Monthly Archives: June 2011

Today we had a very busy day!  We got up early, ate breakfast, and then the boys and I wandered a round the ski village for awhile.  We took lots of pictures and had a great time!  Too bad we couldn’t have spent more time there, got day passes, and then went on the alpine slide, the alpine roller coaster, the zipline, climbed the rock wall, etc.

After we explored, everyone took the bus into Park City downtown and we wandered around for awhile, enjoying the day.  We ran a little late, hurried and ate lunch, packed up, and left for our drive to Idaho.  Along the way, we stopped in Bountiful and saw Angela’s Grandma.  She seemed to be doing well, especially for over 90 years old!  🙂

We finally arrived at Downata Hot Springs in the late afternoon and pitched our tents (no one is SUPER excited about tenting it in the heat).  We were able to put up two tents, one for the girls, and one for the rest of us.  It worked out really well.  Now we just have to endure the heat!  🙂  Fortunately, it’s not too humid, so we’ll take that.

After settling in, Angela and her sisters decided that they wanted to run a 5k together.  They had this planned, but it wasn’t supposed to be until tomorrow morning.  They figured if they waited, they probably wouldn’t do it.  We all piled into one of the trucks and drove out to the starting line and dropped the girls off.  We would drive ahead some, and wait for them to catch up, cheering them on as they ran.

When they finally arrived back, they were totally wiped out, hot, and sweaty, but happy that they did it.  For Carla, this was her very first 5k!  Great job ladies!  We hope to sleep well tonight due to the heat…

We got up early this morning, had breakfast at the hotel, and then drove to Park City, Utah to meet up with Grandma and Grandpa Halliday, Chantelle, and the boys.  They were really excited to see us.  They have a timeshare with Marriott and they have a nice place up in Park City, right at the foot of the mountain in the Ski village.  We hung out and the kids had fun playing together.  The had some nice facilities for the little kids and a great “teen room” for the older kids.

There’s a great workout room, a great pool, and multiple hot tubs.  We had a great burger dinner and then relaxed and went to bed.  The quarters were really tight as there were 7 more of us than they had the night before, but everyone will sleep well, I’m sure.  🙂

Today, we left for our two week vacation out to Idaho and Utah.  We are very excited for the break from all the responsibilities we have.  We will be spending a day in Park City with my family, then going up to Idaho and spending a couple of days with Angela’s sisters and their families at a hot springs.  We’ll then go down to Utah, and while Sarah and Brittany are at EFY at BYU Provo, Angela and I will be leaving the boys and Kirstyn with my mom and dad and having a much-needed getaway for our 20th anniversary!  Hope all turns out well!  We’ll keep you posted!

We put in a 17 hour day and made it to Laramie Wyoming where we stopped for the night.  We are all exhausted but excited to see family tomorrow.  We’ll be leaving early tomorrow so we can get to Park City, Utah as early as possible.  The kids wanted to keep driving all the way through tonight, but we told them absolutely not!  🙂  We couldn’t drive any more and Ben was getting a little restless!  🙂

Today, Ben and Zach finished swimming lessons and boy were they bummed when the lesson was over.  They want to take another set of lessons when we get back from our trip.  We’ll see.  They did a great job and they had great teachers.  We’re going to practice a bunch with them when we go on our trip.

After the lesson was over, the boys wanted to get pictures taken with their teachers.

For a park district swimming program, they learned quite a bit, and they both passed on to the next level.  This made them very excited and they can’t wait to show their cousins what they learned when we go on our trip!  Great job boys!

Today, Kirstyn harvested her first vegetables from the garden!  They were beautiful radishes and she was very happy about that as you can tell from the picture!  🙂

She can’t wait to see what comes up next!  The garden is looking a little dead right now due to the intense heat and lack of rain.  We’ll keep our fingers crossed!

Well, only one more year until she can date…  That’s the first and foremost thing on Brittany’s mind today on her 15th birthday!  She is quite the funny girl and she definitely  keeps our family laughing at how boy-crazy she is!  🙂  It’s hard to believe that our little “itty bitty” is already 15 and in high school!  Yikes!

She had fun opening presents and then having her “cake” as well.  It was more of a “pie” with a #8 candle on the top (because she wanted it and we didn’t have enough candles for 15)!  🙂

Thanks for being such a GREAT daughter Britt!  We love you!

Today, Ben and Zach started swimming lessons at Philips Waterpark.  They are so excited to swim, and Zach thinks he’s a pro already!  🙂  It was so much fun to watch the two boys (in swim lanes right next to each other) work with their teachers and see how well they caught on.  Ben is quite the funny little guy and we think he’ll do well.  Zach loves the water and can’t get enough of it.

As soon as they finished up with their lesson for the day today, they wanted to jump right back in and have another lesson.  They didn’t want to wait until tomorrow!  🙂

Great job boys!

Today, Ben and Zach saw the Aurora Fire Department testing out the fire hydrant in our yard and could not resist going out to check things out!  The firemen were really nice and let them hang around.  Then they got a picture with Ben and Zach!  Quite funny!

After that, Ben told me he wanted to be like the guys he got his picture taken with!  Starting early, every little boy wants to be a firefighter at some time or another!  🙂