My mom and dad came to visit so my mom could attend her 35th high school reunion. They got here Thursday night just in time to tuck the kids into bed. The girls were so excited my parents could hear them squealing through the door. We missed having Maddi and Sophie but were thrilled to see mom and dad. After a good nights rest we got up and going for the day and then decided to load up and head for Tremonton to visit family. We stopped at grandma Harris's house first. Growing up I remember Nate sitting on this same deer at grandma's house in Preston now its Gracie's turn. Why all kids think plastic deer are so cool to sit on is beyond me.
After seeing all the changes grandma had made to her yard and house, feeding the ducks, and swinging in the tire swing we went to grab some lunch at Golden Spike Burger. The food was really good and we had great company to visit with. After lunch we went to visit Aunt Jeanette, My cousin Linnie, and Uncle Kelly's house lucky for us everyone was around since Katelyn was graduating from BYU nursing school. Its always fun to catch up with our extended family we spent so much time together growing up it brings me back to the comforting place of being surrounded by family. After some short visits we decided to take the kids to the park and the splash pad to get all our wiggles out. The city has made some great improvements to the park.
The kids had a ball swinging, sliding, and splashing all in their clothes..lol luckily we had new clothes for each of them for when they were done.
After we were worn out from the fun in the sun we headed back to grandma's for a snack before heading for home in time for Matt and I to head out on our date night and mom and dad headed to moms class reunion. At the last minute our babysitter bailed on us. Nic was so sweet and offered to keep our kids at our house while we went out! Seriously awesome sister I tell ya. So once we made a quick stop at Kents to get Tremonton corn we headed back to Ogden. Once we got home and got the kids settled Matt and I headed out for our date night. We grabbed some dinner and went to look at prospective building lots before we headed back home for the night. The next morning we took it easy while Matt went to take his final and we waited for mom and dad to come back from Tremonton. The girls seem to find creative ways to watch tv. I guess Gracie sitting on top of Hallie could be comfortable right??/
While we waited we tried our dragon fruit we pick out of the exotic food section the day before. It is a pretty cool fruit but somewhat lacking in flavor but it was worth getting to try at least once.
After everyone arrived home we loaded up the boat and headed for East Canyon. We got there about lunch time so once we got on the water we made lunch and of coarse had a swim break! Only this time they got to swim with papa.
Our boating days are definitely numbered the water is getting lower and the days and water are getting cooler. The water was cooler than it has been but it was still refreshing from the warm sun. One thing that can be a bit tricky is although the water is lower and there is less boating space but just as many people trying to boat it makes it dangerous when you get people that have no idea what the rules are we had a few tension moments when we wanted to throw things at a few people. About dusk we loaded up and headed for home so we could get dinner going and mom could go try on her new wedding ring(she had picked out a new ring setting that morning). We BBQ'd on the grill while the boys finished resurfacing the boat. After we ate dinner we decided to make a Jake's over the top milkshake run. Gracie loved her milkshake if you can't tell from the picture.
She was even willing to share
It was a great end to a fun weekend. Sunday morning mom and dad headed for home when we headed for church. Only a couple more weeks and we will be together again.
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