Manti Pageant

Last night we went to the Mormon Miracle Pageant. We got there a bit early so we were able to meet a few of the cast members who were out walking around the temple grounds.

Cast members were: a Nephite, Samuel the Lamanite, a Nephite dancer and Queen Lamoni. Afton loved the Queens headress and wanted to meet her. Isaac got excited when Samuel told him he was going to stand up on the high wall by the temple!

Geocaching

I'm so excited that I finally get to post that we actually went out Geocaching! We finally settled on a GPS unit after looking for more than 6 months. It's an eTrex Vista HCx. The children had a lot of fun finding their treasure and trading up their toys for the stash. They've been asking when do we get to go again, so we better get to it! We took it with us last weekend to our family reunion. It was great for the kids. We didn't hear "Are we there yet?" because they just kept watching the little black arrow getting closer and closer to the little white arrow.

Why We Have Rose Bushes

OK, so I have to brag about my hubby. This morning he comes in before work and tells me it's a beautiful morning and asks if I'm going to get up. I shake my head & roll over in bed. He kisses me good bye. Well, I finally roll out of bed walk into the kitchen and there on the counter is breakfast all ready, and a glass full of fresh cut roses that Dennis got from our front yard! How sweat is that!! I sure love that guy!

Always a girly girl!

I just had to post this picture because it totally defines Afton. Here we are in the middle of the most manly store, Cabellas, and Afton finds a way to accessorize! She just had to stop at the sun glasses display and try a few on! They seam to be as tempting as shoes. I love it!

Cabellas!

Well, move over dinosaurs, big game animals have replaced you as Isaac's #1 favorite thing. It's been close for a long time but I think hunting deer instead of T-rex has taken over. Last weekend Isaac wanted to visit Cabellas to look for a black tail deer. It's as good as the life museum in Provo, so we took the kids up for a visit. They loved the fish in the aquarium and this time we discovered the target practice range. It was a lot of fun.

Memorial Weekend

We had a very busy weekend. . . in spite of the rain and during the rain. It did make some of our projects a bit more interesting though, aka muddy. But we won't have to water for a while. Dennis took half a day off on Friday intending to work outside, which unfortunately was very wet and stopped him from making much progress that day. But it did help with the work going on inside the house.

Activity 1. Landscaping

Dennis has been working so hard on landscaping the side yard. He's been handpicking cobblestones from out south of town and bringing them back to the house. We had some dirt brought in, which arrived a day behind schedule. The children loved playing on the dirt pile though and were very sat to see it taken away to other parts of the yard. Monday we were determine to get our driveway back so Dennis and I shovel dozens and dozens and dozens of loads of dirt into a couple wheelbarrows, then hauled it to the side of the house. We were a bit sore and tired by the end of the day, but, we did it!!!

Activity 2. Family Get together

Saturday we had a little get together at our house to celebrate Afton and Khora's birthdays. The weather turned out to be just wonderful! We grilled some hamburgers and hot dogs and ate lunch together. We even had home made strawberry ice cream. Yummy! Khora had fun with her cake, but kept trying to grab the candle.The kids all had a lot of fun playing with some of their cousins. The boys and their dad's went on a hike up Santaquin canyon while the girls stayed home and played dress up with their new purses.

Activity 3. Fireman's Breakfast

Monday morning we made it over to the annual fireman's fundraiser. They fixed us a yummy breakfast and no one went away hungry, and Dennis didn't have to fix breakfast! Bonus!

Trip to Vegas

Dennis and I reciently took our anniversary trip (9 years!) to Las Vegas, NV. Dennis had an APA (American Planners Association) Conference to attend there and I went along for the fun of it. Khora is still attached so she was with also. It was a busy 4 days with lots of driving. We got to see a lot of neat things though. Here are a couple pictures of our trip.

Dennis and I went on a special VIP tour of Hoover Dam with some of the guys he works with. I was amazed by it! I did get a little claustrophobic in the tunnels, but it was incredible.

The M&M factory tour was fun. We saw how they make the candies and watched a 3-D movie "I lost my "M" in Vegas. Of course we had to pick up some m&m's for the trip home. My favorite are the peanut butter and Dennis likes the almond.

This huge statue is in front of the MGM hotel. They have a live lions habitat inside that was fun to see. We walked through quite a lot of the hotels and things on the strip. My personal favorite was Ceasars Palace. There is just so much to see. We even saw CHER at the opening social. She preformed a few songs for that. (Yes, it was her and not a look a like.)