Wednesday, June 25, 2008

The Bear went Over the Mountain

This past week has been busy and exciting. Well, for us it has been. Exciting for us usually means that someone found three cheerios stuck together or unlocked a new vehicle on Mariokart Wii. But this week has been even more interesting than that.
First, we had the birthdays. Every June we all get worked up because of Father's Day but we also look forward to Uncle Darrin and Grandpa Fry's birthdays (they are two days apart). This year we gathered at the Fry's home on a Sunday night for the annual festivities. As you can see, Grandpa was thrilled by the gifts he received from his children. We all got together and gave him a scroll saw and an airbrush. We don't know what he is going to do with them, but we think it may involve some sort of carnival attraction.

Next, Darrin and Grandpa commenced with their annual staring contest. It ended when Darrin realized Grandpa had fallen asleep with his eyes open again.



The kids were excited for cake and ice cream, and everyone loved grandma's yummy baking. No one even knew she had dropped her dentures in the batter until the last piece of cake had been cut.













As you can see, Grandpa continues to work on his awesome train room. The kids enjoy it almost as much as he does.(Below: Nathan hides a piece of cake while Amy looks on. Also, Miranda plays patty-cake with Dudley.)
















We love to play games and a birthday celebration wouldn't be complete without breaking out a deck of cards. Great-Grandma cleaned almost every one out. Who knew she was an old pro at Texas Hold-em.

Below: Darrin and Aliese get snugly and cheesy. Also Grandma smiles for the camera showing off her new doo.














The other thing that happened was our big trip to Mammoth Creek. It was actually kind of a working vacation, as Nathan had to work on a big cabin insulation job. It was going to take several days so with the kids out of school we decided to all go along and have some fun. It worked out really well because there was a cabin just down the road that belongs to a friend of the boss that we stayed in.

We did a little hiking and fishing, both at Panguitch Lake and Duck Creek. Sometimes when you go fishing, you come home smelling a little funny. Well, luckily we didn't catch anything so we were OK smell-wise. I guess we did have our normal amount of smell. It was really fun. Amy was able to bait a hook with a night crawler and made several keen observations: "EEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWW, sick. I can't believe I just did that!" We brought walkie talkies and Landon and Miranda acted out one of their favorite sponge bob episodes (pictured above).
If you see this guy coming at you, run!

Byron demonstrates how he was about to cut his finger.

Preston had the most fun of all.











3 comments:

*Aliese* said...

It looks like ya'll had a really good time at the cabin! I'm so glad you were able to take time to go on a little trip as a family. Oh, and I'm lovin' the commentary-so entertaining!

Darrin Fry said...

Where did you get that picture of Nate? It has to be several years old. We all know that all he did was lie around while Sergio worked. glad ya'll had fun, we look forward to Friday Night.

*Karleena* said...

I've been checking your blog daily - waiting in anticipation for your newest update!! Finally!! It was worth the wait! Hilarious! It sounds like I missed out on a lot of b-day fun!! And looks like you had a blast up at that cabin! Was Preston missin all his girlfriends or something? ;o) Next time - don't wait so long before posting again. I'm sure the story about the 3 cheerios stuck together (way cool, by the way) would be very entertaining to hear about!