Anderson Reunion and other stuff

This past week was full of fun stuff! We went to Lonetree to attend Sylvie's baptism. She was a very brave girl and got baptized in the river behind their house (at 7 in the morning)! Then we went to the KOA for the Anderson family reunion. They had an Olympic theme with different events you could compete in. Clark and I both did the pogo stick. It was hilariously fun.

My facial expression here is actually excitement. We had a couple of practice rounds before the real competition and during practice I couldn't stay on for more than a few jumps. Then when the real event started, I stayed on for at least 10 seconds. I was pumped! I did lose though, to Betsy . . . the Pogo Stick Queen! Right Bets? :)

Then we went to the Pioneer Day Parade (see the next post).

Pioneer Day Parade

Here are the pictures of the parade. Clark's Mom did the float for their ward. She did a fantastic job! Notice the Tree of Life on the left, the Iron Rod, and it's hard to tell from this picture, but there were people doing service like chopping wood, baking, etc.


We were waiting for the parade to start. From left to right, Clark's Dad (Clark), Will, Clark's sister (Betsy), and Clark's brother (Eli). What a cute family we have!

I don't think this picture does justice to how much candy Will got. We were at the very beginning of the parade so people were extremely generous with the candy. Will's favorites were the taffys and lollipops.

Taylor Swift and Rascal Flatts Concert

For Cheyenne Frontier Days, Amy and I went to the Taylor Swift/Rascal Flatts concert. It was soooo fun! I've been to 3 other concerts, but none of them had the special effects that this one had. There was a big screen in the background that showed clips from their music videos and other things pertaining to the song they were singing. At the end, they shot confetti throughout the arena.

Before the concert, we had a little bit of time to burn, so we went on the octopus ride. It was quite exhilarating! It spun and went up and down at the same time. Here's Amy looking as cute as ever, right before we got on.


If you look closely, you'll see Taylor Swift in a sparkly blue dress, holding a sparkly guitar. It looked really neat. There was one part where she and her electric violinst banged on trash cans with drum mallets. I think it was my favorite part of Taylor's performance.

Here's an intermission picture. Turns out one of my friends, Kendahl, went to the concert with her sister too and we ended up right next to them! Kendahl took this pic and then I took a pic of her and her sister.

Here's Rascal Flatts! They were incredible. You could just feel their energy. My favorite song of theirs was "Stand". During the chorus, the screen lit up with 100 inspiring words like, "passion, dream, courage" etc. It made me feel so alive!

Mountains

Friday evening we decided to take advantage of the beautiful weather and we headed up to Bert Creek.

Clark and Will built the fire. Clark used the back end of a hammer to chop the wood and Will carried the wood to the pit.
Rosie and I hung out by the fire most of the night. She was mesmorized by the flames.
Here's Clark wacking the tree with his hammer. I love my mountain man!

Bear Lake

We went to a family reunion at Bear Lake this past weekend. It was a blast! I was a little hesitant at first because we had to take Sadie, our new yellow lab, with us. I have never had a dog before so I had no clue how to take care of it or if it would survive the 6 hour car trip in our little Camry. One of my friends mentioned she took her cat on a long car trip and the cat threw up the whole way there. I was crossing my fingers that didn't happen to us! Well, we survived and so did Sadie! Rosie probably had it the worst because Sadie was on her left side, licking her face, and Will was on her right, sticking his foot in her face. Anyway, here are the pics from the trip . . .



Will on the waverunner. He kept calling it a "motor" and I think it's because when he saw one, he thought it was a motorcycle.



Clark and Will on the waverunner.

Will was freezing after the "motor ride" so I wrapped him up in the towel and snuggled with him. I was trying to get rid of my farmer's tan.

Will playing with his second cousin, Stockton.

Will loved this shovel! As you can see in the background, Clark was quite helpful making the sandcastle with the boys. He's always up for some fun.