Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Apricots
Monday morning my dad and I went to the Church farm in Hurricane and picked the extra apricots. They announced in Sacrament Meeting that they were finished picking at the farm and canning apricots at the cannery. Bryan helped at the farm and at the cannery, so Dad and I went out to pick some extras. There were quite a few people out there doing the same thing. I brought home 2 bushel baskets full of apricots and 2 laundry detergent buckets full. I did the domstic thing yesterday and bottled 14 quarts of apricot halves and 9 pints of jam....and I haven't made much of a dent in the baskets. I ran out of bottles, so now I have to wait for my parents to bring some more over. I started making some fruit leather, but it is 65% humidity and so it isn't drying quickly. I also heated the house up pretty nicely. Outside was in the 90s and our house was almost as hot. I don't know why fruit has to ripen and needs to be bottled during the hottest part of the summer. Hopefully I can get all the jam and bottles done today.
Bionic Ear
I have decided that Courtney must have bionic ears! Sunday night Courtney was in bed and Bryan and I were talking. She yelled for us and told Bryan that he needed to be quiet because she was trying to sleep. She also told him to tell me that I need to be quiet too. She did this a few times before we were quiet enough to suit her. Monday morning Bryan was typing on the laptop computer in the kitchen and she woke up screaming for him to be quiet. At least we know nothing is wrong with her hearing!
High Adventure
Bryan went with the Priests Quorum to Brian Head for their high adventure. They spent the night in some cabins owned by the dad of one of the members in our ward. They did a service project at the cabin and then went mountain biking at Brian Head. They had a lot of fun!
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Hill Air Force Base
On the way to Montana, Ethan noticed an airplane museum. We told him that we would have time on the way home to stop, so we did. It was the Hill Air Force Base Aerospace Museum. I had no idea it was so large or so cool.
Inside they had a lot of airplanes, helicopters, photos and items from all the different wars where planes have been used. It was neat to see everything and learn some new things. Ethan loved sitting in a real pilot's seat.
Courtney loved the planes but the helicopters were her favorites. She also is fascinated right now with fires so she searched out a fire engine that was in the building which showed how fires are put out on airplanes.
We stayed at the museum for a little over an hour and then we were homeward bound. Bryan doesn't like driving on trips because he gets so tired and I have a hard time sleeping because I'm nervous that Bryan will fall asleep. The solution we have found is to just have me drive. Bryan fell asleep at Bountiful and woke up in Fillmore. Yeah, he was asleep a long time! But I was fine driving and the kids were sleeping or watching movies. We were very happy to get home but now the chore is to unpack everything.
We had a blast at the reunion!
Inside they had a lot of airplanes, helicopters, photos and items from all the different wars where planes have been used. It was neat to see everything and learn some new things. Ethan loved sitting in a real pilot's seat.
Courtney loved the planes but the helicopters were her favorites. She also is fascinated right now with fires so she searched out a fire engine that was in the building which showed how fires are put out on airplanes.
We stayed at the museum for a little over an hour and then we were homeward bound. Bryan doesn't like driving on trips because he gets so tired and I have a hard time sleeping because I'm nervous that Bryan will fall asleep. The solution we have found is to just have me drive. Bryan fell asleep at Bountiful and woke up in Fillmore. Yeah, he was asleep a long time! But I was fine driving and the kids were sleeping or watching movies. We were very happy to get home but now the chore is to unpack everything.
We had a blast at the reunion!
Saying "Goodbye" and Yellowstone and Dairy Queen
Monday morning was time to say Goodbye. Before leaving Bozeman, we went to the cemetary to pay our respects at Bryan's Grandma Pack's grave. Then we drove to Livingston, MT to have Pizza Hut (Lisa's pregnant and Pizza Hut sounded good so we had to get some in her quick before the food urge left!). Then we all left.
Lisa and Mike were going into Yellowstone and so were we, but we didn't want to hold them up, so they left Livingston before we did. When we got to Mammoth in Yellowstone, we noticed their car and mentioned it. Courtney threw a fit and wanted "Cute Uncle Mike." So we turned around and went back to Mammoth.
We followed Lisa and Mike to the Paint Pots. They stunk but we got out and walked around to give the kids a stretch. In the next picture, Ethan was posing nicely and Courtney was dancing.
We then followed them to Old Faithful. We figured from the amount of cars leaving Old Faithful that we had just missed the eruption. We were right. Lisa and Mike decided to wait the hour until the next eruption but we decided to leave. The kids didn't know the difference and we took pictures with the sign.
We then drove to a KOA in Pocatello and stayed in a Kabin. It was nice and we only had to unpack our sleeping bags, which is a plus!
After we unpacked our stuff, we decided to get some dinner. After eating Sonic, we went to Dairy Queen for some Blizzards (this was a reward to Ethan and Courtney for being so good on the drive). We couldn't see a sticker in the window telling us that they accept Visa, so when the girl came on the drive thru speaker here is the conversation:
Bryan: "Do you accept Visa?"
Dairy Queen: "What?"
B: "Do you accept Visa?"
