What Brad did at bedtime

Brad surprised Jack at bedtime by spraying him with glow-in-the-dark silly string!





We haven't cleaned the silly string, yet because it reminds us of silly Dad!!

Lagoon with Dad

Lagoon
Lagoon is closed during the week for what's left of the season. Dad has been taking us on Saturdays. This time was Jack's first miniature golf game. He loved it!! He would choose who would help him putt, Mom or Dad, alternating. Jack loves any kind of game! Especially at "Adune!"


Family Miniature Golf 9-13-08
Yea!!! Jack!!!



Riding the Lagoon train 9-13-08
It's fun to smoosh your bear into Dad's face!





Eating a brownie in Pioneer Village at Lagoon 8-23-08 Dad, please make Mom stop taking pictures!

Terror Ride at Lagoon 9-1-2008 We lost count after riding the Terror Ride 20 times last year. This year we didn't bother to count. At least this year he doesn't need to ride 4+ times in a row!

Terror Ride 9-1-08 You ready?

Terror Ride 9-1-08 That was fun! Again! Again!

This year Dad took us on Dracula's Castle for the first time. Jack refused to ride it until we told him it was a Halloween ride, like the Terror ride. "Ween?" He loved it!

Last year Jack rode the kid's roller coaster once and wouldn't ever ride it again. Last year and once this year we rode the Sky Ride, but now it is "a high!" (too high). Jack is more selective about the rides he will try.

I cry when the Lagoon gates close at the end of the season! We love Lagoon! I have to drive up to the gates to show Jack they are closed. I pretend to cry and I AM REALLY sad; he tries to cheer me up. Luckily he quits asking to go.

And now we have Gateway Discovery Museum passes!

My Favorite Aunt

My Favorite Aunt Valois and her grandaughter Grace
Burnett Family reunion in Heber, August 2008

The previous post's picture of me fishing with Brad and Jack is hideous of me. I had to post a recent picture to show I don't always look that bad!!! So I am posting a picture of me and my favorite Aunt Valois.

She was so kind and loving to me for as long as I can remember. She called my sister and I, "Toots" and I loved it. Although we only saw each other every other year, I knew she loved me and I loved her!

First Time Fishing

August 5, 2008
This is the side of Willard Bay where I caught a huge Walleye many years ago when we were dating. Brad took me fishing here with his parents. I was determined to catch a Walleye and I did! It was so big people in boats came from across the Bay to see how I caught it. It was probably 24 inches long and 5 lbs with many sharp teeth which would have cut Brad's finger had he not noticed them! Brad had to help me land the shark-like monster! I was embarrased that Brad and his Dad had not caught anything and I wanted to be a nice feminine girl and not show them up, so we threw it back in the water. Then we had a lovely dinner at Maddox. Catching that Walleye was so thrilling, I said I would be happy if I never caught another fish in my life. (Luckily I did catch Brad and he married me! He's a keeper!) :-)


We took Jack fishing for the first time! He loved it! It didn't matter that we didn't catch anything. When we got there we found out the Bureau of Land Management had drained half of Willard Bay. We had to stand in mud. The deeper water where the fish are was yards and yards away from the shore.

We would cast Jack's little Spiderman pole for him and he would reel it in by himself. He laughed everytime he caught seaweed. He loved having his own "dish po"

First Scientific Question

This morning we were outside pulling weeds and came across dog poo. I said, "Eww, poo!" I always warn Jack of every dog poo I see so he won't step in it. I showed him where it was and he asked the most brilliant scientific question; I was so proud of him!

Jack: "Mom, uh poo is?"
Mom: "What is Poo?" :-)
Jack: "Uh-Huh."
Mom: (so happy to answer a medical question,) "Poo is food your body doesn't want. You eat food with your mouth, and if your body doesn't want it, it comes out your bottom as poo."
Jack: "O-oh." (like he now understands completely) :-)

Whether he will work in the field or not, Jack will have a great medical knowledge by the time I am through teaching him!! I love to teach about health!


Little Scientist
Lagoon August 2008

Happy Anniversary!!!



On August 28th, we celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary. We hiked Timpanogos Mountain. We did not summit, but we made it to 9,300 feet. We hiked up 4 miles and we were about three miles from the summit. We could have made it, (in another hour or two!) but then we would have to hike back down for seven miles in the hot afternoon. No, thank you.

We hiked for about four hours and had a great time! Afterward, we stopped at Cabella's for lunch and shopped. Believe it or not, we were not sore the next day! We will never forget what we did for our 9th anniversary!

The following Sunday we spoke in church, ironically, about 'enriching your marriage.' It was nice on our hike to explore the subject of marriage and relive our memories together, as we plodded up and down the mountain.

Part of the beautiful scenery on our great day