. She finally fell asleep for a couple hours on Justin's arm. Then she would wake up when he put her down again. It was like this the entire night. Poor Evie...Poor Justin! We were tired the next day for the drive home. Luckily, we got everything strapped into the truck and off we went. It was a beautiful day and I worked on my young women lesson/handouts on the drive home. We sure enjoy spending time with Kristel & John and their family. Evie & Jackie play together so well. They just squeal with delight when they see each other.