July 20, 2013

A new trail opened, the Murdock Canal Trail, for riding bikes, running, skating, or whatever.  It goes from Orem all the way to Thanksgiving Point.  Orem City sometime in the future will connect it to the Provo Trail. Here is a map...

I went on a bike ride with a couple of friends in the ward.  We went on this trail.  We got on in Orem and rode into Pleasant Grove before turning around.  I think we went round trip about 16 miles. The trail was actually nice, it was pretty flat.   It was fun to be with friends.

July 19, 2013

Tonight a family in our ward, the Lloyd's,  invited us over for dinner.  We went over at 6:30 and didn't come home until 1:00.  We had a great time.  Devron made some great food for dinner.  We took s'more cookie bars.  We ate, visited, and ended by playing hand and foot, a card game.  The kids played and watched a movie, City of Ember.  They had a lot of fun. The Lloyd's have four boys, ages 11-2.  Grant took a picture of all of the kids, I'll have to add it later when he gets home.

The Sound of Music

We went to see this play tonight.  It was over at the outdoor theater, the Scera Shell.  We took all of the kids, sat down on blankets under the stars, and enjoyed the show.  It really was well done.  One of the boys from our ward, Seth Kelson was in it.  He played Kurt.  His dad was in it also.  The kids seemed to enjoy it, they never complained or asked if it was almost over.  I guess by about the third song, Alex did roll his eyes and said,"Ugg, another song!"  He never complained after that though.  It was fun because we saw other people from our ward there also.

My Hubby is Home!

Grant has been gone for a few days at a work retreat.  He came home with a few of these...

They played paintball.  He had never played before, he enjoyed it.  They got a lot of things done at the retreat, so that is good.  It is the best to have him back home!

Pretty Funny

Have you guys seen this?  We think it's funny...

Workin' for FHE

We worked out in the yard tonight.  Ethan, Brandon, and Daniela mowed the lawn.  They divided it into thirds.  Daniela didn't quite get finished because we ran out of gas.  I'll have to get some tomorrow.  Krista and Alex were on apple picking duty.  They had to pick all of the ones that had fallen to the ground.  There were quite a few, but they are tiny ones.  I guess they are just thinning themselves out.  I don't know how many Krista and Alex picked up, but Brandon ended up helping them.  He picked up 600 all by himself.  I never would have guessed that there were that many.  My project was weeding the garden.  This is a huge project.  See how it looked when I started...

And this is after two hours...

There is still a lot to do!  It doesn't even look like I did that much.  I'll have to try to work on it more tomorrow, maybe I can get the kids to help since they are about done with their jobs.

Loving Timberline!

I needed to unload and load the dishwasher today.  I asked if someone would please unload the dishwasher and I would load it.  Brandon said that he would do it.  I told him to let me know when he was done and I would go load the dishes.  That boy loaded the dishwasher as well.  He said that Timberline keeps making him do all of these nice things.  I am so thankful for all of my kids.  Of course they fight sometimes, but I think that for the most part they get along well and are happy.  Brandon sure has been a good example for the younger kids.  Daniela does a great job also.  I love how she takes care of her younger siblings, especially Krista.  I love my family!