Family Fun at the Whatcott Reunion

Last weekend we went to the Whatcott Family Reunion. It was up Kanosh Canyon and we had a great time! Josh absolutely loved his cousin's wagon. He grinned, clapped, waved, and rocked the whole time he was riding in it! Cliff had fun at the skeet shoot and I enjoyed the washer tournament! It's a really fun game that's like a bean bag toss, but you throw washers and try to throw them into one of three holes. I don't think you can practice and get any better at it, so hopefully next year we will have more luck on our side! We had a great time visiting with all the family and being with everyone!

Concert Time

One of Josh's favorite things to do is to serenade us on the piano. He walks up and down the piano playing all the keys. He loves the noise that it make. After he's finished, he will always look to get applause. Then he grins! I love it!

Memorial Day at Lake Powell

We went to Lake Powell for Memorial Day
weekend. We had a great time! The first picture was taken in front of the dam. It is really amazing to see. It's huge and would have to be very strong to hold all that water in Lake Powell.
They said the lake is rising 10 inches a day! That's a lot of water! The other pictures were on our boat rides up some canyons. The canyons were beautiful and the red cliffs seemed to tower over us. Notice that everyone is wearing a hoodie! It was really cold the whole weekend. Only four people out of eleven got in the water the whole time we were there. The sun was hidden all weekend and it rained part of the time. But we had a great time playing games, watching movies, and just being together!

Mother's Day Memory

So, Mother's Day this year was definitely a memory maker. It was my first mother's day and I had planned one of my favorite dinners and I was hoping to go for a walk after church. But things don't always go as planned! I opened the door into my apartment after church and heard water dripping and as I took Josh to his bedroom, I gushed through a big puddle of water. After I came out from putting Josh down, I found the dishwater full of water and the kitchen sink full of disgusting water. I got all my old towels and cleaned up the floor and waited until Cliff got home from Church. He got home around 5:00 pm, and then, we tried to fix the problem!

Cliff got this cool gun that shoots air into the pipes. We tried that a few times and Cliff got drenched because the water shot back at him. Then the last time we tried, we heard a bang and out of our cupboard came black, mucky, smelly water. We had a mess everywhere. It was awful! After an hour of trying to fix it we finally called the rooter. He worked for an hour and a half and finally fixed it! I kept telling him I was so sorry to make him come on Mother's Day and to tell his wife that I was very sorry! He was very nice to come and work so long. By 9 pm, we had water draining again and by 10 pm, we had bleached everything that had been touched by that gross water!

So instead of enjoying our delicious meal, we ate peanut butter sandwiches, milk, and oranges for our Mother's Day dinner as we sat in an apartment full of soaked up towels, black water, and sink full of muck. Life never brings what we expects, but I guess that is why it is so fun and adventurous! I'm sure we will laugh about this for some time!