Friday, June 30, 2017

06/30/17 Day One - Park City - Driving and Moochies

Life has been on super fast forward busy (even had a jury trial that went until late last night). So this morning we got up and packed up and headed to Park City for our annual family vacation.

We have a week reserved at Crestview Townhouse across from the Factory Outlet Malls through parkcityskiplaces.com.  I hunted and hunted for something we could afford and this place just came available two weeks ago so we snatched it up.  It is about 1200 square feet with a nice kitchen living room and a big loft where all the kids can sleep.  It has a queen, a twin and an air mattress along with lots of floor space if needed. 
Anyway, we all got up and packed up our stuff -- we pack lightly and plan to do laundry half way so it doesn't take too long to pack. We also packed lots of food -- planning to just eat out one meal a day to save money. It was a trick getting the car loaded but we were able to get everything in the trunk of the 300!!!  

Andy has been having some medical problems so he had a chiropractic adjustment at 11 a.m. and we headed out a little afternoon. The trip was pretty quiet - although I guess because it was a holiday weekend the traffic was pretty heavy.  We got up to Orem and went to Bryce and Marlee's place by UVU.  It was the girls first time to see it so everyone was pretty excited.  The girls to see it, B&M to show it off. 

It's a cute place - split entry - with 2 B and 1b upstairs and a kitchen living room, laundry/bathroon down.  And lots of closets for storage.  And really close to UVU.  Bryce got a job at Bed, bath and beyond and he can walk to work and school.  Marlee is waiting to start at Macy's and it will also be within walking distance although for safety she may drive anyway.  But it's a great location for what they have planned the next three years (lots of school, some work!)
Once AJ was available we all piled in cars and headed up to Moochie's for dinner.  It is in Lehi and is a place Andy has been telling us about for a long time.  We all got yummy footlong sandwiches -- meatball, philly steak -- and split them up.  There was a guy playing country music on a guitar and singing country music while we ate.  It was a fun atmosphere and the food was really great too.  We sat around and talked and hung out for awhile until AJ had to head back.  

We headed up the mountain and arrived at our Condo about 8:30 p.m. It felt like a long day by the time we arrived!




































Wednesday, June 14, 2017

06/14/17 Memorial for Rebecca Griffin

 We were watching KSL news and Rebecca's name popped up on the screen!!!  Rebecca is Eldon and Diane's daughter who died in a bike crash when she was 14. They donated as many of her organs as possible after she died and up in SLC somewhere there is a wall recognizing all those who were organ donors.  I was so surprised -- I didn't even know this existed.

Love you Becca, and miss you!!!

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

06/03/17 Wedding Day!
















Some things that were said in the sealing ceremony
performed by Randy Phillips at the St. George LDS Temple:

Successful couples have these things in common:

Know who they are—sons and daughters of God—set goals—give up the ways of the natural man

Know the doctrine and critical importance of covenants and ordinances

Focus on Eternal Blessings of the Kingdom of God vs. temporary possessions of the world

Eternal companions—courting only with eternal mate

Selfless—selfishness stifles the Spirit

Communicate—loving and forgiving

Unity

Express love each day—lift and strengthen

Have kneeling prayer together morning and night

When opposition comes—decision-making together

Endure to the end in faith together