St. George

Hi,
I drove to Sand Hollow Reservoir on Thursday and met the Reep's there. I took the blow up boat that has been in our family since our children were young. The four kids got in the boat and had to learn how to paddle and get the boat to go where they wanted. They made several trips out to the buoy, (a favorite of my children), and taking turns paddling and pulling it places.
One time Sherry Ann and I got in it for a trip to the buoy. We laughed a lot and enjoyed our adventure. Mattina Ann got in with us and the boat about swamped. I wonder why the sign says only two adults at a time in the boat? We still laughed and rode the waves.

Right after we got to the reservoir, got the life jackets on and the kids playing it was time for lunch. Sherry Ann was getting it ready and a great wind came up. Everything was blowing all over the place, (spinach on the wraps included). We called the kids in to eat and the great rain came. It was a downpour. With the wind blowing and the rain, the kids were screaming and afraid. I went under the table and used the family and table for cover from the rain. Everything was wet after a 20 minute downpour. The rain left and the waves on the lake were great. We played for several hours and really enjoyed our time there.

Mattina loved the watermelon. She's wearing Deeann's old life jacket. Mattina Ann is becoming quite a nice young lady. She reminds me of most Beehive's. She's constantly working on her YW Values and accomplishing goals. She's been reading all of the Work and Glory Books.

Geremy loved to sit in the water and play with the wet sand. I think he sat there for an hour just letting the sand slip between his fingers.


Tanner loved to swim all over the lake and play with the boat and raft. He read a story to me and I asked him who taught him to read. He said his family. They all help each other out.


AJ is definitely all boy. He's doing great in scouts and loved to play in the water. He plays the piano everytime he walks past it and loves to read.


Aaron and Sherry Ann are preparing for their trip to Italy and deep sea diving in the Mediterranean Sea. They have snorkel gear and saw some fish while they were swimming.





My swimming suit and hair are really dorky, but I had lots of fun with the Reep's.

They made a great dinner that night with Mahi mahi for us for dinner.

After an absolutely terrible nights sleep for me, we got up on Friday and I made muffins for breakfast. Sherry Ann and I experimented on making a loaf of bread, three different ways. I used the bread maker, an electric mixer, and by hand. We put it in the loaf pans and went to the park.

There is a nice water park out in Ivins. The kids had so much fun that the time flew. When we got back to the bread it was past ready to bake. After it baked, we ate one of the loaves and the kids really loved it. We didn't try all three to see which one was best. They get to do that later. Good luck to Sherry Ann on her future bread making experiences.

Ralph went to a Bees game while I was gone and cleaned the house. Thanks for letting me go and cleaning.

The past few weeks I've been taking the paint off the front door and then I stained it and put the finishing on. It saved us a couple of hundred bucks. It looks really nice.

Last week I had a flat tire on my bike. I took it off and patched it. I rode it to the gym. The next morning it was flat again. I took it off and patched it. This is all on the same hole. It was flat when I got out of the gym. I walked the bike home. I bought a new tube and installed it. This morning we went on a bike ride and I got a sticker in my tire. A hole in my new tube. We had to buy some more patches so Monday I guess I'll fix it again. Fun.