July 2011

The 4th of July was just spent at home. We were going to have a BBQ with my family that evening but that all fell through so we just did our own thing then got together later at Josie's apartment for homemade ice cream then we went to our 'spot' to watch the fireworks. The city put on a good show and we had a good time.

Randy & I were going to do one of our temple trips (probably to Sacramento) the weekend following the 4th but plans got changed and we decided to go up to Midway to visit with Randy's brother's family who are here from Orlando. We did make it to a session at the Draper Temple though so we were still able to mark off another from our list. I've now done sessions at 29 different temples and Randy has done 33.

We were hoping to do a family pic but Misty wasn't able to get her family there so that didn't happen. We did get a pic of the grand kids who were there though.

The boys had fun playing in the rain on the deck of the cabin

We decided to fly back up north the weekend of the 16th to visit with family again. Since we don't get to see our cousins from Florida very often we wanted to kids to get together as much as possible. We flew up late Friday night and pretty much went right to bed after getting to the cabin. Halen had been sick earlier in the week but hadn't thrown up for 2 days so we thought we were OK. Well, I got sick in the middle of the night Friday night so I spent all of Saturday quarantined in a bedroom in the basement. Besides being sick, I thought I would enjoy having a little time to myself to watch movies and read or whatever but by Saturday afternoon I was feeling pretty lonely. I really missed my kids so I made them come visit with me out on the deck for a while. Ü

By Saturday night I was feeling better and I was able to go to church on Sunday. Elder Jeffery R. Holland is in my in-laws ward in Midway and he was at the meeting so grandpa Ogden made it a point to have all the grand kids shake his hand. Alex wasn't very interested in it but Halen got to shake an apostles hand which was neat.

Not long after we got back from church, Randy started feeling sick. He didn't eat or do much of anything the rest of the night but did go golfing Monday morning. He was feeling well enough to come with us to go to lunch in Heber and take the kids to a park. They all had tons of fun and didn't want to leave.
We went to Enterprise early Saturday morning to celebrate the 24th of the July. The boys had fun gathering candy at the parade but Alex got done a little earlier once he heard the fire trucks sirens (he still doesn't like loud noises Ü). After the parade we hung out at my parents for a while then went to my grandma Simkins' for lunch. My grandpa would have been 90 years old on the 24th. I can't believe he's been gone for 3 years already. Time sure has gone fast and I really miss him. After lunch, we went across the street for the kids races, then back to my parents for a little nap before heading to the rodeo. Just gotta love Enterprise on the 24th!

Getting ready to catch candy

The whole group
Alex at the races
Halen racing

The fam at the rodeo