During our last visit to St. George with the boys we decided to take a drive over to Las Vegas. We had promised the boys we would go to an authentic Las Vegas Buffett after they had seen a show highlighting one. Yep, those boys are easy to please. Just fill em up with food. Anyway, we left early with the intentions of touring around the city a bit. Showing the boys their old stomping grounds...old schools, old apartments, churches, etc. That didn't take nearly as much time as was planned and we didn't really want to spend the day walking the strip(aka spending money on overpriced things), so we decided to take a little road trip. Death Valley in July anyone???? Yep, we took a little excursion to Death Valley in the middle of July. The selling point for the boys was that it's where the scenes for Star Wars were filmed that depict the fictional planet Tatooine. The home planet of Luke and Anaken Skywalker. Obviously it wasn't too hard to sell them on that idea condisering they eat, drink and dream Star Wars. What they didn't anticipate was the heat. We watched the temperature rise steadily as we drove farther and farther into the valley. It became a game. How hot would it get? 122degrees!!! Yes my friends, it was a hundred and twenty two degrees outside of the car. I don't think the boys even had a vision of what that feels like. We eventually stopped at Bad Water to get out and check things out a bit. This is where I would insert a photo of us melting, but the camera melted too. It felt as if we were sitting in a furnace. Needless to say, we didn't hike around for long. The boys enjoyed seeing the filming location of their favorite movie and it was a nice drive. I just don't suggest doing it in July.
One a side note...when I walked into the windowless restrooms it felt exactly like sauna at Hannah's house. We don't need no stinkin' Finnish sauna...we got death valley, YEAH!
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Friday, August 14, 2009
Saturday, July 18, 2009
We're still around
Wow, time flies. We have been pretty busy lately and I have tons of photos to post. Just need to get around to doing so. We took the weekend of the 4th to take a quick trip down to St. George. Hot, hot and more hot! We have had the boys all week and will have them for one more week. Between family reunions, another trip to St. George and fun with the cousins, things are hopping around here. I'll get photos up with stories soon.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Week (or so) in Review
I guess it's been awhile and some people want an update on our lives. Honestly, I've just been very busy at work and haven't had time to post much lately. So, to sum up the last couple of weeks...Here goes.
On Friday of Father's Day weekend, my parents took Adam, Aaron and Jed and I out to dinner. They came up north for my mom's uncles funeral. So, it was perfect timing to celebrate Adam's birthday. It was great to get together with everyone, as we don't do it very often. I often joke that Jed had a better relationship with my brother Aaron, because he talks to him and sees him more than I do. The fly fishing bug has bitten Jed and he tries to go out with Aaron whenever he can.
We picked up the boys on Saturday night and had them for a week. On Father's day, we had Jed open his presents. William was dying to have him open the gift we found for him. He kept giving away too many hints about what it was. I told him if he continued and gave it away, we would take it back. The boy can't keep a secret to save his life! So, what was the gift Will just couldn't wait to give? It was a lemonade stand drink mixer that looks just like the picture above. It really is kind of fun.
We also got Jed this...
Apparently he HATES microwave popcorn. I never knew this until a couple of weeks ago. No wonder it never gets used unless the kids are here. It is so easy to use, we made popcorn nearly every day the boys were here. I have to say, it is much better than the microwave stuff!
The kids had a sleep over with the cousins a couple of times while they were here. That's always a treat(for the parents who don't have the kids at their house)! The boys went to the PG pool with the cousins, a Bee's baseball game with dad and Lori and the Transformers movie with the cousins. Jens got to go on a "Beacon" trek as well. Our stake is doing a pioneer trek this summer and they decided to do a one day trek for the deacons and beehives. They went up to This is the Place monument and spent the day learning a little about pioneer history and what it was like to live during that time. They had to push a handcart up a hill and do all kinds of fun pioneer stuff. He had a lot of fun. but said it was hard work. I think a little hard work is good for you. We're glad he was able to do that this week.
All in all it was a good week. We had fun with the boys and it was nice to have them for more than the week end. We'll get them for two straight weeks in July and then another week in August. So, I'm sure we'll have more adventures to talk about then.
On Friday of Father's Day weekend, my parents took Adam, Aaron and Jed and I out to dinner. They came up north for my mom's uncles funeral. So, it was perfect timing to celebrate Adam's birthday. It was great to get together with everyone, as we don't do it very often. I often joke that Jed had a better relationship with my brother Aaron, because he talks to him and sees him more than I do. The fly fishing bug has bitten Jed and he tries to go out with Aaron whenever he can.
We picked up the boys on Saturday night and had them for a week. On Father's day, we had Jed open his presents. William was dying to have him open the gift we found for him. He kept giving away too many hints about what it was. I told him if he continued and gave it away, we would take it back. The boy can't keep a secret to save his life! So, what was the gift Will just couldn't wait to give? It was a lemonade stand drink mixer that looks just like the picture above. It really is kind of fun.We also got Jed this...
Apparently he HATES microwave popcorn. I never knew this until a couple of weeks ago. No wonder it never gets used unless the kids are here. It is so easy to use, we made popcorn nearly every day the boys were here. I have to say, it is much better than the microwave stuff!The kids had a sleep over with the cousins a couple of times while they were here. That's always a treat(for the parents who don't have the kids at their house)! The boys went to the PG pool with the cousins, a Bee's baseball game with dad and Lori and the Transformers movie with the cousins. Jens got to go on a "Beacon" trek as well. Our stake is doing a pioneer trek this summer and they decided to do a one day trek for the deacons and beehives. They went up to This is the Place monument and spent the day learning a little about pioneer history and what it was like to live during that time. They had to push a handcart up a hill and do all kinds of fun pioneer stuff. He had a lot of fun. but said it was hard work. I think a little hard work is good for you. We're glad he was able to do that this week.
All in all it was a good week. We had fun with the boys and it was nice to have them for more than the week end. We'll get them for two straight weeks in July and then another week in August. So, I'm sure we'll have more adventures to talk about then.
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