Lets get together... yah, yah, yah

Jay and Sonya!

The tall and the short of things

Anderson Clan

Hacker family

A week or so ago I got together with my old friends from Bountiful (well we all lived in Bountiful once upon a time ago) for a BBQ! What a great night, perfect weather, pleasant shade, yummy food, good people, great conversation and good fun. The kids all splashed in the pool, jumped on the tramp or played in the sandbox while the adults just ate food and chatted. I of course brought my camera and then failed to take any pictures outside... .thus the really bad inside pics. I need to find my camera directions and figure out how to turn the flash on... ya think! Sorry for the horrible pictures, but someone forgot to email me the good ones! Its all good!!

Food - glorious food!

Another sisters breakfast has come and gone! We all wish you
were closer Denise so you could join us. No one still likes the
camera pointed in their direction so I took the pic of
our food instead. So yummy!
Thanks girls for making the effort to get together every month!

Weekend Fun

Friday we went up to "This Is the Place" to enjoy the Free Family Fun day! It was so so great... admission was free for everyone, all the activities were free and they even gave away free bottles of water and popsicles to keep us hydrated and cool! Lots of others knew about the day, it was packed with people, but still a very fun time!

Saturday night I was invited to join Steph's family at the National Guard 23rd Army Band concert at Temple Square. What a FANTASTIC concert! It was my first time going and I hope not my last. We had great seats down near the front. I think my two favorite pieces were the Armed Services Meledies and the Clarinet Soloist they had. So Awesome! I honestly dont think too many people knew about the concert because it was not packed. All those who were not there sure missed out!

American History 101

Any of you who know Mike know that he is a born story-teller. The man can weave a tale and often takes artistic license by telling the story the way he thinks it should be...even if that takes things a little to the left of accurate. Whenever he uses this talent to teach our kids the importance of various holidays or events in our lives, he tries to speak on their level, which is always amusing. Here is what I overheard him telling the kids on the 4th ....

"All right kids ... the 4th of July is a pretty big deal. Why? Because back in 1776, England started pushing us around. They made us pay taxes, they made us wear funny wigs, they made us drink crazy tea, and finally America said, 'Dudes! We're not going to do this anymore.' So on the 4th of July in 1776, we wrote 'em a pretty nasty little letter. It was called the Declaration of Independence. It said, 'Dear England, thanks for Harry Potter in the future but we don't want your stinkin' taxes, your funny wigs or your bad tea. We don't even want to be part of your country any more. So take that. Kiss off. Love, America.' And then they signed it. Some of our founding fathers weren't as brave as the others. They signed it pretty small. But John Hancock signed it in big ol' letters so King George wouldn't have to use his glasses to read his name.

"When King George got the letter, he was so mad that he sent the largest army in the world to come fight our guys. Their army had big guns and matching red coats. Our guys had little guns and no shoes, but they loved America and they were ready to take on that big army so we could be free. Fortunately, we were smarter than the British so we got 'em surrounded and then we said, 'Take your red coats and bad teeth back to England and don't come back until 1812.' And that is how America started kicking butt. "

(I had to steal this post from a friend in my ward.... it so made me laugh!) Happy 4th of July everyone!!!!