Park City

We have a family tradition that we try to go to Park City on Labor Day to hang out and eat and just have fun. This year we went up and John took Morgan down the Alpine Slide. The wait was about 2 hours, but Morgan said it was well worth it!

Here is a self portrait of John and Morgan on the chair lift up the mountain.

Morgan preparing for the big ride.

Here is the crew waiting again to get into Baja Cantina to enjoy some delicious Mexican food.

And here is a completely unrelated picture of Jude in a hat. Doesn't he look so cute!!

Piano recital

Morgan had her first piano recital last week and she did amazing. She was the first player and she remembered her song perfectly. Lots of her family came to see her play. Grandpa and Grandma Burton, Grandpa Nelson, Ra Ra, Jessie, John, Jude and me.

Then we continued on with our tradition of Maggie Moos ice cream to celebrate a recital. She enjoyed the all the attention and also the ice cream.


She did a lot better than I did at my first piano recital. I faked a stomach ache so I wouldn't have to play...

Morgan's turn

We have been watching kids go back to school for two weeks now and today was Morgan's turn. It was her first day of Kindergarten and she was so excited. She has been waiting for Kindergarten for about a year now, she was ready! I did get a little teary-eyed watching her walk into the school, but she was so confident and excited that I felt much better.



And here is Jude wondering who is going to play with him while mommy works and Morgan is at school.

Last bit of summer fun

With Morgan starting school this week I decided we needed one day of fun. I woke her up in the morning and told her to get dressed and come help me make some lunches because I had a surprise day for her. She was so excited! I took her and Jude to the zoo and it was such a great day. Not too hot, not too crowded. It was awesome.

Here are Morgan and Jude in front of the penguins. These were Morgan's favorite animal of the day.

Here we are at the bird show. Jude was bored until the doves flew over. He liked that part but then quickly went back to being bored.

And last, here are Morgan and Jude in front of the elephants. Jude was more interested in the people next to us than the animals.

She can now start school and I can have some peace in the mornings!