Labor Day

We have been having a fun time living in St. George (we love the warm weather,

blue sky, red rocks and being close to my parents and little brother's family), but we have really been missing Brian's family. We got use to seeing them at least a couple times a week, so we have been planning to go up and see them as soon as Brian got a break in school. That meant Labor Day weekend. We drove up to West Jordan as soon as Brian finished his last class on Fridady. We stopped in Scipio to meet my Dad as we crossed paths (he's going to school at Weber and was coming down for Labor Day) and they had this random, little petting farm across the street from a gas station. It was fabulous for us, though, as we had to wait a few minutes for my Dad to get there and it was a great way to let the boys have some out of the car time.

It was basically bedtime by the time we got up there, but we were all so happy to see each other, that I just threw the schedule to the wind and we had a great time. Grandma Bowles
had been collecting all sorts of fun things for our visit, like little squirt guns,
poppers she had saved from the 4th of July, and their favorite...

... a super fabulous bubble gun from Disneyland! We now are going to have to find one of those for us to keep. They loved it!

They ran through the bubbles and stomped on them and Dexy, of course, even tried to eat some.

Then we went to break more night time rules by jumping on the tramp, in the dark, while it was kind of windy, and Dexy was naked! He had slipped in the bubbles that Ollie spilled all over the walk, so we had to take his clothes off, but there was more fun to be had on the tramp...

... jumping, running, spinning, laying peacefully and star gazing...

... even "death drops" with Grandpa Bowles! He did to Ollie and Dexy what he use to do to Brian and his sisters when the were little kids, holding them tight and do a falling back drop.

Ollie found it to be great fun!
Dexy? Not so much. He would only do it once and then wanted promptly off the tramp.

Then the got to take a bath in Grandma and Grandpa's big tub like they use to

all the time. By the time I put them in bed it was 10:30 PM. A little while later, Grandpa heard Ollie saying, "Dexy threw up." And sure enough, he had! Poor kid! I cleaned

Dexy up and put him back in bed, but Ollie needed a while to get back

into the sleep mode. He went to bed at 11:00, but it was worth it.

The next morning, we got up to a packed day. We first went to visit Great Grandma Christensen in a rehabilitation center where she is doing therapy for a knee replacement.

She looked good and was happy to see us, as were we to see her again.

We wish her luck and hope she's on her feet again soon!

Next we were off to see Ben and Amanda's new place. It's nice and comfy and has a little playground in the middle of all the buildings. We ate lunch and then went out to play. The boys played on the playground for a while, but had just as much fun finding other things to do...

... sitting in the shade on the grass with the adults and playing with the

bubble gun that grandma brought out to with us...

... finding other kid's nearby toys to play on without asking ...

... drinking, or just dumping, some delicious bottled water that Ben's brother brought us (he lives in the same complex). We went home and let Dexy take a quick nap (very quick) and then went to Raging Waters with the everybody - Grandma, Grandpa, Ben, Amanda, and Angela (not Hollianne :( she's on a misson, but we thought about her). We don't have pictures from that.

We were whipping down waterslides at break neck speeds;

kind of hard to get pictures without a special camera. We had a blast!

The next day was Sunday. We had a good calm day. Church (look at my cute boys in their dashing church clothes), family time, and dinner (I made homemade meatballs, Angela made cheese breadsticks and it was all fabulously delicious).

On Labor Day we had more fun activities. We went to Great Grandpa and Grandma Bowles house for waffles with the whole extended Bowles clan. It was a good, fast way to get to see everyone. We had good food and a good time talking and catching up with everyone. Then a nap and more fun in our favorite backyard. The boys had fun talking up the water spout (a new favorite obviously), feeding the horses in the field behind the

Bowles' yard, throwing a ball for Hoji, and playing in this...
... a little pool that Grandma Bowles found on clearence and purchased on a whim just for the boys to play in on Labor Day.

They had a great time chillaxin' and playing in the pool!

Daddy, of course, found a more exciting way to play with the pool!

Dexy was cold and tired when we were done playing in the pool, so he cuddled up to Angela and started falling asleep. If he hadn't been wearing nothing but a towel, we would have let him sleep on her. But, we put a diaper and some clothes on him and let him take a long, long nap. We had had so many busy, fun-filled days that he needed a rest.

He didn't wake up untill we were all done eating our last fun meal together, hamburgers and yummy pasta salad.

Then, it was sadly time to go home. We gave our last big hugs...

... popped our final bag of poppers (with our bare feet!), and climbed into the car to make the drive back to St. George. We had such a super fun weekend! It was so good to see everyone and they had even planned so many fun activites!

It was a great Labor Day weekend! Thanks for letting us visit! We love you guys!