They're gone....

At 9am this morning Mandy and the fam. pulled out of the driveway and headed back to Texas after 6 short weeks of vacation. It is a sad day today. Mandy celebrated her birthday yesterday by going to lunch with Garn, me , Jon and the kids to Red Robin and then last night Jon and Mandy went to Hale Theatre with Jon's parents. Mandy also celebrated Mon. night at 9pm by going Lazer Tagging with Julie, Katrina, Kelly and Karen. They had a blast! We also went to Jumpin Jacks play place and jumped and slid on all the blowup and bouncing apparatuses (or is it apparati?) Anyway we all got rub burns. The equipment is new and slick and really fast so the natural reaction is to put your arms or hands out to slow your speed but that only results in blisters! But it was so fun!! We raced and ran around with Misty and her 4 boys and had a great time! Tue. we went to Thanksgiving Point for Two-Buck-Tuesday with Mandy, Jon, and their 4 kids and Austin and Devan, Mike's twin boys aged 14. We visited the dinosaur museum with hands on exhibits. There is a lot there but because everyone else was taking advantage of the $2 deal, half of Salt Lake showed up! Normally it costs $8 a person so this was a really good deal. It was however VERY crowded. Still fun, though. Today I'm doing laundry and getting ready for Garn's brother, Larry and his wife Pam from Calif. They're coming in Mon. to drop off their daughter, Cassandra to BYU and then come up and spend a week with us. I'm hoping to be able to go down to see Cassandra at her condo at BYU. She's a fun girl and I'm excited she's attending the Y. Well, better go and change the laundry... I wish all my family were close...... I miss you all terribly.