I love the Legacy Parkway Trail. I love that I can get on my bike in Farmington and ride to bountiful and no have ANY cars to deal with! Well, today before the Outlaws game we took the kids on a ride. They all did such a great job! We went 8 miles, in the heat, and everyone (especially Lucas) kept up and did a great job! Poor Lucas had sweat DRIPPING from his face:) I LOVE my family!
One of the perks that comes with playing for the Ogden Outlaws is going to the PDL games for free and getting a turn to be a ball boy at those games! Today Matt got to be a ball boy. He was so excited and SO nervous, but he did great! The game was fun. We all love us some soccer around this place!
Then we grabbed dinner at Rumbi's (Mmmmmmm) and headed to the Rodeo. The box was SO plush and my boys were in 7th Heaven! Thanks Randy and Carol!
Then we headed back to our hotel and crashed!
Saturday morning we met Grandma Wittke at Village Inn for breakfast. Ok, while it was fun to be there with her and all of that, I will never take Matt there again. They were the WORST! Every question we asked about food ingredients was answered with "um, I don't know...." when asked to check they said "um no....I don't think we can".....? Seriously? Anyway, he ended up eating a salad with chicken on it for breakfast. Oh well, lesson learned :( Ok back to the good parts. It WAS fun to just sit and chat and enjoy that time with Mom. Don is in Texas getting certified (or whatever you call it) for the new jet he'll be flying, and we missed him.
After breakfast we still had enough time to go back and swim again! I think my kids would live in the water if they could! Isaac and Lucas and Nick of course, kept practicing their dives. I just love watching them. Sadly check out time came way to fast and we were forced to come back to reality! I love little get aways with my family. They're the best!!
This weekend I got to send Tyler off on his very first backpacking trip! He was so excited and I was so excited.......and stressed :) He of course did an amazing job and had a AWESOME TIME! We are so lucky to have such a great scout master. They hiked up to Malan's Basin. Tyler LOVED the view and can't wait to go back! Since his feet are the same size as mine he borrowed my hiking boots.....and brought them back in pieces! LOL I guess that's what happens when you go hiking in boots that are as old as you are!
Well, last week we actually skipped cousin adventure. GASP! I know, the world has been knocked off of it's axis! We did of course see each other every day at swimming lessons, and we hung out a bit at the Harry Potter premier, BUT it wasn't an official cousin adventure! SO this week Mary's boys slept over here and we had a "video game day" while Mary and Mike went away for their anniversary and then we took the kids to the Days of 47 float preview in Sandy. We decided to make the adventure even bigger and better by riding the train! The kids loved the train.
The float preview was AWESOME! Grandma Wittke and Esther and her girls came and met us too which made it even better! It was so much fun to see all of the floats up close. The amount of work and detail is amazing! The kids had so much fun too. My kids loved all of the floats but the ReAL SL float was the big winner. My kids also loved the marching band that kept circling the room :) This is something that I could totally do again!!
Mike has been saving for a road bike. He figured it would be a while before he could get one, but man was he obsessed :) The other night he was out making Harry Potter wands......of course.....and our neighbor came over. Our neighbor is a bail bonds man and he had taken in a road bike on a bond and the guy was back in jail so he was keeping the bike. He told Mike he would sell it to him for the amount left on the bond...$350...WHAT? The bike is a full carbon frame, Mike's size, and EXACTLY the bike he wanted! Mike asked me if I minded if he bought it (I said HECK NO! That saves us $1,700!!!) and it was his!!! He's like a kid in a candy store :)
We had another wonderful, fun, exciting Harry Potter premier weekend!!! It was so much fun! We sold a bunch, met a TON of fun people and totally loved every second of this experience since it's our last! I also have to say how GREAT my kids were all weekend long!!!
