Foundry Grill, Sundance

Spending time with the fam at the Foundry Grill up at Sundance Resorts.  

We are a very serious family! ;-)

As we waited for my older brother and his wife we took a few pictures to document this joyous occasion.  Shay and I love the Foundry Grill!

Here we are:

  That is where Shay proposed to me!

Below is my younger sister and youngest brother:

My cute parents:

My younger brother and his wife:

Then finally the whole gang: 

(minus my sister's husband who couldn't come to the reunion due to work)

We were spoiled rotten by our parents and enjoyed a DELICIOUS meal!  

Thanks mom and dad for taking us all out to eat!  You're the BEST!

Family Traditions

My family has a tradition of having family prayer every morning and evening.  

Since all of my 5 siblings and their families (minus one brother-in-law who had to work) are in town there are a lot of people to round up.  I had to snap this picture, probably totally inappropriate...but it cracked me up.  In the back you can see my dad kneeling so patiently and my mother kneeling by the coach as they try oh so hard to get everyone to kneel down for family prayer.  Now notice everyone else.  :-)  It is not an easy task to round up 20 people to pray together!  At times it is comical!...but I am forever grateful to a father and mother who have taught us kids that prayer is important.  I truly believe a family that prays together stays together!  

Checking Out A New Taco Shop

This week Winnie's family is having a family reunion.  We normally rent out a cabin/house someplace, but this year everyone is coming to Utah.

We love when family comes in town!  Mark, Winnie's youngest brother, flew down a few days early.  We decided to take him (seen in the back seat on the right), Winnie's parents, and Winnie's oldest brother's kids to a new taco shop.  Shay's really good friend Matt recommended the place to us and we thought it would be a great adventure.  So the boys and Winnie jumped into one car and Winnie's parents took our two nieces in their car.  

We joked all the way to and from the taco shop! 

We ended up at Blue Poblano.  WOW!  AMAZING TACOS!

Here is the gang returning to the cars after one amazing dinner:

Of course Winnie made everyone stop and take a photo.  

Everyone is happy after such an amazing meal--

although we are not sure what Shay is doing in this photo?

July 5, 2013

We took the opportunity to come together and have a bit of fun!

Winnie's mother's siblings were up for the 4th of July.  

On the 5th we met up at the Brick Oven to eat.  We had a blast spending time with all her siblings and some of the cousins!

It was such a hot day we were not surprised when we saw a car pass us with an air conditioning unit strapped to the back of it:

We laughed SO hard when we passed it!

That night we played miniature golf in Winnie's grandmother's backyard:

Here is Shay taking a shot.  Shay played golf in high school and isn't too bad:

 Here is a shot of the cousins playing together in the backyard:

We enjoyed seeing who could get the lowest score.  

 Prizes were even given out!

 Winnie's aunt, Aunt Winnie (seen on the far left in the picture below), 

loved to give pointers and play as well!

 Winnie loves her grandmother's backyard.  Even though she is getting older and can't keep it up as well as she use to have it, it is still beautiful!  Shay and Winnie scheduled their wedding reception to be held here but the weather didn't cooperate and it had to be moved into a nearby church.

 Winnie's mom (placing her ball down in the picture below) also played a round.  Behind her is Winnie's uncle, cousin, and aunt that drove all the way up from California to join us!

 This is nathan, our nephew! 

 He is a stud muffin!

 Playing golf:

 Ilene and Shay taking a whack at the ball:

 The crew even played through when it started sprinkling:

 Hallie was really excited about her shot:

 It was a blast playing around the backyard.  Uncle Talt created the whole course!

While taking pictures, Winnie decided she wanted to document the backyard.

Here is a special sitting room her grandmother created in the back corner of the property.  Her grandmother would go there almost every day, throughout the summer, to sit and relax.  The trees overhead create a beautiful peaceful canopy!  This is a fun place to hang out at:

 Another view:

 Another view:

Winnie's grandparents had the cousins create these feet in 1991.  Winnie found her's and took a photo:

Shay poising by the foot/hand prints: 

Winnie's grandma came out to join the fun:

Winnie's grandmother, Winnie, has always been a very active service oriented woman!  She is an example of hard work and love to everyone who knows her!

It has been hard on Winnie seeing her grandmother get older and not remember as much as she use to, but she is always full of life and energy and is still quick to offer a helping hand.

Below is a picture of Winnie's grandmother (whom she was named after).  She is 84 years old:

It was such a fun time hanging out with family!

Family is very important to Winnie and Shay!

4th of July

 Here we are getting ready for the parade.  Note the anticipation on our faces.  This is our serious parade faces.

We enjoyed the patriotic parade elements.  It is always great remember the founding of our country and the great men involved.



 Different vehicles passed by to represent the different public organizations around the county.

This was one of the several award-winning floats passing through the street.  It was a cool float, but it didn't really inspire me to change over to Central Bank.

 Its always great to see the BYU football truck, it reminded everyone that BYU football starts in less than 2 months.

All the guys watching the parade thought about the upcoming BYU football season.

After enjoying the parade, we went over to my sister's home in Harvest Hills to barbecue some steak and enjoy some fireworks put on by Justin and April.

The fireworks are just beginning, but Justin and April had them going one right after another.  It sounding like a war zone....

Good stuff.  Eat an awesome steak and relax in front of the fireworks.

Winnie keeps taking my picture.

 The nieces, nephews, and their friends found the glow sticks and fashioned some cool glowing jewelry.

It looks like I am fading out of the picture with the glow of the fireworks.

 Notice all the fireworks in the street, this was only the beginning.

 April and Justin, the pyromaniacs who put on and paid for the awesome fireworks.

Love the aerial firework display.  I got a crook in my neck watching the cool fireworks everywhere.

After the show.
Notice the two large boxes and the cool fireworks that were exploded.
Nice.

 Here I am with Dylan--one of the glow stick jeweled nephews.

Just hanging with the guys. From Left, Mike, Chris (brother-in-law), Justin (the pyromaniac), and myself on the end.

Oh yeah, this is celebrating Independence Day.