Pictures from my Adventures in the Beehive State

My dear friend whom I like to call Swissily, requested I post picture of my Adventures in the Beehive State.

Ta Daa!!! . . . .

I made an effort to be in the pictures instead of taking them


Courtesy of Josie


Beck in the 1960's backpack


Girls at the Provo Temple


Remember my Zippety Do da Super mom story? After they sang, we went and read books ont he lawn. Yes I am a super mom.


Soda Pop the best clown ever, painting Annabelle's face


Hy and I at the Homestead where we stayed


My girls and cousins at Laggon


fun rides


Re-post of the same picture, there are too many for me to go back and figure out which code this one is and delete it


My girls with their Great Aunt Bonnie and their flower creations (this is the same place of the picture everyone thought was the cemetery)


Aunt Bonnie's super hip flower shop/boutique in Provo--check it!


Us at the hot long parade


Kizzy the assistant to soda pop the clown at the fam reunion in Midway


Soda pop best clown ever (more pictures of the final product to come later on my photo blog)


The bunk house at the Homestead (Two queen beds and a set of bunk beds. Perfect for families!)


More pics of homestead


and different cottage you can stay at there


Me and the Becker


Annabelle sacrificed herself to save her cousins flip flop that was speedily floating away downt he creek. Notice soaked skirt. And that water was cold

Adventures in the Beehive state-The FINALE

*Caffeine Free Coke is nasty, nothing like the real thing
*Caffeine Free Dr. Pepper is just like the real thing
*That is ironic
*BYU Creamery makes a good Guacamole burger
*We never ate at the same burger joint twice, we're on a quest to find the best
*Beck got the barfing thing, and is a sad little baby
*We had a fun little picnic up South Fork canyon (I call it South Park Canyon)
*Hyrum had a bummer time with his bike tire and had to bail on the boys outing
*My girls made fun flower arrangements at Hyrum's Aunt Bonnie's Shop --the Flower Basket
*Did I ever blog about the parade? Fun, but hot and too long
*Sub-Zero ice cream is the coolest. It's just made with milk or cream and the flavor and then they feeze it with liquid nitrogen right in front of you. Creamy, cold delicious. Please open in AZ
*My girl's got the COOLEST face painting at the reunion, pictures will be posted later
*Stadium of Fire Fireworks---disappointment, not as cool as my good ol' small town Heber
*Chillin with Hy's Fam on his sister's lawn for the fireworks---Good time.
*Sparklers for the kids--always good, except for the one year Josie got a big black burn, not good, but this year, good
*Ditching church two weeks in a row really screws up my ability to know what day it is
*Sunday dinner with all of the fam and celebrating birthdays was fun
*Left at 3:30 am to come back to AZ, sounds crazy, but I love it because the kids sleep for half the journey and you get home about mid day
*Discovered that Josie is fun even at 5:00 a.m. when she became my front seat travelling companion while everyone else slept. I tried to get video of her but she couldn't find my purse.
*She read Nursery Rhymes to me, except she can't read, so those were funny, she laughed a lot, and she danced a little.
*As she was "reading" Jack Sprat (you know wife fat husband lean) she said "Is Daddy lean?" I said, "well, pretty much". And she said "Are you lean?" and I said, yes. (you know what's coming) and she said "You're lean, except for your big FAT belly". Which of course I said, "sure Jos".
*She's also rude at 5 a.m., and any other time she's awake
*Breakfast at Burger King in Cedar City didn't make me sick. YAy!
*Drive through Dixie National Forest in the morning light--breathtaking
*Stopping in Flagstaff at the "Crystal Waters Sandwich Company" or something like that, was spectacular, a nice healthy sandwich, a great break from days of burgers and fries
*Nothing like being home, we're doing a whole bunch of nothing for two days--at least
*Even with sickies it was a good trip

Adventures in The Beehive State Part Deux

*The night after we arrived Josie was up at 2 a.m. . . . PUKING. She's a superstar and makes it to the bathroom each time, then goes back to sleep. Still sucks though

*I let the girls play out in the FRONT YARD at my Sister-in-law's house, without me watching.

*By "without me watching" actually meant that I was peaking out the window every few minutes. Can't help myself.

*Provo is like living in the 1950's. You can let the kids run around all willy nilly in the neighborhood

*We saw two little girls cruising down the street barefoot on a banana seat bike with basket. Watching them took me back to my childhood summers

*We ate some yummy shish kabobs with Hyrum's mission companion and his wife. It's fun to see them and their new baby

*Crenshaw melon(sp?) is really good covered in fresh lime

*Provo has an awesome farmer's market on Saturdays

*The kids got their faces painted, except for Josie, she was trying to barf in the public bathroom (Cicily, I bet your cringing)

*I got a cool headband from a girl who also has an etsy shop. I'll find it and post it later

*I got a toe ring, I haven't had one of those since college

*Provo is the healthiest city, people are always running and biking

*There are tons of mom and pop hamburger shops that are soo good. Nothing like a toasted bun

*I got yummy corn on the cob for 10 cents a piece.

*Kizzy does rotten things no matter where we go

*Annabelle is spending lots of time with her cousin, which she loves

*I got to see my brother-in-law perform. He teaches at BYU and is an AMAZING musician. Unbelieveably creative.

*His wife (Hyrum's sister) is a gifted writer and performer. Ridiculously talented.

*Utah Wal Marts carry food storage food and contraptions

*You can by a 24 pack of Cactus Cooler here. Awesome

*I realized I could live here . . .

* Then I realized it gets cold in the winter . . .

* So I realized I could live here for summer

*My girl's randomly did a hilarious re-enactment of the Princes Bride. Video will be posted when we get home.

*We had another good dinner with anothe mission companion and his wife and parents and family. It's become an annual thing, and we love it

*On the way home from aformentioned dinner, we were cruising down the interstate, windows down, wind blowing in our hair, but it was loud and Josie was trying to get my attention:

Josie: "Mom .. . Mom .. . Mom .. . Mom .. .Dad . . .Dad . . .MOm"

I turned around and said: "Yes Josie?"

Josie: "Annabelle had to go poop. And when she did, it was shaped like mushrooms."

I then looked at Annabelle and her grin was from ear to ear and she was nodding in agreeance.

It's great to have the Jos back to her healthy self.