Wedding In Manti

We recently had a lovely Saturday trip to Manti for Mike's cousin's wedding.

We had missed Kimbal's when we were in FL and were sad when we missed Shannon's so we were glad when it all worked out to be there for Dayna's wedding.

The temple was gorgeous and so was the bride! It was fun to get to see all the family and especially Uncle Mike and Tiffany who we hadn't seen in at least 5 years!


Good to visit with everyone.

It was my first time being in the Manti Temple. I was glad we had a little time to wait before the wedding so we could look a round for a bit. I love that old pioneer workmanship. To think they built this beautiful House of the Lord without trucks and power tools. The faith and the sacrifice stuns me. It was just neat to stand and look around.

Archery at Snowbird

Mike and Tyler went up to Snowbird on July 21st for an archery event.
There were several targets spread all over the mountain. They hiked around and practiced shooting at different animal targets. Mike said Tyler was a great archer. Tyler came home on Cloud 9.

Tyler is looking forward to going out for a bit with Mike and his brothers on the hunt at the end of August.

Mt. Timpanogos Caves

On July 31st, we headed up American Fork Canyon and hiked up to tour the three caves inside Mt. Timpanogos. It was a steady 1 1/2 mile hike up to the cave entrance climbing a little more than 1000 feet. It was a not-so-hot sunny day and a beautiful hike!

The pictures are a bit fuzzy and dark because they were taken with my iPod, but at least I had that. The kids did a great job of hiking. They were amazed with the cave and Brigham began to relax when the tour guide assured him there were no bats. The formations inside were amazing. I had been to Carlsbad Caverns when I was younger and didn't remember seeing so many different kinds of formations.
 Brigham was about the only one in our group that asked questions and he asked A LOT of questions. Before we entered the cave we had been talking about the existence of a prehistoric lake  and how we would have been under water where we were standing outside the cave. So Briggy got it in his head that the caves would have been filled with the ancient sea to and he likened all formations to some kind of sea animal. One room had a lot of flowstone and he said it was a "group of those things that sting you really bad" -jellyfish.The tour guide was nice and patient.
You could see water lines from previous years and could tell that this year was definetly a drought year. I thought it was cool to see a vault line. Amazing stuff!

Lori and Brent were so nice to watch Jessie and Christian for me ALL DAY! It was fun to just be with the four oldest and give them a bit more of my attention and talk with them. 

We went to eat at the Creamery afterwards!

Jessie loved the fry sauce!

This Is The Place

We hadn't been here in a couple of years and a good friend in our ward had been volunteering with her kids all summer so we said ... why not?

Love this place and we were surprised at all the new things to do!

The Petting Zoo- they rode the ponies and tormented all the sheep and ducks. There were some new little piggies that Jessie loved. It was awesome for everyone to try to milk the fake cow! When exiting the stables we ere approached by a "traveling doctor". He was concerned about a recent outbreak of children turning into goats. He said that if we did not drink his remedy we would turn into goats if we had touched the goats. He proceeded to open his case of a ll sort of colored viles of "remedies". You should have seen Brigham's eyes! The best $1 I have spent. So we bought a vile and made sure everyone got a drink!

Brigham was petting the sheep and I told him how the ranchers shave the sheep and thenturn the wool into thread and make clothes with it. Then he laid his face on the back of the sheep and said " Oooo this is soft. I would where his wool."

Our friends- The Andersons

It just happens that they give tour guides about baking and gardening at the Anderson home. April serves in the primary presidency with me and we have kids about the same age. April homeschools her kids and as year round education she signed up this summer to volunteer. They work every Wednesday throughout the summer from about 10am-2pm. She bakes a pie using the berries from the yard each day they are there. It was fun to learn about what they do and see their pioneer costumes!

Deseret News is Amy's favorite place to go. We got some hard candy at ZCMI. Watched the Blacksmith make fish hooks. Panned for gold and then took the gold to the bank and traded it for more hard candy. Went in all the little cabins along the way and learned about the wonderful pioneers that sacrificed so much and lived such meager lives to settle wonderful Utah!

Another train ride around a pond. Watched real Indians making beaded belts and weave a blanket. K, A and Ty helped in making a rug. Brig aboard the Brooklyn that brought pioneers to San Francisco to settle the west. And off course, who doesn't love a donut ( B. Young's original recipe)!