August 16th

August 16th, 2014
My favorite picture I took today! haha. Happy Birthday Julie! I can't believe you're already 17! Crazy. Today was jam packed busy! Sammy got baptized and we were all there to see it! There was a bit of a delay since the missionaries forgot to stopper the font before filling it up, so we all got there and it was empty! haha. To stall for time we did the whole program and Sammy actually getting baptized was the last thing we did. Then Uncle Rob and Aunt Cindy drove me, Danny, Julie, Mak, Robert and Tommy down to Saturday's Market to meet up with Cindy's family and have fun exploring. Portland didn't disappoint with her supply of crazies! It was so great! One guy was holding a sign that said, "Free Klondike Bar! ... Just let me save you soul!" Tommy wouldn't let us save his soul for a Klondike Bar, not even after offering 5 bucks! haha. Our Saturday market trip was complete with a huge Elephant Ear! [Up until moving to Utah I had no idea that there were people out there who had never heard of them!] When we had wandered to our heart's [and parking meter] content we drove up to visit the Rose Gardens since Danny had never been and the last time we went as a family half of the kids hadn't been born yet! We took this goofy picture and it's one of my favs! [Can you see all 7 "roses?"] After we had been there for awhile we drove to REI so Rob and Cindy could get Ju some running shoes for her birthday. At 6:30 the whole fam went to eat at Yans for dinner. We took up our usual spot in the back room and chowed down on so. much. food. We ordered a bit too much and had three grocery bags stacked with "to-go" boxes. Then we just partied back at Hunny's house and Rob and Danny installed Hunny's new microwave. We had a late night, but I loved it!