Thursday, June 30, 2022

 Yep. This was every bit as good a night as it looks.

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Luke at FSY

With Bonnie Cordon, general YW president.

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Adam got himself a membership to the local golf course this summer and has been golfing every dang day! On the days he doesn't "real golf", he goes up to John and Lili's to play on their golf simulator. He spends so much time up there, Lili has begun buying him clothes. She gave him this golf shirt the other day.
 

Monday, June 27, 2022

I dropped Luke and his buddy Brayden off at the U for FSY this week. One of my best teenage memories was a week at EFY (as it was called in the olden days) with my cousin Marci. I hope these two have the same experience!

Sunday, June 26, 2022

Happy Brad's Day!

The best idea I ever had: moving Mother's Day and Father's Day to the next week for Brad and me. This way, we can celebrate our fathers (or mothers as the day may be), then have a whole Sunday with our own little family.

Saturday, June 25, 2022

 

Lehi Roundup rodeo. Yeeeeehaw!

Friday, June 24, 2022

Tonight was Cruz's city league 11u baseball all-star tournament, which meant the best players from Eagle Mountain's 11u league were all on a team that played a tournament against other cities' 11u all star teams.

They've been playing pool games all week, but tonight was bracket play. It was single elimination, so if a team lost, they were out. Winners moved on to play winners...you know the drill. EM did well in pool play and entered bracket play at second seed. Their first game was against Copper Hills, who they had beaten earlier in the week.

Things were going well for EM (they were beating CH 8-3 in the second inning), and the Copper Hills parents and coaches were NOT taking it well. They kept yelling at the umps, who looked like they were sixteen years old, and challenged--loudly--everything that didn't go CH's way. It made for a lousy atmosphere at the game, which, sadly, EM eventually lost by one run.

This guy in the long white socks was the worst of the worst. After the game, Jami said something to him. It went something like this:

Jami: You know these boys are 11 years old.

Long White Socks: (belligerently) I know.

Jami: You know you were acting ridiculous.

LWS: (again belligerently) I know.

Apparently, he did actually know, because he stood back by the concession stand during the whole next game, which was the championship game. Jami and I stayed to watch it simply to see CH get creamed by the number one team (we weren't disappointed--CH lost 14-6). We also kept an eye on LWS, and he didn't say one word. 

Jami is my hero.

 

Thursday, June 23, 2022

Party Thursday. I love an S&S house.
 

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

The other day, Luke and his girlfriend Raegan hiked the Y. I'm glad I didn't have to go.
 

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Reports from my cancer scans today. Note the "no evidence of metastatic disease" parts. 

I love that my heart is still alive to sing.

Monday, June 20, 2022

Imagine my delight when I came home tonight to find this crew in my home. Adam and McKay went golfing, and Jess tagged along. I love surprises like this!
 

Sunday, June 19, 2022

Two carloads of us driving up to Bitners' for Father's Day dinner. Brad was super trucky in the CPT service truck.
 

Saturday, June 18, 2022

Cedar Peak Trucking Lagoon day. 

Saturdays at Lagoon are the pits.
 

Friday, June 17, 2022

I joined Adam this afternoon for a windy and thoroughly enjoyable round of golf. I sure love this guy.
 

Thursday, June 16, 2022

We reported our dishwasher not working on April 27. Today, we finally got a new one. That's 50 days of dishpan hands. This new dishwasher is cheap and ugly, but I love it.
 

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Luke and Brad are in Moab for the next few days for YM camp. It's hot, but they say they're having fun.
 

Tuesday, June 14, 2022

 Today, my mom, sister, and Jeff went to the UT Valley Parade of Homes.

 

Jami and I were very comfortable in the back of the mini van.

 

And I found my inspiration kitchen. It's been a very good day.

Monday, June 13, 2022

Having Jodi and her family here is bringing back all the summertime feels from summers at Gma Larson's gone by. This is a favorite memory from July 2008.

Sunday, June 12, 2022

Best cousins, Brynn and Jossie.
 

Saturday, June 11, 2022

Zack's baptism
 

Later, Brad took the kids boating.

 

 Luke

 

 

Ryan

Erik

Friday, June 10, 2022

Zack, Joss, and Brynn were very impressed by the Lagoon magic show yesterday, so today they performed their own version. You'll notice Joss is the leggy eye-candy for this act.

Zack is making the ball disappear. Pay no attention to Brynn grabbing it from behind him.
 

Thursday, June 9, 2022

Jodi, Jeff, and their family are visiting from Amarillo, TX! Yay! It feels like summer!

To kick things off, we spent the day at Lagoon.

 

Pick a vic.

 

We found this old photo of the Water Skeeter, the paddle boats that used to be on the lake. I have vivid memories of my dad and his siblings getting yelled at by Lagoon employees for having splash fights between the boats, so of course I had to tell the next generation. They were duly impressed by their grandpa's rebel nature.

 

This cabin in pioneer village was built by my great-great-great-great grandpa Bingham. His granddaughter was my dad's grandma, Minnie Lucinda Bingham Larson.

Cruz was feeling sick after Cannibal and chose this unfortunate place to sit.

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Jess sent me this cute picture of her and her bestie Braedyn. I can't stop looking at it. Look at their sweet faces!
 

Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Luke put these sunglasses on my face (FORCED, really), and insisted I pose. So I did.
 

Monday, June 6, 2022

Look what my talented daughter did! Jess bought these prints at the vintage fair in Logan, and she framed them perfectly to make her laundry room shine. She is so amazing!!!

Sunday, June 5, 2022

Baby May's blessing day.

Saturday, June 4, 2022

Eagle Mountain Pony Express Days parade. Yessir!

Friday, June 3, 2022

 

Tonight most of the Bitner sibs met for dinner at Red Lobster in Layton, where Taevyn is a server. Great food, great company, and perfect service!

Thursday, June 2, 2022

Adam spent last weekend in St. George with John's kids and some friends, and he came home so jazzed and refreshed and happy. When I saw this pic on his Instagram, it made me smile so big. This kid has the biggest heart, and I love when it shines.

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

 Downton Abbey, baby! At 10:00 AM on a Wednesday. Life is good.