Thanksgiving Point

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The beautiful garden



Kade and Mason enjoying themselves

Every Tuesday in August all the events at Thanksgiving point were only two dollars. Sarah and I met up and headed to the garden first. I have never been to the garden and it was amazing. The water fall was unbelievable. Just looking around I felt like I was in Sweden again walking around the grounds at the castles. My nephew Kade was our tour guide. He took control of the map and led us to all the great sights. After the garden we headed to the Dinosaur Museum. Kade and Mason really enjoyed it. Sami and Drake were good but not terribly impressed.

Run As Fast As You Can

Dan getting water from Jake and Kade


Where's Dan?

It has been established that Dan is Crazy. For those of us that were punished with running when we did not do as directed; we don't find running an enjoyable past time. Dan on the other hand likes to run and not only run but run marathons. He has signed up to run the St George Marathon for a third time. The other day my sister Sarah called and her sister-in-law was signed up to run the Hobble Creek half Marathon in Springville and decided she didn't want to run and offered it up to Dan. So we drove down to Springville and slept over at Sarah's. Here are some pictures of the runner and the cheerleaders.

As you can tell, Drake LOVES baseball games.

Baseball

We went to another Bees baseball game last night with some friends. It was mini bat givaway night and Drake was begging us to get there early so he could have one. When he got his bat he said thank you and erupted into a smile that was measured at a mile wide.

the blooper of the night was made by Dan. He brings his mitt religiously and vows to catch a homerun ball every game. he has caught a few but tonights would be memorable. A laser was hit and Dan jumped up and excitedly ran forward a few steps. When he noticed the ball was coming a bit further than he originally thought he tried to stop and begin his backtrack. He slipped on the grass, his feet flew in the air, and when the ball landed where he was originally sitting before his escapades began he dejectedly lied on the ground pouting. Someday he will grow up. For now, he gives us additional entertainment and we are happy for that.

Cute Boy

What up

I like ponies

Here are some more pictures of our Cute Drake. He was playing with Dans hat and he looked so adorable heres the picture of that. After we went shooting we went over to some friends house for a birthday party. They had a rocking horse and Drake was having a good time sitting on it. Everyday he gets more cute.

WOW!

Today we accompanied a few young women and adults out to the west desert and shot some guns. We have a police officer in our ward and he enjoys collecting guns. Here are a couple of videos of Dan and I shooting a 50 caliber. That thing had a kick and wow was is loud. I was sitting in the car with Drake when the gun was shot and it almost felt like some one had shot the car. I was told later that this gun could pierce a tank three miles away, and the ammunition is $5 a bullet. The gun kicked up so much dirt when it went off that had no idea if I came close to the target. Needless to say it was fun.
Drake with his ear plugs in

Pioneer Day

Fireworks
Drake focused on the fireworks

Drake is his fathers son



Jake, Kade and Mason. Heidi and I


Miah, Sarah, and Sami

On the 24th Sarah invited us to come down and go to an Orem Owlz baseball game. Dan got off work and we headed down to Orem. We got there a little late but still had plenty of game left to watch. Drake enjoyed himself and found it really entertaining to watch Jake, Kade, Mason, and Sami running around having a good time. This was also Drake's first experience with big fireworks and he couldn't take his eyes of them. It was lots of fun.