our visit to Vernal part 1

After our reunion in Bear Lake, we traveled to Vernal and spent a couple of weeks here.

The kids in front of the carpet store. My Grandpa Cal opened this business in 1949. 61 years and 3 generations later, it's still around...this place is a big part of our family.

On our way to the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo!


Papa and H by the big monster truck, H loved this...

and he loves the rodeo. They ended the rodeo with a motorcycle show where they do flips and jumps. This kid was in heaven! His little cowboy outfit cracks me up, so cute!

On Saturday July 10th, Paige was baptized on her Dad's birthday. We gave her the choice of where she wanted to be baptized and Vernal was her choice. She was baptized in the same stake center that I was.

Paige and her grandparents

Paige and her cousin Jessica. We were so happy that Jen and Jimmy's family, Alisha, Heidi and Grandma and Grandpa all drove to Vernal for the baptism, we loved having them there!

Braden and Joey. We lived with Jen and Jimmy (Mike and Martha too) for a couple of months while our house was being built years ago and these boys were just babies. We had so much fun everyday!

Daddy and daughter
Papa and Gaga with the kids. (Gaga was one of Braden's first words and it just stuck.)

Mom bought this $10 slip and slide...the kids used this a lot and loved it! We love summers in Utah!


One of my favorite things about coming home in the summer is getting to spend time with Wes, Ricci and the kids. Ricci's parents gave them this motorhome and we had a blast in this thing! I'm mad at myself for not taking pictures of the inside. It's a 1989 model, complete with slate blue and mauve decor. They had it detailed on the inside and Wes put new flooring in it, it was a major improvement. This thing is a beast! It has a bumper sticker on the back that says, 'Get high on fishing, not on drugs' :)

We all piled in this thing and drove around talking and laughing about how 'white trash redneck' we were...it was fun!

Ricci and Brandt