Gettin' Hitched

 Mackenzie is getting married

so we had a shower!

Courtney, Mackenzie, Allyson, Whitney, Bailey

 Jennifer, Mackenzie, Cyndi

Sisters:

Mercedes, Madison, Mikaela

I had fun and hope everyone else did too!

Baby Easton

 Happy Birthday to Baby Easton!

 Seen here with Uncle Mark

each representing their teams.

Easton making the Zoolander face (according to Aunt Libby)!

Sweet picture of cousins

Courtney, Libby, Chelsey (& Easton)

What a sweetheart!

Grandpa's Farm

Grandpa's Farm

I climbed up the apple tree 

To see just what there was to see,

I looked down on grandpa's farm 

All laid out with patchwork charm.

There's a baa-baa sheep,

and a bow-wow dog,

an oink-oink pig,

and a croaky frog,

There's a moo-moo cow 

and a meowy cat,

a cackily hen

and other things like that.

When I was little we used to sing Grandpa's Farm all the time!

Plus we lived on Grandpa's farm!

Lucky me!

Well I was reminded of it when I went to the fair last night.

 We seriously have not been to the fair in ages.

 It was a beautiful Utah summer into fall evening!

 This made me wish the girls were still little and riding the ponies!

 Cool pack goats.

 These bulls were massive!

 

 And the sheep didn't really smell any worse than any of the other animals.

My dad must have been teasing!

 These little piggies were the cutest.

 Mark said he used to always be intrigued by these strange exhibits!

 

 As for me, I was just intrigued by the funnel cakes!

 We ran into our friends the Sumsions!

 

And before leaving we had to check out the Hunger Games

butter sculpture! Maybe her name is Cowtniss.

We had so much fun we may need to go again next year!

Labor Day? Fun day!

 It was Swiss Days again!

And we went with these fun people!

 I was there too! 

 One of our favorite things is looking through all the booths.

Look how cute this one was decorated!

 This is before it got too crowded.

 We thought we'd take more

 silly prop

 pictures like last year.

 Some of the fun things we saw

but didn't buy were

strange Romney and Obama soaps

 this silly beard/hat

 this cute viewmaster

  these darling dolls - one was named "Eleanor"!

 But we came to the conclusion

 that even if they do mix the pancake batter

with a drill and a paint mixer,

 Swiss Days is all about the food for us!

From the breakfast 

 to Swiss Tacos for lunch.

To the pie and ice cream on the way out.

we love Swiss Days food!

To top off a wonderful weekend

we had a family party. 

 And I couldn't resist taking a photo of these

three in their plaids!

 The true excitement at the party

was the hail storm!

That and seeing these guys together!