Starting Up Again

Whitney has asked that I start blogging again so that she may see my photos while she is in medical school in Wisconsin. It is also a good way to share photos with my other girls as well because they are the subject of most of my posts anyways. As you can see, I have not blogged since December 2009. That is a long time ago and I am going to do some flash back posts to catch up. I will start with the most recent and work my way back to December 2009 and so it will take a few posts because so much has happened.

We have just spent the day today in rememberance of 9-11. What a sad day that was in 2001. After dinner today we all went to the Healing Field in Sandy to see the flags placed in honor of each person who died on the tragic day. It is a good reminder of how people come together in a tragedy and also how blessed we are to be able to celebrate our patriotism. It is truly a somber experience.

We also celebrated Labor Day last week. All the kids came for breakfast that morning, except Whitney and Kellen of course. We sure miss them when we get together. We also held our annual BBQ. We had grandma Orgill; uncle Barry and his daughter McKenna; uncle David and aunt Jen with their boys Carson and Connor, poor Carter was home sick with his grandma Colleen and both were missed; Jared and Pinja; my niece Angie and her children Austin and Janessa; Shauntel, Ryan, J.R., and Shyann; Brad and Amy; Jake and Felicia; and Josie and Aaron and their friend Chris (Brown guy). It was great fun!

We also celebrated Oktoberfest 2011 the Saturday before Labor Day. It has become a family tradition to drive up the canyon to Snowbird Ski Resort and attend Oktoberfest. It was a great year this year. Scott, Jackie, Shauntel, Shyann, Brad, Amy, Jolynn (Amy's mother), Jake, Felicia, and Josie attended this year. Ryan and J.R. ditched us and went dove hunting in Green River, Utah. I would be really upset but they brought back delicious watermelon and cantaloupe and so all is forgiven.

We enjoyed German food, well some of us did. Shauntel was definitely not a fan and so we decided that if she comes again she will head up the stairs to the American BBQ and get a burger instead of the Oktoberfest fare. I personally love the food. It is different and I only eat it once a year so it is a treat for me.

We enjoyed eating, dancing, bubble machines, cutouts for picture taking, face painting, talking with the yo yo man, watching the balloon man make Shy a beautiful butterfly, shopping, and buying Scentsy (Amy) and a purse (Josie). It was a fun day and as always, I loved spending time with my kids.

Arriving