The Catch-Up Post....the longest entry to date

We've been busy over the last couple of weeks and it's time to catch up and document some of our good times. The fun began with our neighbors new find: three homeless ducks that are sadly now down to only one.
I guess you could say our neighbor kids have, literally, loved them to death(sad, I know). They brought the remaining duck over for a visit and my kids were happy hanging out with it for a moment and perhaps loved it a bit too much as well.RODEOS
Next up were a couple of Rodeos: Fiesta Days in Spanish Fork on Monday night, and The Days of 47,on Tuesday night. Our seats at the Fiesta Days rodeo were right over the chutes. It was awesome to watch and hear the cowboys gear up for their event and have a bit of dirt hit your shoulder as the horses and bulls bucked their way out into the arena.

We headed to the The Days of 47 rodeo the next night and ended up leaving after the half -time show. I think we were a little tired after getting home late from the rodeo the night before. We still had a fun time and how often is it that you get the chance to see two Bison and a cowboy on top of a horse trailer???

SWIMMING LESSONS

Between ducks and rodeos, Drew was also becoming a pro at his swimming lessons at the Legacy Center. It was two weeks of swimming bliss and he passed with flying colors.

On the last day, his teacher made a train with the class in the water, which was an obvious winning combination for Drew. Can life really get any better??

TOUR of SALT LAKE CITY

Next up was our tourist day in Salt Lake City. Lo and I decided to head to Salt Lake on Saturday and check out some of the sites we haven't seen in a while. We started at the Capital.

We wanted to check out the renovations that were done over the last few years and it was really impressive.

Drew even managed to get in one of his sweet dance moves on the stairs.

After the Capital we headed to the Trax station to take a ride in the Free Zone and headed over to the city library, which I had not visited yet. Drew's face will give you an idea of how happy he was to be riding the Trax train.

We went up to the roof of the library to look out over the city. There were great places to sit down and some gardens that they keep up there..... Who knew?
We had a great time and the only thing we had to pay for that day was our lunch at Hires Big H and the $300 in gas for our 40 minute drive.

IDAHO

Our next destination was Idaho. We went up for the 24th Holiday and spent some time at Grandpa and Grandma Moss's house. Lo, Jake and Grandpa were MIA for most of the trip due to their many tee times at various golf courses in the area, but we managed to all have a great time together and on our own.The huge beach ball was a hit. Sommer and Drew fought over and played with the ball a lot.

We also went on a fun hike near Heise. It felt like it was 150 degrees that day, but we still enjoyed pretty scenery and yummy ice cream that rewarded us for our hiking efforts.
My Mom took us over to the gardens at the college where the kids ran around and we took some pictures.
On Saturday night and after a fun BBQ, Jake showed us all a great time. He has his pilot's license and reserved a plane for a couple of hours. He was nice enough to take us up for a little flight over Idaho. He even gave us a chance to try flying, which made me way too nervous.
Jake and I went up together and then he took Drew and Lo up together. Lo was A LOT braver than I was when it came to try flying the plane-he loved it. They said that Drew kept asking for his turn to try flying the plane. Notice Drew's cute little head peaking out behind Lo and Jake.
He looked so cute and smooth with his shades and head set. We all had such a fun time. I did get a bit sick right before we landed, but other than that I was good to go. Jake flew us over our house and my mom said that if we could have seen her, she was waving at us in our front yard. It was really fun time.
I got a couple shots of the plane as Jake took off with Lo and Drew. Thanks for a fun flight Jake!

FIREWORKS

After our fun flight, we headed over to opening night of the Dance Festival . We actually went over at the very end of the show so that we could see the fireworks. We ended up finding a spot right under the fireworks show. In fact, we were so close that they had to pause the show for a moment until we moved out of the way just a bit. So, if you were at the Dance Festival opening ceremonies, and wondered why the long pause in the fireworks, you can thank my neighbors and family for that. It was a great ending to a fun trip to Idaho and a busy and fun filled couple of weeks.