Colorado

In July Grandpa Mayne took Jace and me (Amos) with Uncle Poosh and his boys to Colorado in a rented van/SUV. It took about 9 hours to get to Denver. Jace did great on the trip, but definitely got tired of being in the car. Jace and I slept over at Grandpa Mayne's Thursday night which Jace was excited about. Friday night after checking into the motel we went to a Rockies game. The Pirates won. Jace was also excited to stay in a hotel. Saturday we went to Uncle Jake's grave at the military cemetery. Then we spent the rest of the day at Lakeside Amusement Park. The lines were short all day, which was great. It was a very old fashioned park with lots of character. Jace went on every ride they would let him on including the Cyclone (big white rollercoaster), even though they wouldn't let him on the little dragon rollercoaster. We had planned on going to a nice Mexican restaurant with entertainment, but we were tired and not feeling well after all the rides, and the line was like an hour long so we went to Denny's. On the Sunday drive home we stopped in Gypsum and Glenwood springs to put wild flowers on Jace's great Grandpa Mayne's grave.

Fun Summer Stuff

Jace was so excited for our ward campout.  He and Amos stayed overnight while I took Violet home.  They played "gaga ball", did skits, and had campfire treats.  He had a great time and it met his expectations.  On the 4th of July we had a BBQ with Amos's mom and then went to a little neighborhood party.  The kids did a bike parade, played more gaga ball, had potluck desserts, and then we had a firework show.  My mom and Amos's mom came too. My mom stayed home with Violet (who was sleeping) so I could stay at the park to watch fireworks.

More Hikes

We have done a few more hikes this summer that have been fun.  We went to Yellow Fork Canyon in Herriman, Butterfield Canyon in Herriman, a suspension bridge in Draper on the Bonneville shoreline trail, and Battle Creek Falls in Pleasant Grove.  Yellow Fork Canyon was mostly just a flat shaded trail with no destination. In Butterfield Canyon we found a ravine with a creek and a few beat up old trucks down at the bottom.  The trucks had a bunch of bullet holes in them.  We have no idea how they got there because there was no road nearby for them to fall off. There was lots of shade and big butterflies.  We tried to catch butterflies in Jace's net but didn't catch any. The suspension bridge in Draper was 185 feet long and crossed over some water.  It swayed as we walked on it. There were lots of dragon flies. Battle Creek Falls is a 50 foot waterfall.  It was so pretty and we saw people rappelling next to the waterfall. We also saw a ton of dragon flies on this hike too. Amos and Lucian also went on a sunset hike in Butterfield Canyon one night.

 

 

 

 

 

Taylorsville Dayzz

We went to Taylorsville Dayzz with my mom to let the kids go on some rides.  Both were very brave and had fun on all the rides they went on.