Mantua Reservoir

After the drama of the kids parade we decided we'd had enough of Peach Days. We decided instead to go to Mantua Reservoir and take the kids out in our little rubber raft. The water was really cold but we had a great time.

The kids enjoying the beach after we went out in our boat.

Alvin and Daddy

June and Brig having a picnic snack.

Almost A Face On A Milk Carton

September 5th & 6th were Peach Days here in Brigham City. This is a much anticipated holiday for the locals here and were told about the fun activities that we just shouldn't miss. The first of which was the kids parade that takes place on Friday night. It is an all kids parade. All the elementary schools have their kids ride their bikes or sit on a flat bed truck or something and all the parents (like us) sit on the side of the road and take pictures.

Hyrum's new best friend, Ryan, invited him to sit on the fire truck with him and his brothers. He thought it was fun but really loud and crowded.
We signed June us for a dance camp with the High School Drill Team this summer and they marched in the parade together. They are called the Future Rockett's.
This was pretty much Brigs attitude about having to go with Shawn and I and sit and watch. He thought it was very unfair he had to be the only one not in the parade.

We enjoyed the parade but then the trauma began....

When I dropped June off with the Drill team I asked one of the girls were I should meet to pick her up. She told me to go to the Lincoln Church. Well being new in town and being that we are in Utah with a church on every corner, I had no idea where that was. So she starts with "Do you know where PaPa Murphys pizza is?"

I answer "No"

"Do you know where Big O is?"

Again I say "No"

So I ask if they might have an address because I am new in town and really don't know where anything is. So she goes and asks another HS girl and they tell me 2nd North and 2nd West, just remember 2 2 and you'll find us. I say great and tell Hyrum's friends parents to meet us there to give us Hyrum.

After the parade is over we start to make our way to 2nd North and 2nd West. When we arrive there are no Future Rockettes to be found. I am a little concerned but figured we were just at the wrong spot and we started to look around. We found a parade worker and she told us that the girls were suppose to go to a different church on 3rd north and 1st east. About this time we ran into some old friends of ours that were in our ward when we lived in Payson about 10 yrs ago when we were first married. They offer to take Shawn up to the church so I can go back to Lincoln church and wait for Hyrum. About 10 minutes later Shawn calls me on my cell phone and tells me that June is no where to be found. He found the future Rockettes at Peach City (a ma and pa hamburger place in town) but they didn't have June and had no idea where she had gone. They told him "Don't worry someone has here" Which is of course no comfort because we aren't the ones who have her and we only know about 10 people in town. He let them know just what he thought about that and then called me. Well I of course (being the calm and rational person that I am) I immediately hit the panic button and start freaking out. I stayed at the church and got Hyrum, then Shawn came and picked us up and we went and got our car not sure what to do. Our only hope was that the mom of the friend June had signed up for dance with had taken her but we didn't think that she would take her and not call or something considering she had no idea where we were. About 20-25 minutes later after frantic running around we got a call from a person in our ward that told us that they had found her and were going to give her to the police so to go to Smiths and find her. June had seen us on the parade route and when the girls stopped at Peach City to wait for parents June decided to head down the street to find us herself. I am still upset that she made it some 7 blocks by herself and no one noticed she was gone until we showed up to get her. When we found the police at Smiths he radioed up found that they had taken her back to Peach City in hopes we would go back there looking for her. When we got there the police car had its lights going, poor June was hysterical, and I was crying. We put on quite a show for everyone eating at Peach City. For the rest of the evening June wouldn't let Shawn or I out of her sight. We were just glad that she was found and we were home safe.

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" Yum mom this is so good"

We have recently tried to start Alvin on solid foods and it is going miserably. We started out with the traditional rice cereal which he rocket vomited every time we gave it to him. He can't even tolerate it when we put a few shakes of it in his bottle. He'll drink it down and then within a couple of hours the vomiting starts. We tried oatmeal next and although he didn't vomit I could hardly get him to even taste it. So I moved on to the fruits and veggies. Every new thing we try I feel like I am force feeding him. This is him eating peaches which is the only thing so far that we have gotten him to open his mouth for, but he still doesn't like it much. The pediatrician said he thinks maybe he is just slow catching on to the whole chew and swallow thing but he acts like he is starving all the time. What can I do? Let me know if you know any tricks.

"I thought the safety was on"

It might be a little hard to see in this photo. But Hyrum was recently shot in the head with a BB gun. Hyrum and about 4 other boys his age were playing in an empty field behind our house. This field has a small creek that runs through it and so it has a lot of trees (every one refers to it as "the wash"). Anyway all these boys went down to play and explore and apparently one of the boys (who was home alone) went to his house and got his BB gun. He was pumping the gun a few times and then holding it up the boys heads and pulling the trigger so they could feel the puff of air that came out of the gun. When it was Hyrum's turn to be shot with air he got a little more than he bargained for.

The kids that were with him came running up the hill to get me and I could hear "Don't worry I'll get your mom." so I came out the back door to see what they needed me for and they started shouting at me "Hyrum got shot, Hyrum got shot." Since I didn't know with what or where I was shaking like a leaf by the time I got to him and looked at his head. His friend held the gun 2 inches from his forehead and shot. His friend kept saying "I'm sorry I thought the safety was on." (famous last words). Lucky for Hyrum the BB didn't break the skin so a little ice fixed him up. Needless to say that his friends mom got a phone call when she got home from work and he is now grounded from his gun till he is 12. I am still trying to figure out why anyone would stand there and let someone point a loaded BB gun 2 inches from your head. I don't think I'll ever understand what goes on in the mind of boys. I'm just thankful he wasn't badly injured and that he wasn't hit in the eye.