Thursday, July 29

Chicago 2010....(continued)

Around 12:30 or 1:00 on Sunday night we went to
Walmart to get stuff to make sugar cookies.
Jeff was driving & on our way there we got pulled over :)
Apparently Jeff didn't completely stop at a stop sign & didn't signal when he turned.
The cop asked him how much he'd had to drink & was shining his flashlight on the rest of us in the
car. Jeff told him we hadn't been drinking and then he asked a bunch more questions like where we
were going and why we live in Utah. Then he said, "You are the quietest car I've ever pulled over."
He was a nice guy and let us off with a warning, but it was pretty funny.

Monday everyone came out to the lake again.
Bruce did some kneeboarding.

We did some more swimming at the dam.


Grandpa Sonnenberg even swam with us!

Blake loved to pretend he was driving the boat.

Jeff & I tandem wakeboarded.


Jeff & Melinda tandem wakeboarded.
Doesn't this picture make you laugh?? She's so little! :)


Melinda & I tried tandem wakeboarding. I don't know what the problem was but
we just couldn't get it.

So I wakeboarded on my own.

Then we taught Melinda how to wakeboard. She has never even tried before & she popped
right up on the first try!


We went to Johnny K's for lunch & Melinda tried her first Chicago Hot Dog.


After lunch we tried to convince some of the kids to try wakeboarding. None of them
would. So we tried to get them to go with Jeff or Mike and still nothing.
Then I told Chelsea I would do glitter toes for her if she went. That got her :)


Cute little Blake & me watching from the boat.

Lauren wanted glitter toes too so she tried with Mike. They tried twice & couldn't
get up & she was done.

Glitter toes!


We ended up doing their fingers also & Chelsea was so cute & walked around like this
for probably an hour because she didn't want them to get messed up.
They were our little shadows the rest of the day :)

Later that night Lauren & Chelsea helped Melinda & I make star shaped sugar cookies!
I wish we had pictures of it because they had so much fun smashing the dough &
cutting out stars.

To be continued.....

Monday, July 26

Pioneer Day

I have to take a little break from posting about Chicago to post about our super fun Pioneer Day!
Megan Barton invited us up to Cottonwood Heights for their annual Pioneer Day celebration on Saturday.
First there was a parade. Probably the funnest parade I've ever been to because every single person/float in the parade threw out candy! :)
(And it was the only parade we've been to this year & I Love Love Love parades.)
We got loads & loads of candy! So fun!









After the parade Mckay, Megan, Jeff & I went to Chili's for dinner.
Then the rest of my family came up & we went to the carnival. It was fun walking around & seeing all the booths & things.
But the best part was that we entered the egg toss contest!
We partnered up....
Marsh & Matthew
Mckay & Megan B.
Jeff & I
Melinda manned the camera.
Here we are lined up, waiting to get started.




We started on the grass & after a few throws Mckay & Megan B. were out.
Then they moved us onto the pavement because too many people were dropping eggs & they weren't breaking on the grass.



A few tosses later Marsh & Matthew were out.
Jeff & I made it all the way to the end and
WE WON!!
Our prize was a $20 Target Gift Card!
Oh my gosh it was a blast!
There was a cool firework show when it got dark & my dad bought a 48-pack of glow sticks that we all played with & that was the end.
Fun day!!

Friday, July 23

Chicago 2010....(continued)

Saturday morning we woke up, got ready & drove
out to Lake Holiday to celebrate the 4th with everyone.
Jeff had gotten up earlier & gone to an animal show with his dad so Melinda & I rode out with Jill, Grandma Runner & Mike.
Saturdays at the lake are pretty crazy. There are boats everywhere so it's hard to do much when it comes to wake boarding & skiing. We did take a lot of trips to the dam to swim though. I think that is all of the kids' favorite thing to do.
They love to jump off the back of the boat!

Lauren kept asking Gregor to throw her in.


For lunch everyone barbecued and we had tons of food!
When Scott & Lisa showed up, I had to hold that cute little baby Chelsea.
Pretty much everyone had to comment on me holding the baby.
Especially Ryan & Gregor.
Gregor even informed me that the next family member to get pregnant will give birth
to Grandpa & Grandma Sonnenberg's 50th great grandchild.
Then he told me that it's going to be him & Joy. We'll see... ;)

Later we took another trip to swim at the dam.
Tiffany swimming with Brooke & Chelsea.
Pretty girls!
Aly, Natalie & Ella.
Mike convinced Lauren & Natalie to let him drop them in head first.
They were hesitant at first, but after they tried it they begged to do it again & again.


Grandpa & Grandma Sonnenberg taking a little snooze :)
Later on in the evening everyone was just kind of hanging out. There wasn't much going on so Jill asked Melinda & I if we wanted to go check out some outlet stores nearby.
We wanted to! :)
So we did some more shopping with Jill & Grandma Runner.
When it started getting dark we had to hurry back to go out on the boat to watch the firework show.
Every year the lodge does a firework show & then after it's done the people straight across the lake from us put on an even better show!
This year the lodge did their show on Saturday night but the people across the lake waited & did theirs on Sunday night.


Saturday night we drove back to Wheaton & stayed with Jeff's parents again so we could go to church with them on Sunday.
Sunday night Mike, Jeff, Melinda & I packed up all our stuff & drove back out to the lake.
Ryan & Gregor came out on the boat to watch the fireworks with us.
Let me tell you why this firework show is so great.
We drive out into the middle of the lake & you can lay flat on your back on the boat & the fireworks are right above you.
The sparks from the really big ones fall down into the water all around you.
And occasionally even drop into the boat. Scary! But also a little bit funny watching Mike & Jeff jump up so fast to try and catch them & keep them from burning the boat :) Sounds fun right?! Ha!
But really, it is so AWESOME!


To be continued....