Big Cottonwood Canyon

Sunday we decided to skip church and take a drive up Big Cottonwood Canyon. It was a little over cast, but that wasn't going to stop us. We headed up to Brighton to Silver Lake and was about to get out and walk around it, when rain started to come down. So we decided to get back in the car and head up Guardmans Pass. We made it up to the half way mark before going on to Midway/Park City.

We decided that instead of continuing on we would turn around and head back down the canyon. We decided to stop at Donut Falls and walk around a little bit.

 

Although we were only gone for about 30 minutes and YES we did park by a sign that read "No Parking." A nice little note was waiting for us when we got back to the car. We had missed the cop by 10 minutes and yes that little note was a nice Ticket.

 

In the end it was a nice Sunday, spent as a family.

Movie Day

While Jeremy was away I decided the kids and I would head to the movies to see Turbo. We went to the Carmike off of Redwood RD. It was been such a long time since I have been to those movie theatres. I got the kids each a little meal with popcorn a treat and a drink. We headed in.

Turbo was a really cute movie. Afterward we headed home and waited until the Cousins were going to come over for a sleep over. Once they arrived we decided to go to a "Movie in the Park" and headed to Sandy where they were showing Brave.

 

Such a fun nice night to spend with my little kiddos, but to share with my niece and nephew.

Pioneer Day - July 24th

Our great state commemorates today as a holiday due to the courageous pioneer men, women and children let by Brigham Young who walked into the Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847. What a tremendous journey, trial and miracles that happened on that adventure heading west from Navoo, Illinois.

Today in celebration the South Clan tends to make their way up to Hogle Zoo for a nice morning adventure of their own. Last year we didn't attend (most likely due to me having to work) but this year we made it in full swing.

The kids and I got up early that day and headed toward the Hogle Zoo. We ran into a little but of traffic due to the marathon that happens in the Foothill area, but made it just in time as the rest of the South Clan were getting out of their cars.

 

After getting in 4 hours of seeing all of the animals, riding the carousel, drinking our refilled icee's and wearing down from getting up so early we finally headed off to Mom's for a little relaxation.

 

Relaxation turned into a second wind of energy. Mom and I headed to Cafe Rio for a little bit of dinner and as we got back from picking up the food, Brooke and Logan arrived. We quickly ate and then hurried into our swim gear for a little dip in the pool. Abi had a little incident with Grandma and had an unhappy moment. Once everything was settled we headed to the pool. Swimming for only about an hour we got out, dried off, headed back to mom's, changed and then off we went to Cottonwood Heights (Butler Park) to watch the fireworks. They had a live band playing. The fireworks were so awesome. It was really fun to see them up close and feel the boom.

 

The pictures in this collage are courtesy of my sister Brooke.

 

Such a wonderful 24th of July, the only one missing is Jeremy.