Park City 4th of July

Once again we headed to Park City.

Originally we invited Corinne's family to join us for a long weekend.

Then we decided to take our full week and Fred and I would have the extra days to ourselves.

 You can see that we were loaded up again with outdoor toys for the kids.

 On the way up we were talking to Shannon on the blue tooth.

She asked if we had reserved both units for the full week.

We said yes. She said "Can we come up the first part of the week?"

We said yes.

They arrived a couple of hours after us on Sunday evening.

Monday we took a trip to the Hogle Zoo.

There weren't too many people so that was nice, but there were no shows or interactive activities because of COVID19. That was disappointing although we did have a good time.

So everyone except me went swimming.

I didn't go in the pool at all this trip.

On Tuesday we took a ride on the Heber City Historic Railroad Train.

 It was an hour up and an hour back.

Pretty scenery along the way. 

We were so pleased that the kids really enjoyed it.

 We had to wear masks except while we were seated on the train.

 Shannon and the kids left Wednesday morning so Fred and I had basically two full days to fill.

As you can see, this was not a trip where I took many pictures.

I think we have been to Park City enough now that I wasn't much inspired to take pictures.

Corinne and family arrived Thursday around dinner time.

Our time together was very familiar.

Lot of swimming, board games, movies and Hand and Foot.

 It worked out very nicely on the 4th. The resort provided a BBQ for us.

It was very hot the days that we had with Corinne's family.

The days with Shannon was sprinkly and cool.

Clara was so cute in her patriotic outfit.

I think we all had a good time.

Fred and I definitely want to check out other resorts in the future.

I think we have beat to death Park City.

Father's Day with Scott's family

After Corinne's visit, Scott and Jess were next.

They were headed to a family reunion in Bear Lake with Jess's family.

Our place was a nice midway point to stop.

Everyone seemed to settle in pretty easily.

On the way home, they stopped by again so I think some of these pictures might be out of order.

  Fred and Scott  are always comparing stuff.

Fred bought a couple soft sided coolers kind of similar to what Scott has.

Our multicolored car track was a really big hit with both of the boys.

 Here is Fred's Father's Day gift from Scott.

His own TESLA hat. He was really pleased with it.

 Scott brought out a big box of his Power Ranger toys.

I'm not sure who had more fun???

 On Father's Day we went out to say hi to my Dad.

This is a really cute picture. I know my Dad was happy to have us come visit.

 Fred and Scott were able to provide the Sacrament for us.

Someone caught this moment with Evan and me at the piano.

I think it's very sweet.

 A little more toy time.

I admire how our children are willing to travel with their young families.

It is a hard thing to do. When our kids were this young, we didn't go anywhere.

I wasn't willing to uproot our routine. I simply functioned better when things stayed smooth and calm. It was more about me than the kids. They probably would have done okay.

This year is filled with time with all of children and their families.

It's busy year of travel for all of us.

Corinne's family was next

The boys make themselves right at home.

They know where to find what they want to play with.

Transformers and Power Rangers was a big hit this time.

We had two tables set up for Legos.

This is a little blurry, but it was Clara giving Fred a fist bump.

Garrett rode with us and volunteered to help with the vacuuming.

Our little pool was a hit with Clara.

Clara snuggled up to Grandpa. Precious.

Lazy River was a beautiful day.

I never tire of watching these boys take care of Clara.

I know I have a picture of Corinne that looks like this.

A wonderful family time!

Shannon's visit

I'm so far behind on posting. At work, they have added more filters and I can't get to the page to update my blog. So now I have to do it at home. 

We have had all of our children visit in the last two months. 

First was Shannon's family and Brian for a change.

Here's special moment that Brian's getting some love from M. 

They brought the kid's bicycles for the first time.

After they arrived, we headed our neighborhood park.

The next day we hopped in their 4 Runner and headed for Toquerville Falls.

This was Fred and my first experience with off roading with them.

It was almost as good as the Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland.

Fred and I stayed in the shade as much as possible at the Falls.

To avoid the heat and to try and social distance still. 

The Falls are pretty and very compact. 

It's easy to spot these two in a crowd. 

Here's a good picture of the falls behind M.

 Here's another.

Here we are!

 Here's is their 4 Runner going over the Falls.

 Nice panoramic that Brian took.

 On the way home we came across an ATV that went over the side of the road. 

It was a Dad with his son that was about 7 or 8. 

The Dad kept saying "My wife is going to kill me"

Exactly what I thought. Neither of them were hurt. 

Pretty miraculous.

We got home and Scott & Jess sent these cookies to Shannon & me for Mother's Day.

Yum Yum

Sunday we drove up to the Cedar City Temple. 

Beautiful. 

Monday we took the kids to the Lazy River downtown.

It was a great outing. Not too busy.

I ordered a bunch of bundt cakes from the new shop in town.

DELICIOUS!!!

Tuesday was the park again this time no bikes.

A walk back home.

One of the days M learned to ride with out her training wheels.

It happened pretty quickly. We were all pretty excited to witness it.

It was a great time.