Our trip to BYU

Wade had a conference held at BYU- Provo and we all decided to tag along. Yep, I took the kids out of school and we had a BLAST! No joke the first day my kids woke up at six in the morning and said, "Mom can you take us swimming?" We swam all day and every day that we were there.

From the hot tub to the pool we went. We owned that place. The poor people that tried to enjoy the pool didn't last long with the Gordon fish around!

It was also a great time because it was Wade's birthday. Tyce picked out spiderman cupcakes and boy did we light a lot of candles. We had the birthday celebration at my Mom and Dads. It was a really fun night.

We also tried to "Help" Grandpa in his shop. I think we weren't too much help, but we sure had a good laugh trying on the safety glasses from the early days and sitting on the tractor.


We also took a drive down to Huntington for a few days. We didn't take pictures. We were to busy canning one hundred and twenty one jars of salsa and some tomato soup.
(and I thought that my canning days were over because my garden is long gone.) It was a lot of work but so nice to get it all done. I peeled so many tomatoes that my hands and feet hurt standing over the kitchen sink literally for hours. It really was such a fun memory. I really enjoyed canning with Peggy, Dennis, Steven and Jaylin. Dennis and Peggy have canned salsa for all of us kids for years and this year we were able to come and help!(They are so good to us!) It is hard to live so far from family and it was so nice to visit and work together. Tomatoes don't grow here as well as they do in that hot Utah weather. We were so greatful for all of the tomatoes that Dennis and Peggy grew so that we could have salsa for the comming year. We had a great visit and the kids had a blast playing with cousins. They play so well together. I also ran up to Jaylin's house and saw the most darling little girl's bedroom (pink and chocolate brown)that I have ever seen! Jaylin really has an eye for decorating. She also has the most gorgeous family portrait hanging in her family room.So fun to have a few minutes together.
On Sunday we ran over to Orangeville to see Grandma and Grandpa Snow. It was such a delightful visit. They are such great examples to me. I share the same birthday with Grandma Snow so we say that we have a "special bond" because of that day. Grandma Snow has a special gift- when you visit with her she makes you feel like you are the only person in the room with her, and that you are the most important thing in her life. After,that we stopped by Grandma and Grandpa Gordons. It was a special visit too. I have started to quilt and Grandma showed me some of her quilts and fabric down-stairs. She is so talented!!!(I will learn a lot from her.)While we were down stairs we noticed water on the basement floor and tried to clean up what we could. Wade and Dennis got a shop-vac and tried to suck up as much water as possible and we threw a bunch of fabric in the dryer that was wet from being on the floor. I was so glad that we could be there to help. Sunday night we drove to Bryan and Brandi's to deliver their share of the salsa and had a great visit with them. It was so nice to catch up and very hard once again to leave. They have the greatest kids! I hope my children turn out as well. (Brandon and Hayley, We have your salsa and would have dropped it of but I am sure as we were going through I.F. that you were asleep.We will get it to you soon!)