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Vacation and Family Reunion and Grandma Jewkes

We just came home from a fun trip and family reunion. We left last Thursday to go to Utah where we got to see our boy. Zac left on the previous Saturday and flew with his Grandma Jewkes to Utah where he attended Space Camp with his cousins Jaden and Sienna. That took care of Monday evening, all day Tuesday and until Wednesday evening. Zac said that they were able to do 5 missions and his favorite mission was the invasion mission. He totally loved Space Camp and plans to attend next year. When we got to Orem Jenny had pizza dinner and a homemade carrot cake for us to celebrate Father's day since we were going to be busy on Sunday. Thanks Jenny! We are very grateful to have lots of friends and family in Orem and were able to spend a little time with our friends Cali and Joey and their great little family that is growing with 4 kids and another on the way. How she does it I don't know. I have enough with just one kid not to mention 4. So Friday morning we headed off to Nampa for the family reunion for Jeff's Mom's side of the family. Friday evening Jeff & I were able to spend time with Brad, Joanne and the girls, Carlin, Shelbie and Samantha. Then on Saturday we spent the day at the park with lots of family. It was sure great to see everyone and a special thanks to Lillian for pulling it together. Then Saturday afternoon we took a break and took the kids (Jaden, Sienna and Zac) along with Jeff, Jenny and I and went swimming to cool down. The kids also needed to finish off some of their energy they still had. So the kids to the pool and the adults to the jacuzzi was a great way to spend some time visiting. Then we met up with an old friend of mine Shana Hawkins we have know each other since we were about 3 or 4 years old. We had a great visit and caught up with all the family news and had a great meal at Red Robin. Sunday we went to Church with Brad's family and then said our goodbye's and stopped off at the family reunion Sunday luncheon and gathered the rest of the family and headed back to Jenny's in Provo. Had it not been for the traffic in SLC we would have made better time but it was slow going for a bit to get thru there. Monday we spent time going to the BYU museums for dinosaurs, wildlife, art and of course had to hit the BYU store and Creamery for ice cream. Then back at the house we gathered and headed up the canyon to bbq hot dogs and roast marshmellows. After this we came up with our own family games. I will let the pictures speak for themselves. Then Tuesday morning we headed to Martin's Cove, Wyoming to see my folks. We were able to take Dave & Kathy (my in-laws) up in a rover to the Cove since they are not able to hike this far at this time. It was so plesant. Then that evening Jeff started to come down with a bad cold. Then Wednesday morning we had a great dutchoven breakfast (my dad really knows how to cook in the dutch oven) and cleaned up the trailer and head for home. Once we were home I went to the store to restock for the week and it was a good thing as Wednesday evening I started getting this bad cold too. So Thursday and Friday were spent in our PJs and watching everything on tv. Finally Saturday afternoon I finally started to feel relief. It was a good thing as we got a call and Grandma Jewkes (she is a 100) fell and broke her hip. So Sunday was spent at the hospital with family and I am gald to report that she pulled through surgery with flying colors and will just need a lot of rest to heal.

Pictures to follow.

Baseball 2009 first two games...

Well we lost the first game and won the second.  Not too bad to start of the season.

Stairs in backyard...

Well the day started overcast and on the way to work we decided that today would be a good day to get started finishing the stairs.  At first 2 stairs across were done seven rows high.  We thought that we would put a garden in on the side.  Well the garden didn't really happen so decided that it would be quicker and easier to finish the hill in stairs.  Less maintenance and that is important since our lives are very busy.  So the hillside was covered in weeds when we started.  Jeff spent the day putting in the stairs and I spent the day hauling the 54 pound stones to Jeff.  So after the first one I went and found Zac's skateboard and rolled them across the patio.  Here are the pictures.   Only 4 bricks left to go....

Denver Museum of Nature and Science

Thanks to a friend passing along some tickets we were able to go the Health Exhibition at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. It was a fun day. Zac was able to take his friend Seth along. The boys had a great time together.
They had to go get wet by the over spray of the water jets. 


Denver is such a pretty city.At the Health Exhibition you went to different areas this area you took your picture and it showed what you would look like at age 70 on the left and on the right you with the effects of UV exposure.  So here is Jeff.

And Andrea...Here is Seth...
Here is Zac...
In this exhibit, you put on these headbands and by relaxing move the ball bath and forth until you get it to the other side.  Seth beat out Zac but it took a while as the ball sat in the middle slowly going back and forth for about 5 minutes.
This is the treadmill test.  Zac was telling Seth, "come on already" only to find out it wasn't as easy as it looks.



Then we went to dinner at Johnny Rockets in the Cherry Creek Mall where the boys got hamburgers and oreo milkshakes.They even have the old fashion music boxes at each eating area. 

Jeff even had a hamburger.  He figured that one Johnny Rocket's hamburger a year wouldn't kill him.  I am so proud of him he has really been working hard at eating well ann healthy.  Whenever I suggest something unhealthy or fried he is always letting me know.

Trip to Wyoming - Martins Cove

Here is Elder and Sister Adams.  My parents who are serving in the Wyoming Martin's Cove Mission.

"Rats"

Zac was in the school play last night called "Rats". He was a towns person. I have to say he was the most animated person on the stage. The performance sounded great too. So I guess I will have to purchase this DVD to put in the family archives for his first school play!

This is no surprise to us as we are always wondering where the camera is. He is very animated at home too.

I will post pictures soon...