LETTERBOXING ANYONE?

Yesterday, Mandy and her 4 kids and Misty and her 4 boys and Austin and Devan and I went down the Jordan River Trail to go letterboxing at Winchester Park. McKy, Austin and Devan rode their bikes and the rest of us walked with Ali in the stroller. The kids had fun playing at the park. The water was HIGH! We found the place where the letterbox should have been but it was gone. That sometimes happens but we had a good time following the clues anyway. Then we walked back home and the 3 older boys rode on to Gardner Village while we loaded the other kids up in 2 cars and headed there. I gave each child a $1.00 limit to spend at the candy store and they were so cute trying to decide how best to spend their money. Mandy, Misty and I then bought fudge. If you buy 1 lb. then you get a quarter lb. free! Of course we always go for that deal! We had all eaten lunch beforehand so the kids played the rest of the afternoon and we had dinner that night with all 12 of us. It was so fun! We just ate anything that was in the house! We ended up with one pizza, chicken nuggets, leftover pork chops, lots of fruit and chips and strawberry lemonade. We played games and all the grkids just played outside together. It's sooo nice when it's GOOD weather!

This morning Mike and Marcie and the twins picked up Carden (age 5) to take him with them to Monticello to the motorcycle races for the week-end. He was super excited! Mandy, not so much. She was happy to see him have a great time with his favorite uncle but just worries because he's so young. He went a few years ago with them and had a great time too so maybe this'll be a tradition!