August 14th - Timpanogoes Hike

Our group of hikers at the start of our Timpanogoes hike.
Dad, Grant, Jaden, Joyanne, Mom, Beacham, James, Stephen, and Gideon

The beautiful views on the hike were stunning.
The hike itself was pretty shaded in a lot of parts, especially towards the beginning.

Joyanne, Beacham, James, Dad, Stephen, and Jaden

Another scenic view

Do you see the mountain goat on the mountain?

Look at that handsome kid!

Grant has a great smile!

Silly, loveable kid!

Gideon, Grant's friend, who was an amazing hiker.

Gideon

Jaden, who ended up hiking over 100 miles throughout the whole summer.

Jaden sure has a contagious smile.

Amazing James!

James has become quite the hiker as well.

Aww, what an amazing Dad!

Such a good, loving guy!

Joyanne and her boyfriend, Beacham

The beauty of our family!

Beacham sure brings a light to Joyanne's life.

He's a great guy to have around our family, too.

They made it to the top!

Here's the hut to show their success at the top.

I started out behind the group.
I met a  70-year-old lady whom I was able to share my testimony with.
She ended up getting too tired and had to be life flighted out.
It took a few weeks for her to recover.

I also met a guy, Patrick, and we talked and hiked together all the way to the meadow.

God didn't want me to walk alone for this hike.
I was grateful to be able to help 2 people while enjoying nature.

The mountain goats came so close to me while hiking near the meadow.

The baby goat with her mamma were so cute!

 

August 13th - Lagoon Trip

The day after James' truck accident, we went to Lagoon as a family using our GetOutPass.

We had a lot of fun!

The lines were a little long, especially for the new ride, Primordial.

Here Dad, Grandpa, and I are in line for Primordial watching Jaden and James shoot up in their ride.

While waiting in line for Primordial, I met Ivey Lloyd, the movie actress from Rigoletto, 17 Miracles, and Faith of Angels.
She was absolutely amazing and so friendly.

Cliffhanger hasn't been open for a while, so this was an adventure.

They are about to get soaked.

In Cliffhanger, they get more soaked than at the Rattlesnake Rapids ride.

This picture was taken just before we entered Lagoon.
Grant's friend, Gideon, was with us.
Grant was with us too; he just happened to not make it in any pictures for some reason.

This is part of the line waiting to go on Primordial.

We went on Primordial 2 times, waiting about 1 1/2 to 2 hours for each time.
The ride had mechanical issues both times we wanted to go on it.

Grandpa wasn't feeling too well the 2nd time in line waiting to go on Primordial.
We were about to take him out, when the line started moving and we got to go on the ride.
He ended up throwing up all over himself and the seat.
It wasn't too fun to clean up afterwards.

Rattlesnake Rapids is always a fun ride to go on.
But for some reason, everyone always tries to get me soaked.

Me, Madre, Mother, Mamma, Mom, M-O-M, Mither

Jaden the stud muffin!

Cool James!

Awesome Daddy-O!

 

A Sad Day for Our Truck

The day dawned bright and beautiful.

We said our family prayer praying for safety as we all went about our day.

Grant was asked to clean out the van.

James usually takes the van to work, but Grant told James he needed to take the truck.

James had only driven the truck in the driveway before.

As he headed down the road, his music on his phone stopped playing.

He adjusted his music on his phone to play a new playlist, while driving.

He continued driving.

When he turned onto a busier road, his phone slid across the seat and was about to fall off, but he grabbed it.

When he looked up, he was heading straight into the ditch.

Rather than slam on the brakes, he accidently slammed on the gas, which caused the truck to careen through the ditch and up the side.

Thankfully James was not seriously injured.

He had a burn on his left arm from the airbag deploying and a cut on his left leg. 

Hendrickson's Towing came and was able to get the truck out, but the poor truck was totaled.

We ended up surrendering the truck to the towing place because they were going to charge us over $500 to pay for the towing.

As it was they charged us $350 just to surrender it to them.

Highway Robbery!!!

Too bad we only had liability insurance on the truck.

Now we are down a vehicle.

We will miss all the things that truck could haul for us.

 

Premier Movie and Meeting the Actors

We were invited by a friend from Tremonton to watch the Premier Movie, "Faith of Angels".

The theater was packed full of people. Some people were turned away because there was no room.

At the end of the movie, we got to meet the producer, the director, the main actor, and the person who the movie was actually about. It was pretty cool!

Do you know who Ivey Lloyd is? I recognized her from the movie, "Faith of Angels" and from "Rigoletto". I saw her at Lagoon. She was so awesome to talk to and asked if I wanted a picture with her. She is also in the movie "Seventeen Miracles". She truly is a remarkable person.

 

Let the Good Times Roll!

My nieces and nephews for Aitana's baptism on August 3rd.

Beacham and Joyanne at Uncle John's wedding a while back in July.

Gotta love this girl and her great funny faces!

Dad got a beautiful picture of the sunrise out our back porch.

We went to Bridal Veil Falls.
Jaden makes the falls look pretty good.

Joyanne and Mom enjoyed time walking and talking together.