Strawberry Days

This past week was Strawberry Days here in beautiful Pleasant Grove! It is such a fun week and what summer is all about. On Tuesday night we went to a concert in the park. There was a bluegrass band playing and the kids had a blast dancing while we adults watched and ate scrumptious strawberries and cream. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

On Wednesday night we went to the carnival. We rode on space ships, horses, dragons, and cars. We also enjoyed some yummy lemonade.

Friday morning we went to Huck Finn Days. The pictures are from that event. We did a doughnut walk, got our faces painted, did a bean bag toss, slide down a giant slide, and walked in the fish pond. The pond is just a small bowl in the field that they flood with water and then fill with fish so the kids can go fishing.

On Saturday morning we went to the parade. We got a great spot in the shade and just enjoyed ourselves. Ali loved the motorcycles (the police ones), the horses, they candy, and the dancers. She even followed the dancers on down the street before I knew what she was doing. A nice man with a look on his face like, "what kind of mother lets their daughter wander down the street" brought her back to me. We had a wonderful week and best of all it was all free! Well, except the carnival rides. I love summer and I love this town!

Lydia's Father's Day Gift

Tim likes to take naps on Sundays, but he rarely gets to. Since it was Father's Day I figured he deserved a good nap. After I put Ali in bed, Lydia started to watch "High School Musical" so I figured I could fit in a short nap too. As Tim and I were snoozing, Lydia found some scissors. She came upstairs to get our opinion when she was done. Tim looked at her grogily.
Tim: Did you cut your hair?
Lydia: Yes, do you like it?
Tim: Umm, who told you to cut your hair?
Lydia: The mouses did. (The mouses are her imaginary friends. There are 3 of them and they do everything with her)
Tim: Boy are you in trouble.


Here is a side view of the damage. I think it looks like a really bad 80's haircut. As she looked in the mirror Lydia lamented, "The mouses don't like my haircut." Tim is calling her his son. I don't think it's that short, but I hope the hair stylist can work a miracle.


At least she cleaned up after herself and put all her hair in the garbage can. She is pretty sad that we have to go and get it cut today. Ah well, maybe every little girl needs to learn this lesson at some point.

What a Wonderful World!

Friday night for date night we decided to take a hike as a family. There is a trail head about a mile from our house and about 3/4 of a mile up there is a beautiful waterfall. We packed a picnic dinner and headed up.

Even though it was a short hike, there were many fun things to see along the way. There was a little pond called "Tarzan's bathtub." The girls loved throwing rocks into any water they saw. This is a bridge that crossed the stream, and of course the girls had to throw more rocks.

We also found a little cave. Lydia was afraid of snakes, but Ali went right in to explore (after I checked for snakes).

We reached the waterfall and had our picnic. It was beautiful and we enjoyed our food with a our view. The girls threw more rocks into the stream. I think the sound of the water affected Ali because in the course of our 1 hour hike she had to "go pahee" 5 times!

We crossed the stream and got a picture of our family by the waterfall. I know, we look kind of small. On the way back Ali went potty a few more times and the girls threw a lot more rocks.

We had so much fun on our hike. We had no idea there were so many great things to see so close to our house. The girls were great sports and kept going even when they tripped over the rocks frequently. We are so blessed that God made so many wonderful things simply for us to enjoy.

Toilet Troubles

Last Monday, we were giving our darling daughters a bath, when I noticed more water on the floor than usual. I thought one of said darling daughters had peed on the floor. As I began to clean it up, I looked up. It was coming from the ceiling directly above the basement toilet, but directly below the upstairs toilet. Tim touched it and it came raining down. The piped had become corroded and was leaking. I wanted to call a plumber because I wanted nothing to do with the stinky mess, but Tim said he could fix it. We remodled both the bathrooms in our previous house, so I thought maybe he could fix it. He was up until 1:00 am, but he did fix it. Tuesday night he reset our toilet upstairs (the pic is before the toilet was put back in), and Wednesday night he sheetrocked over the hole in the downstairs ceiling.

This is the new clean pipe Tim installed. Trust me, you didn't want to see the old one. It took me a couple of days to allow Tim to touch me, or anything in the house for that matter. Ewwwwwwwwwwww.

Tim did a fabulous job fixing this problem. Look, he's even smiling. The hole in the ceiling is now even covered. We just need to retexture and paint it now. That may happen within the next year...maybe not. I'm grateful to have a husband willing to learn messy things like this and I'm very glad we didn't have to call a plumber. Good job Honey!