Sunday, September 28, 2008

Fishing Trip


Our rig and Motel.... this is what I call a fishing trip!

Last weekend Erin and Brayden took us on a float trip to the Tetons. We stayed overnight in Idaho Falls and spent Friday and Saturday fishing. Just look how beautiful it was! We had so much fun with beautiful weather and great company.


Happy Fishermen!

And I just enjoyed my camera. I have tons of pictures if you're interested.... well maybe not. :)
We really had a great trip. Thanks guys!

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Jared and Casi's in Saratoga Springs

Jared and Casi took us to the gardens at Thanksgiving Point. They were so beautiful!
Dave rented a scooter that he insisted Casi use but the real driver ended up being Mallory! She drove both Grandpa and then Casi.
Jared sure does love his little girls!
I told you the flowers were beautiful....breath taking is more like it....

On Saturday Jared woke up to this.......
He is a huge BYU fan and his brother David is a UCLA fan. Jared got a real surprise when he opened the curtains. David asked some old high school friends to do the deed.
Dave got to go to the game with his son in law Steve Collings and grandson Steve Jr. Here is a sweet end score!!!

Tracy and Steve in Grantsville

Crossing the finish line. We went to Kaylea's cross country track meet in Morgan. She is a fast runner and was way in front of her age group. She came in 3rd in her school behind 2 seniors. Kaylea is a Freshman!
Us girls decided to go have pedicures together! Tracy gave Jamie a pedicure for her birthday and Erin and I decided to crash the party!!! It was so fun and relaxing.
We went to lunch at a little Mexican place in Grantsville then went DI shopping. My kids are so thrifty!
Even Grantsville is pretty this time of year. This is the Marina on the Great Salt Lake.
More of the Lake on our way to Tracy's. Pretty!
Tracy and Steve took us to this fun place for dinner. It was Japanese and sooooo good.
Thanks Steve and Tracy! We had so much fun and appreciate it so much.

Look who we found?!

Sunday evening Jamie called Jessie and we found out they only live a few blocks from Lee.
WE LOVE NAUVOO GIRLS!!!

Lee & Tricia's in Centerville

On Sunday we went to Lee's ward to church then afterwards all the kids and grandchildren came over and we ate dinner together. It was so much fun visiting.
Jamie spent the night with us at Lee's then we went on a drive in the mountains all day Monday. Lee asked what we wanted to do and this was it.
This is Parlee. Look how beautiful it is behind her. The day was breathtaking!
Thanks Lee and Tricia! This was a dream day...... we love the Utah mountains and miss them!
Just chillin' up by Snow Basin.
See how pretty? I took the last picture (of dad and Lee and all) then turned around and took this. I said it was a beautiful day,
We came off the Mountain as school got out and picked up the kids to go and watch Dallins Soccer game in Salt Lake City.
Dallin is on the Left. He is a pretty good player... like his dad was.
Then we went to Granite Cemetery where our Despain relatives are buried. I knew it was there but had never seen it.
It is a really small cemetery not too far from where Tricia was raised and we have several family members buried there.
This is the old Granite church where our family attended.
It was fun to see it preserved so well.

Uncle Roys one night and Uncle Jacks the next!

It was fun going to Roy's house in Orem! Roy rides a bright red Motor Scooter so I made him let me take a picture in his duds.
We sat and visited all evening and enjoyed them so much! They are all so fun to be around.
We spent the next night with my brother Jack and his wife Delores. We went for a little drive in the hills behind their place. Look at all the sunflowers behind them. We loved spending time with them.

The Paris

While we were at Davids he asked us where we were staying on our way to Utah. We said we didn't know so he said he would make a couple calls and see if he could set something fun up for us. When we got to the address he sent us to in Las Vegas we were blown away.
The room was so nice and fancy we were blown away. They also told us we could have any food, spa treatments, movies or shows up to $4,500. They gave us cards to sign for anything we wanted and it was all free!!!
It was all so nice that we felt like a couple of country bumpkins. We loved our room and never left it all evening. We even ate dinner there. No we didn't do spa treatments or anything exciting but it couldn't have been a better or nicer evening.
I even soaked in the jetted tub. They even give you bath salts and q-tips.... yep it was whole hog and a night of a lifetime. Thanks David, we will never forget it!

Disneyland

We decided to go on all the rides we could in a day and managed to do a pretty good job. This is on a ferris wheel in California Adventure.
We are on the back row in "Tower of Terror" Yikes! I can't believe we did it!
Dave thought this was the most fun ride of all. We acted like he was an old retired man and rented him a scooter to ride. He had a blast!
David and Julie met us at Disneyland for dinner. We had reservations at the "Blue Biou" or something like that. It was soooo yummy!
Dave and I spent the entire day at Disneyland. We enjoyed it so much! David gave us free passes to get in to there and to California adventure. Our first ride was our favorite "Soaring over California" but we also went on the "Tower of Terror", "Honey I shrunk the audience" "Indiana Jones" and so many fun rides. The day flew by! SWEET!!!

Monday, September 8, 2008

Davids in LA








We went to the San Diego temple then on to Davids home. Yesterday we went to the beach and to church today and Disneyland tomorrow!