Our "Vacation"

Well, we decided to go up to Bear Lake on Saturday, August 8. We couldn't go up for the family reunion because Dad was scheduled to work, so we just went up the Saturday before to visit with my grandpa. The plan was to visit with him, go up the canyon and maybe hike up to Bloomington Lake, and then spend a couple of hours at the beach.

Unfortunately, it was cold...way too cold to do any lakes or beaches. But we had a fantastic visit with Grandpa (I know no one knows this one...what did the acorn say to it's mom when it grew up?). Munchkin, Buddy Boy and Dad explored around the farm, climbed into the tractor, played on the swing, etc while I visited. We picked a bunch of "bush" cherries to take home and make jam with. I think I want to grow bush cherries, if only I knew what they really were!

After visiting Grandpa, we went to a playground we'd seen in Paris. It was playground deluxe, and the kids had a blast! By this time it was getting pretty cold, so we decided to head home.



On the way home, we had the fun adventure of the car we were BORROWING breaking down in the canyon! I flagged someone down and we called a tow truck, and we got towed back to Logan where we were then stuck. So we decided to make it a full-blown vacation and stay in a hotel! The kids loved it, and certainly didn't complain! We ate squeaky cheese, jerky and bread for dinner and took advantage of the cable ha!

Anyway, Sunday morning Granny came up and got us and brought us home. I went back up this last Saturday to pick up the car, and bought a bunch of fresh peaches, corn and raspberries from the fruit stands in Willard. Such good stuff! And I went to Cox honey and got 4 pints of honey (SOOO good!) which Buddy Boy decided to steal and spill today:-) Lucky for him, he only spilled about 2/3 of one pint. Didn't know the kid could reach the counters already....

(Answer to the above question for those holding your breath: He said "Gee, I'm a Tree! (Geometry))

July's Life

So, July was the month of zero stress in our house...NOT!!!

Oh my, where to begin? How about on July 1st? Here are some of the "fun" things we dealt with:

July 1st - Dad was informed that his company was taking away his position and with it, $1.50 an hour of pay, oh and they were going to cut his bonuses in half. Which would result in $500 less a month NET.

July 1st, 2nd - Dad applies EVERYWHERE he can think of for a better job. One that is not small, family owned, and one with benefits that don't cost more than $500 monthly as well.

June-July - Mom begins having terrible stomach pains, enough to take her breath away and to prompt her to go to the doctor, even though now we REALLY can't afford it.

July 15th-ish - Buddy Boy decides he will NOT eat anything except for grapes, fries and chocolate chips...oh and his soy milk. Seriously, he eats NOTHING else, except at church where he eats bread.

July 17th - Mom has an ultrasound and is told she'll get results that night. Except they don't come...the doctor refuses to return phone calls, messages, etc for two weeks. Oh yeah, Munchkin cries all day because it turns out Mom is NOT pregnant:-)

July 24th - Dad goes to his company "party" to get his last bonus check, only they decide they're not going to give them out yet. They're gonna dangle it for him a little longer.

July 28th - Mom finally gets results. Gallstones, most likely gonna need surgery. Unfortunately, didn't get results before Dad was "in-between" jobs, so can't schedule a thing until we're insured again.

July 28th - The computer is fried after the power goes out and short circuits the entire thing.

July 29th - The appraiser guy who was supposed to call weeks ago doesn't until now, and so the refinance dude doesn't check employment until today, Dad's ONLY day of being unemployed. Doesn't look good to them!

July 30th - The digital camera decides if the computer goes, it's going too. I don't blame it...I want out too!:-)

There was a lot of blood, sweat and tears. However, we tried to make the best of it and still have some fun.

Family Home Evening Talent Show:


Mom and Munchkin belting out some show tunes.


Didn't know he could boogie, did ya? He's got some smooth moves.


Dad and Munchkin showing off some of their amazing acrobat talents.

Day in the Mountains:




Hanging with family:





Going to the park a lot!




Thank heavens for family,free fun and food storage, eh? I don't know how we would have survived without each other. And here's the good news...it's AUGUST!!! Yay!:-)