Pukin' and Makin' Watches-- one is MUCH more fun than the other!

So, that fun pool time we had as a family? I don't know for sure, but I'm thinkin' that is where we contracted ONE MEAN UGLY stomach bug.  Poor Adelia... she didn't keep anything down for 48 hours. By the time she was feeling a bit better, Luke had caught it and broke his nearly 6 year no-vomiting streak.

That happened to be the day our guests came (who were fully forewarned about the illness we had at our house) came.  Luke's mom and sister, Monica, and her 2 boys, came to our house for a quick trip.  They came so that I could host a Beaded Watch Party.
The party got relocated to the church due to well, you can guess, but it was still very successful! They sold 12 watch faces and 22 bands!  YOU can host a party too!  http://pbandjsbeadsandthings.webstarts.com/index.html

You can make your own band

or buy a pre-made one! They are all so adorable! 

We loved having our house guests....... and sorry we shared our flu. : ( By the time Thursday morning rolled around both Tianna and I had traces of the nastiness.  Thankfully, we are all better now.......well, mostly.

"Last night at the County Fair..."

The weekend after our train excursions we were able to let Daddy have some fun too.  He had gotten some extra hours in at work while we were away, so he had half of Friday off.  FUN FOR US!
We went swimming

Then it was time for some Cache County Fair! 

Saturday we let Tianna go on 3 of the rides (since she is 3).  Holy Smokes it was expensive for a full on ride pass....So 3 it was. She chose the little car ride, the roller coaster, and the carousel. She HAD to ride the horse.
Luke may not have "throwed out his arm, but he won her that teddy bear."  Actually, it was a little stuffed pig and he didn't have to try too hard, but since Adelia couldn't ride anything, she got the little prize Luke won at the dart game.

I love how excited she was to ride! 

To finish off our time at the Cache County Rodeo, we took ourselves the RoDAYoh! Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeha! 

It was a really good weekend.

Girls Outing in Heber

The second week of August was a Frandsen Boy's Outing to the Uintah's so the girl's in the family had an outing of their own.  Unfortunately, Luke was not able to go with the boys. He had used up his time off at work and couldn't get another week off.... but being the nice wife that I am, I still went and played.
We met up on Monday and went to Heber.  We stayed in a hotel, swam, and carted our large gaggle of girls around (11 grand daughters under 11 years old.)  Plus my Mom, my Aunt Laurel, my sister Jana, and my sister-in-laws, Tori and Joy. We missed Val, but her family from Italy was visiting so she stayed home.

On Tuesday we took a fun train ride on the Heber Creeper.  The ride was really cool.... a bit long for some of the smaller kids, but they all did so well considering it was a 3 hour ride! There was even an outlaw who came through the train car demanding money.... the kids LOVED that! They were so cute with their hands sticking up in the air, not sure if he was playing or really holding them up at gunpoint. The scenery was beautiful, the food was delicious, and the old train was really neat. We really enjoyed it!

(sorry that one won't turn... blogger.annoys.me.sometimes.)

Later that day we stopped at a park in Heber and let the girls' get their wiggles out before the ride back.  That night I stayed with my sister and her girls at my Aunt Laurel's house.... which is not in Soldier Hollow (the pics are from the train ride)

It was so fun spending time with the girls and just having a little get-away.  Thanks Wombat (mom) for such a wonderful, memorable, trip!

Zoo-n-stuff

What's a summer vacation without a trip to Hogle Zoo? Okay, so we have had lots of great summers without a trip to the zoo, but we decided this one needed one!

We got their kinda late because of the logistics of our day, and we worried we wouldn't have enough time before the park closed to see everything.

But we kicked it in high gear, didn't linger at anything very long, and pretty much saw ALL we wanted to see... and the very best part is, it was at the end of the day where most of the crowds were headed out and we withstood a little rain storm that really cleared things out!   All in all, I'd say that is the perfect way to DO DA ZOO!

Checkin' out the elephants... Oh, and happy birthday Baby (elephant) Zuri tomorrow! 

I am man. Watch me flex.

A pretty good likeness! 

When we ask Tianna what her favorite animal at the zoo was she says, "the giraffe. It was a girl, and I rode on her."  Yep... her fav animal was the plastic one. Go figure. 

Delia-Bug liked riding on the lady bug. She kept saying, "wow!"

This little beauty was just hanging out by the carousel We snapped some pretty good shots... too bad all his plumage is gone. But he has one of the prettiest heads I've ever seen.

My favorite picture of the day I think.

Squeezin (QUITE LITERALLY) into the train. We thought it would be most fun if we were all together. I must say, I'm a bit disappointed in the length of that ride.

Lastly, this is just a random, cute picture.  Adelia dressed herself in Tianna's skirt... so of course Tianna needed to dress herself up too--in the infamous Orange Blanket

I just love my family! We sure have fun together. 

August oh-ten

Here is our August craziness. It started out with the first annual PEACOCK FAMILY REUNION in Orem. The night before we stayed in SLC with my brother James and it was so good to spend some time with him! Then on to the reunion... really nice to see family... and in my case, MEET some!

Monica, Belinda, Luke, Bert, and Adelia and Raleigh on his lap

Courtney and Dale

Some crazy people I don't really know

Adelia with her new beau-- This little cutie was completely enamored with Adelia and let her drag him all around the park.  (you can tell who wears the pants (skirt) in this relationship!

And we don't even have a picture of Tianna because she was so busy playing at the play ground that we didn't even get to see her except for during dinner. 

We also took some WHOLE family pictures and I'll have to get a copy someday and post them on here. 

The next Monday we had a fun FHE and had an old CEU friend come over. Her husband ended up working late so we never did get to meet him, but we sure had fun with Heidi.  After dinner we went up Logan Canyon and roasted marshmallows. 

The next day, Luke's dad came to Logan and picked up Tianna so she could attend the Emery County Fair for a few days.  It was hard to let her go and really hard to have her gone.  We're glad she could spend time with her grandparents and cousins...but we missed her.  So much that we asked him to meet us in SLC on Saturday so that we could pick her up.  Thanks for picking her up in Logan, letting her stay with you, and bringing her back to us! : ) We love and appreciate you all! 

But while she was gone I was able to get some "work" done.  The man next door has been paying me to do yard work.  It has had some neglect so I've had my work cut out of me.

Here is some before and afters!

Before

During

After

It's been nice to earn some $$$ while doing something I enjoy. For some reason it's easier to pull someone else' weeds than my own..... Or, there is just more sense of satisfaction because his needs more attention so  I can see my progress.

We also played a little bit with Adelia while Tianna was away

We went on a bike ride

And we tried to go swimming... it started to thunder and lightning after only 5 minutes! But we tried!

Then on Saturday we met up in SLC with Luke's dad and had a fun filled evening with our girls.

 But that shall be the next post!