Rachael in the Rain

We had a good summer storm on Saturday. It cooled things down here in the valley and helped to put out the fire up above Bridal Veil Falls. Rachael had a good time playing in the rain. (We didn't think the rain would last long, so yes, the sprinklers are still on) As you watch the video sing "Singing in the Rain, Just singing in the rain, what a glorious feeling . . . "

Family Home Evening with Hyrum and his Family

We spent Family Home Evening last night with Hyrum and his family. We had a GREAT time eating Kentucky Fried Chicken and watermelon. A visit from the ice cream truck added fun for all. We played soccer and two hand touch football. It was great to see how tall Kyle has gotten. We enjoyed playing "Princess" with KaLeah. Hyrum played the guitar and violin for us. How lucky we are to get to see Hyrum every year. He is a wonderful boy. We are so blessed that he has a wonderful family, that is willing to continue to share their son with us. Thank you Shem and Char for being such great parents.

Beth and Ryan get ENGAGED

Beth and Ryan have decided to get married. The date is September 25th. We are so happy for the two of you.

Grandma and Grandpa adopt a new "Baby"

Grandma and Grandpa Anderson have added a new member to their family. On Saturday they adopted a Cocker Spaniel named Ozzie. Ozzie seems to be fitting right in, he is a beautiful dog. He is house trained and enjoys going for walks. He likes to play fetch and loves to have his tummy rubbed. Welcome to the Family, Ozzie

Riding the Motorcycle is FUN!!

Richard has had a motorcycle for about four or five years now. Up until this summer I have spent only about 15 minutes on the back of it with him. For what ever reason the motorcycle scared me. Rachael loves riding on the back of the motorcycle with Richard, and rides every chance she gets. I got really brave this summer and rode with Richard to see the Parade of Homes houses last month. A couple of weeks ago we took a ride to the top of the Alpine Loop. On the 4th of July we rode it to the Provo Freedom Festival Parade. Today we again headed up the Alpine Loop, to the top and then down to Cascade Springs. We walked around the Springs for a few minutes before returning home. It was my longest ride yet, about 50 miles. I had a great time. Maybe someday I'll even learn to drive it myself.


Come for a ride with us.

Rachael gets to be a part of the FIELD SHOW!

Rachael has been "promoted" into the field show with the Colorguard. They normally don't have 8th graders do the field show. Rachael is doing so well that they moved her up. She will get to travel with the band and colorguard to all of their competitions. Most importantly she will go with them to the GRAND NATIONALS Competition in Indianopolis in November. She is really excited to be a part of it.

She just completed two full days of field show practice. She's a little sunburnt, a little sore, and a lot better flag flipper. We are looking forward to watching her all season long.

WAY TO GO RACHAEL!!

STADIUM OF FIRE

Grandma Anderson won tickets to Stadium of Fire, since she was going to be out of town she gave them to us. Richard and I, Rachael and her friend Natalie went to the show. We did all of the pre-show games in the parking lot first. We had hamburgers at the burger place near the stadium and headed into the stadium about 7:00. We found our seats, on row 5 at about the 40 yard line opposite the big repay board. GREAT SEATS! We all had to have some Cougar Creamery Ice Cream before the show.


This nice man sat behind us. It took us a while to figure out who it was, but what a friendly man ALAN OSMOND was. We had a nice conservation with him before the show started. He came in on his "jazzy" and about went over the curb. The rest of the Osmond clan is in the row you can see just behind him on the next level.






The stadium was full and lots of excitement in the
air as the night began. First came the skydivers.


















Next came the dancers. They danced, along with athletes who represented every sport done at the Summer Olympics. It was pretty cool.

The BLUE MAN GROUP then came out on the stage. What a fun thing to watch and listen to, we were all enjoying them. We are agreed that we would go see them
perform again. The music they create with their "instruments" was really cool. The next performer was Miley Cyrus. Rachael and Natalie knew most of the songs and enjoyed getting up and singing to them.





The best part of the show was the fireworks. They just kept going and going. Every time we thought they were over, thing started up again. It was a great show. THANK YOU GRANDMA ANDERSON for a great evening.