Okay, its been like 2 months since I’ve blogged, but I am bound and determined to keep this up. SOOooo....lets rewind to May. Memorial day weekend Cordelle and I celebrated our 7 year Anniversary! Holy Canolie, that feels long! We went up north and my saint of a sister watched our kids while we went out to dinner, went to go see the new Robin Hood and then stayed at the hotel we stayed at on our wedding night (Country Inn and Suites). Needless to say, we noticed and appreciated a lot more of what the hotel had to offer than we did the first time around. It was actually a very hospitable and cute hotel. And here's the props to my hunk...I'm so blessed that the longer we are married the more our personalities and our ambitions just gel. I know life gets crazier as time goes on with kids, callings etc....but he really makes it fun and enjoyable to be married. What can I say? (If I were of the fishing type, it might be, "I made a good catch.") Gotta love a little cheese!
We spent the rest of the weekend, bouncing around between my sisters houses doing barbeques and hanging out. It was so fun! Sunday we went with Cordelle’s brothers to some grave sites on their side of the family. I really love this tradition...I know most of you are probably thinking...uh, yea that's what memorial day is for. But as sad as this is, we never did that growing up. Well, at least I don't remember doing anything like that. (Usually when I make comments like that, I’ll have my mom calling me reprimanding me for the lack of remembrance of my childhood. ) Anyways, so its fun actually doing what memorial day is meant for. I hope we can continue to do it with my kids even though most of the grave sites are up north. I do like knowing about the lives of Cordelle's family. I swear I know more about Cordelle’s ancestral line than I do my own. Ahh well, guess thats no one's fault but my own.
Monday we traveled down to Ephraim and ate lunch with my parents at my uncle Marlin’s new house. It was HUGE! They seriously have a beautiful new home. Then we all went over and visited my Grandma and Grandpa Mason who are in a nursing home in Ephraim. It was really good seeing them. My Grandpa is really going down hill and he doesnt remember a whole lot. But my Grandma was still her witty self. She just looked a little more sad now that Grandpa was getting worse, and I think her hearing is going too. Its so strange for me to see them living in anyplace other than their home. And surprisingly to me, Seth and Jaq really warmed up to them and were pretty comfortable which is not normal for my kids. Seth was actually more observant than I thought because days later when I left him in the bath too long, he screamed out to me and said, “Mom my fingers and toes look like Great Grandpas.” :)
Anyways then we all went down to the Manti temple to walk around. I love that Temple! We watched my cousins run and throw frisb down the big temple hills, which apparently is not allowed for liability reasons...but we didn't learn this til we were leaving so, no dampering our fun there! It was cool showing Seth where we got married. It ended up being a good way to end a anniversary/Memorial Day weekend.
Jaq and I at the back of the Temple
Scott, Neal, me and Jaq (Cordell and Seth were looking for the bathroom)
She wanted to climb the walls and jump, just not with me.
Scotty on the back wall
Seth attempting to follow the lead of the older kids and roll down the big temple hill (so no, he didn't just face plant it as we snapped the picture)
All of us lamely watching those with more energy run up and down the big hill
Scott, Neal, me and Jaq (Cordell and Seth were looking for the bathroom)
She wanted to climb the walls and jump, just not with me.
Scotty on the back wall
Seth attempting to follow the lead of the older kids and roll down the big temple hill (so no, he didn't just face plant it as we snapped the picture)
All of us lamely watching those with more energy run up and down the big hill
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