Family Weekend

Our weekend was spent with Andrew's family. Recently Jenny and her youngest kids Mary Elizabeth, 7, and David, 9, moved back to Utah from Oregon.

Friday night we all got ready to go swimming in the pool next to our complex. Little did we know that kids were not allowed. We put everyone in the car and went over to Veteran Memorial Park. On our way we stopped for kids selling KoolAid and cookies (Andrew and I have a rule that we always stop for them cuz we always wished people would stop for us when we did that as kids.) At the waterpark there is a huge pool and waterslides and a kids waterpark with a fort type thing. So fun and exciting, right? Well we got there 30 minutes before it closes. After unsuccessfully talking the management into letting us pay a lower fee and just letting the let down little kids play in the pool, we walked away without swimming. If you were ever a kid who got excited about swimming and then not getting to, you understand what a bummer it was. Honestly I think Andrew was more bummed out than any of the kids. We went through some other options and I brought up getting a slushy. Jenny syggested Sonic and then Mary Elizabeth said, " We went there a year and a half ago," like it was so ridiculous to consider going back so soon. Nothing was working out and we finally decided to get huge ice cream cones from Macey's grocery store and eat pizza and breadsticks. It was a really healthy night. We watched "Fantastic Mr. Fox" and the kids had a pillow fight with Uncle Andrew.

Saturday afternoon was perfect weather for us to try the paark again. We stayed for a couple hours and rode the slides and played on the water fort. We headed up to Gateway to see the Chalk Art festival which was soo neat. Aurora and Jeff's reception was that evening. The decorations were amazing!!! It was the best looking wedding reception I have ever attended. We danced a ton, Andrew performed a song on the piano, and we mingled with family and friends. It was a great party. Afterwards we hung out with our cousins Summer and Berlin. We found out the location of Hobbitville, which may not really exist. We really enjoyed hanging out with them after so long.

Last night we had a Father's Day dinner at Debbie's home. Gma and Dado were here as well as Jenny and her two youngest, Meredith, and the Jeff Beck family. It was a huge feast and it was nice to be with all the family.