Teddy Bear Run

On Saturday we got to be part of the Teddy Bear Run. For those of you who don't know what that is, it is a fund raiser for the Children's Justice Center. Each rider enters by paying 10.00 and donating a new teddy bear or stuffed animal. About 300 riders left the Baugh Motel and drove through Sardine canyon over to Vescos in Brigham. There we picked up about 150 or so more. We rode the back roads through Honeyville and Deweyvill and on to Valley View highway back into Cache Valley ending at the fair grounds. My in laws came with us as well as a neighbor friend. It was so much fun. It is always fun to get dressed up and hang out with all the "bad boys and girls." There is such a variety of people who ride and most of them are great people and so fun to get to know. It was only the 2nd ride we went on all summer. We didn't have a very good riding year. To much boating I guess.

Catch up!

Since school has started we have started getting into a better routine. However, we are not totally ready to give up summer so we've found a few things to do. We were true red necks for a night and took Travis, Matthew and Emily to their first demolition derby in Preston. The kids loved watching the cars run into each other and Travis had even more fun people watching. You get all kinds!! Labor Day was kind of a bust with the rain and cold weather, but we did get to have my whole family over to help us eat fish and hand out. It was so fun to have my brother and sister's family here and all the cousins except Jaycee. We haven't all been together for a while. The cousins love to play video games and watch a movie in the theater room. I really wanted to take advantage of the sunshine (you never know, it may be gone soon) so on Sat. after throwing a few ideas around, we ended up driving the kids (all 6) to SL and going to the state fair. It was, well, just like every other fair. Lots of people, lots of animals, and lots of things to waste your money on. I think the kids liked it though. After that Peyton wanted to drive by the "big" buildings so we ended up at Temple Square. The kids wanted to walk around and see the sites, so we did. I think they had more fun at Temple Square (that was free) than the fair. We walked through the visitor centers and saw the reflecting pool and then took a tour of the conference center. It was really fun and they had a good time. We really didn't want to stop for dinner so made the kids suffer until we got home at 9:30 and ate mac and cheese and top ramen noodles at about 10 pm. This kids thought it was kind of cool to be eating dinner that late. It ended up being a great day and we really had some good teaching moments at the temple. However, guess where the camera was? Of course, in the truck!!!