Pioneer Days 2008

The day started early for Jack. He was at his announcing site at 6:30 AM to set up chairs in the spot he had roped off for the family the night before. He had borrowed barricades from the OPD which they had left standing by a utility pole. He made signs to put on the barricades, "Reserved for Parade Announcer." When he came in the morning and set up the chairs - he replaced the barricades so the OPD could use them to close off the road. They had no clue.

Just before 9:00 AM, family started showing up. Half-way through the parade, we had a good sized group! Mike and Kathie joined us with some of their grandkids, and Shauna came, with her girls and some cousins/friends. Ann's sister, Melissa and her husband, Blake and their twin boys were also there.

Here are a few of the parade photos. We had a cookout for the few family members who were available later in the evening. Grandpa came over for that and we loved having him there! Lisa took some pictures at the cookout - I'll post them when she sends them to me - check back soon for those.Lisa got a shot of most of the kids in the truck with Grandpa Jack.Here are some cute cousin shots. I love seeing the cousins have fun together!The two youngest grandchildren, Bo and Rachel.

A new net!

Nate mows our lawns every weekend, and he must have noticed that we needed a new basketball net. He brought us a new one last night. (I think he noticed last time ours was worn out and brought us a new one then as well!)Off with the old!On with the new!Swoosh! It works!He had to hang on the rim while he was up there! Thanks, Nate!

Sewing with the Young Women

I haven't done anything Relief Society-ish for a long time, but I thought it would be fun to sign up to help the Young Women sew pajama bottoms. We met at the church at 10:00 AM and my little Beehive, Alexis Larsen, left with a new pair of PJ bottoms that she sewed all by herself. It was a fun project for the women and the girls!

Dead-heading

Sunday night the girls kept coming to me asking for clippers and scissors - they said it was for a surprise. When I went outside, here they were - dead-heading all our roses! Thanks, Kate, Haley, Amberly and Bays!

Back to work!

I had to get a picture of Jackson's hands! We stopped by the Bolos's about an hour after they got home from their trip to San Francisco. The whole family was at work! They were mowing the lawn, cleaning out the suburban and weeding the garden (that I could see). Jack's hands were the greenest - does that mean he was working harder than anyone else?

Dining alfresco

We had one last family get-together before Dena went back to Oklahoma - at Mimi's in Layton. We were luck enough to get to dine alfresco. It was so nice outside!

Happy Birthday America!

Jack was up early to walk down to the 6:00 AM flag ceremony at Bicentennial Park. Just after he went out the front door, the cannon went off. Lisa thought her dad had fallen on the deck and looked out the window to make sure he was okay!


At 7:00 AM we were at Plain City for "The Milk Run" - their 5K. Lisa, her friend Amber, Mike and Amberly all ran.
After the race, we went to the Kiwanis Breakfast at North Ogden Park.
We went to the Cherry Days Parade with Lisa and Amber and John and Ann and their family. Mmmm - parade candy!
Jack was a parade announcer again this year. When this float came by, he read from the script, "Snap Fitness - open 24/7 with mouth to mouth, er...a...month to month agreements."
Dad, Dena, Elaine and I went to hear Sounds of Time perform at North Ogden Park. Here's a clip of one of the songs they sang (this one was recorded a week before in Pleasant View).
Jack went out to Plain City's "Redneck Ruckus." Each team is two guys on 4-wheelers - one drives - one wears a helmet with a balloon on top and carries a noodle with PCV pipe in the center - teams chase each other around the track - whichever team gets their balloon popped or helmet knocked off is out! Redneck fun!
We went up to Dave and Julie's for a pool party.
We came back to the house and Jack had a little nap.
"Fire in the hole!" We went to Mike and Amy's for a cookout. Afterwards, Mike shot off his launcher (it shoots racquetballs 100+ feet in the air).
He called the game "Runsucke'."The kids (including Bryan) tried to catch the ball as it came down. It was hard!
The celebration ended with a bang! Jack and Dena and I went out to Fremont High School for fireworks with some of Bryan and Becky's kids and Mike and Amy's family.