Without Warning...

I am sitting in church with Kayley on my lap massaging her hand (you just rub the hand/fingers and wiggle the joints...it actually feels quite relaxing). Then they started a baby blessing, so I let go of her hand, put my arms around her to fold them, and closed my eyes. All of a sudden my hair is being pulled, I hear "Dad...dad" and then without warning...

SMACK!!!

Kayley slaps me right on the forehead!

After telling her to fold her arms I start thinking what I am going to tell her after the blessing to quitely reprimand her about not being reverent during the blessing when it occurs to me: she probably had no idea it had started. She too was "without warning".
Sure enough I asked her,
"Did you know they were blessing a baby?"
She replied,
"I thought you fell asleep!"
Thankfully, I was able to warn her about the second baby blessing so I could pay attention without having to worry about being smacked in the face again!
-Mark

Moriah's Birthday

Yes, Moriah is nine years old now, wow, where does the time go???

Pictures from yesterday:

Pictures from her party today:

More Rural Fun

The Fairview Museum of History and Art

I took the kids while Mark was hard at work!

The next day we all went to check out Richfield and then stopped in Salina.

(All potential places where Mark could work).

We went to the park and then to Mom's cafe for some world famous pie.

We went up skyline drive, it was such a beautiful drive. We stopped at Gooseberry reservoir to fish. Too bad Jacob just wanted to go into the water for a swim.

Having fun in Mt. Pleasant

I am working in Mt Pleasant for 6 wks so the whole family comes down during the week and stays in a rental home here. It is an older house but it has new carpet and a great yard. Tammy and the girls have found fun stuff to do while I am at work. Jacob just needs a ball or some dirt and he is as happy as a lark.

The slide show shows some of the fun things we have done:

Icecream at the local creamery
Fishing (the pond is 5 mins from the house)
Playing in the yard
A drive-in movie: we watched Wall-E on it and had a blast. Drive-ins are a dying breed...too bad.
Me hooking up the antannae so we can have a few cartoons in the morning.
The 24th of July Parade.

We are halfway done and then we are back in Provo. That will be nice to be home but we are having fun and enjoying it down here!

Jacob's Birthday Pictures

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Pictures as promised

A Blast at Bear Lake!

We just got back from a great family reunion

at Bear Lake, Ut.

We are pretty wiped out and so pics will have to wait!

Just an overview now:

Boating/Wave-runners

Horseback Riding

A Cave Tour

ATV's

Fireworks

and a lot of family card games!