DQ: "No, we don't have pizza."
At this point, I was about to pee my pants from laughing.
B: "No, not pizza, do you accept credit cards?"
DQ: "Oh, yeah. What do you want?"
Then we ordered Blizzards and the woman making them was soooooo slow...and she got one wrong. But after waiting for them for 15 minutes, we figured we should just take what we got. We went back to the KOA, ate our ice cream and slept.
Lisa and Mike were going into Yellowstone and so were we, but we didn't want to hold them up, so they left Livingston before we did. When we got to Mammoth in Yellowstone, we noticed their car and mentioned it. Courtney threw a fit and wanted "Cute Uncle Mike." So we turned around and went back to Mammoth.
We followed Lisa and Mike to the Paint Pots. They stunk but we got out and walked around to give the kids a stretch. In the next picture, Ethan was posing nicely and Courtney was dancing.
We then followed them to Old Faithful. We figured from the amount of cars leaving Old Faithful that we had just missed the eruption. We were right. Lisa and Mike decided to wait the hour until the next eruption but we decided to leave. The kids didn't know the difference and we took pictures with the sign.
We then drove to a KOA in Pocatello and stayed in a Kabin. It was nice and we only had to unpack our sleeping bags, which is a plus!
After we unpacked our stuff, we decided to get some dinner. After eating Sonic, we went to Dairy Queen for some Blizzards (this was a reward to Ethan and Courtney for being so good on the drive). We couldn't see a sticker in the window telling us that they accept Visa, so when the girl came on the drive thru speaker here is the conversation:
Bryan: "Do you accept Visa?"
Dairy Queen: "What?"
B: "Do you accept Visa?"
DQ: "No, we don't have pizza."
At this point, I was about to pee my pants from laughing.
B: "No, not pizza, do you accept credit cards?"
DQ: "Oh, yeah. What do you want?"
Then we ordered Blizzards and the woman making them was soooooo slow...and she got one wrong. But after waiting for them for 15 minutes, we figured we should just take what we got. We went back to the KOA, ate our ice cream and slept.
Butte, MT
Bryan's family lived in Butte, Montana, for a while when he was a kid. They wanted to go back there and look around. After Church in Bozeman, we loaded in cars and drove to Butte. The house they lived in is still there. We stopped at the Berkeley Pit to look around. Ethan loved looking through the binoculars to see the waterfalls at the end of the Pit.
When we were finished at the Pit, Bryan's parents wanted to visit someone and so they dropped us off a the park to play for a while. It was a nice day and Lisa napped in the shade while Mike, Bryan, Ethan, Courtney, Andrew and I played on these swings and walked around.
When we were finished at the Pit, Bryan's parents wanted to visit someone and so they dropped us off a the park to play for a while. It was a nice day and Lisa napped in the shade while Mike, Bryan, Ethan, Courtney, Andrew and I played on these swings and walked around.
Floating!
Saturday morning Bryan, Andrew, Ethan, Kevin (Bryan's cousin), Mike and John went golfing. They had a 6:50 a.m. tee time and they made it easily! They had a great time and Ethan was able to get out of the golf cart at this course (usually they make him stay in the cart because of liability issues).
When the guys returned from golfing, the girls went to the Farmer's Market. There wasn't too much there, but I found a few things to buy the kids.
Then we all ate lunch, loaded into vans and drove to the Madison River. We had been told earlier that the Madison was too dangerous to float. But on our way back from Ennis Lake we could see the river and it was slow and there were a lot of people on it. So we decided we wanted to go. Courtney, Ethan and Bryan were with Grandma and Grandpa in their row boat along with Ruston, Brooke, Josh and Shelby (Bryan's cousin's daughter). Mike and Lisa were in their kayaks, Julie, Andrew, Monica and I were on tubes. The water was really cold at first, but it wasn't too bad and we got used to it. Floating was slow and relaxing. I will post pictures when we get our water-proof camera developed. The water wasn't very deep and Courtney tried floating with me. She was really impatient because she wanted to swim in the river and couldn't figure out why we wouldn't let her.
After floating, we drove back to camp and played games until it was time for bed.
When the guys returned from golfing, the girls went to the Farmer's Market. There wasn't too much there, but I found a few things to buy the kids.
Then we all ate lunch, loaded into vans and drove to the Madison River. We had been told earlier that the Madison was too dangerous to float. But on our way back from Ennis Lake we could see the river and it was slow and there were a lot of people on it. So we decided we wanted to go. Courtney, Ethan and Bryan were with Grandma and Grandpa in their row boat along with Ruston, Brooke, Josh and Shelby (Bryan's cousin's daughter). Mike and Lisa were in their kayaks, Julie, Andrew, Monica and I were on tubes. The water was really cold at first, but it wasn't too bad and we got used to it. Floating was slow and relaxing. I will post pictures when we get our water-proof camera developed. The water wasn't very deep and Courtney tried floating with me. She was really impatient because she wanted to swim in the river and couldn't figure out why we wouldn't let her.
After floating, we drove back to camp and played games until it was time for bed.
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