Part 2- Pioneers and Butterflys

Pioneer Day was never much of a holiday for me growing up. But we were in Utah for Pioneer Day this year and there were quite the festivities.

Grandma Linda and Grandpa Don's neighborhood in Midway held a huge BBQ celebration. And instead of being smart and getting in line for food first, we got in line for the face painting clown. Unfortunately, by the time we finished our turn, the line to the food was SUPER long. So we opted instead to hop in the car and go through the Taco Bell drive thru.

On our way to the car I had Madame Butterfly pose for a picture.


That clown was pretty talented!

Now here's where I have to do it. And I will have to continue to do it throughout the rest of this series of posts.

While I don't really enjoy reading about people complain, I also don't like reading people's blogs where everything is always perfect. Mostly because I think they are lying. Because nothing is ever ALWAYS perfect. I just like a nice balance of reality. And I guess that's what I'm striving for in my record keeping.

So, this trip was really hard. The kids were out of their element. And they got tired of it very quickly. It was a lot of work for Dan and I. But mostly Dan because he picked up the slack.

But on the bright side, it was less than 2 minutes into our ride to Taco Bell until Madame Butterfly looked like this:


That was a much needed rest right there.

She wore that makeup for the rest of the weekend and insisted on being called Super Butterfly.

Later, Auntie Wendy showed Luke what I would guess to be one of the highlights of his trip.

He adores playing with matchbox cars. He had a whole bucket nearly to himself. And then Wendy brought out the sheet pan.

She set it up on the bucket near the wood floor, and showed him how it was done!


With every car he would yell, "WOW!" with such excitement!

Our time with the Colton's seemed all too quick. We enjoyed meeting Dan's sister's fiancee, getting to hang out with all the rest of the family, and being charmed by one of the worlds best dogs.

And it's no secret that Ava loves her Grandma Linda.



Prior to our trip to Utah this year, Ava told me the following,

"Grandma Linda lubs me the best. That's why I lub her so much!"