Willow Lake

We've been busy since the last time I blogged.  Last weekend we celebrated Wellington Pioneer Days.  Once again we were on the Jeff Wood for Sheriff float and walked/rode in the parade.  After the parade we spent the day in the park.  I love Wellington days because all the kids activities are free.  I sat under a tree and watched the kids go down the bounce house slides about a gazillion times.  My nephew Zac and his baseball team had a booth set up to raise money for their all star games in California.  They had glitter tattoos, baked goods, and a dunk tank.  Rory decided to be a good sport and sat in the dunk tank while they did dunk a cop.  He was mouthing off telling Connor he had a spaghetti arm and WHAM! Connor hit the target on his first throw, while holding a doughnut in one hand and dunked him.  It was hilarious.  Later that night we had some adult time, we went to dinner with Jeff, Emily, Hyrum, and Paola and then went back to our house for delicious banana splits. 

Last week Rory had the whole week off of work, so we decided to go camping at Willow Lake.  I'd never been there before and it is absolutely breathtaking.  Since we went in the middle of the week no one else was there and we got the perfect spot to park our trailer right by the dock.  We spent the week fishing, four wheeler, rafting, and playing.  Garrett and Stacey Conover came up on Tuesday with their kids and we spent the day laughing and talking and trying to fish.  We went to Ferron Reservoir and Rory caught 2 fish, but Garrett didn't get any.  They stayed for dinner and then we were alone again, it was great having them for the day and the kids loved having friends to play with.  The rest of the week was so relaxing and like I always do camping, I ate WAY too much food.  It was so nice to get away for awhile and we even enjoyed a few thunderstorms to cool us off.   I saw this quote on Facebook and loved it, it is so true and so worth it to live like a homeless person for a few days. :)

 This past weekend (after returning from camping) we were back on the campaign trail for Jeff.  We spent Friday evening at the burn out contest on Price Main Street, it was, um, interesting.  We sat on the bleachers with about a million other people and smelled nasty burnt tires as each contestant peeled out.  I wasn't too impressed. Saturday was a lot more fun.  We were in the parade and spent the entire day at the park.  There was so much to do and see.  The kids rode a few rides at the carnival they had set up and we had fun shopping the little booths.  There was delicious food and tons of people to visit with.  By the time we got home we were exhausted and so ready for a break, so Sunday we relaxed and took the kids swimming.  It has been a very busy but very fun summer.