A Wonderful Time in Utah

 For 11 near-perfect days Utah's weather, people and events treated us like we were important so something! It began with attending The Spoken Word on Temple Square and feeling the patriotism that  hearing the Tabernacle Choir's July 4th program brought. It was thrilling! President Uchtdorf was there and was almost within handshake distance! In the visitor's center is this diorama of the Salt Lake Temple which shows what each room looks like and the whole layout of the temple!

Hayley Moore was our guest in traveling and for a couple of days while there. 

 Elder Uchtdorf

The 4th of July parade in Provo was even better than ususal because the weather was stormy! No beating sun roasting us like other times!

The Boley family reunion at the Herbert's back yard in Orem was great. I love renewing relationships with family! (Herbie and Gerbie!)

This is the older generation mixed with the newest one! (Aunt Ann, Aunt Carol, Grandma Belle, David Barry's wife, Emily and their new son.)

We spent the evening of the holiday at Connie and Steve Ault's property in Provo Canyon where horses were riden and their newest attractiona, zip line, was enjoyed!

July 5th found us at our traditional trip to Lagoon. The weather could not have been any better! My brother,Wally and his family came too as did Nate Herbert. (Can you see John in the tram behind us!)

 

John and Nate 

 

July 6th is my sister, Peggy's birthday so to celebrate we met for lunch at Applebees and then shopped at our favorite store in Provo called Cherry Lane. (Me, Brooklynn, Payton [Peggy's granddaughter], Tamsen [daughter], Willow [granddaughter], Wendy, [daughter] Peggy and Mom) 

How lucky were we to get to go to the American Idol concert in Salt Lake City on Wednesday night!!! It was such a blast! 
 On July 7th Mom and I visited my friend, Barbara Carroll and my sister Nancy. Nancy has hepatitis so instead of shopping and being on the go we all piled into her bed and watched two movies while eating licorise and chocolate! It doesn't get any better than that!!!

On Friday after going to breakfast with my Red Hot friends, Dad, Mom and I went to Midway and Heber...my favorite places. This house was built by my great-great grandfather, Dr. John Gerber when Brigham Young sent him and his famly to Midway to settle the area way back in the mid 1800's.

We also visited Peggy and Terry at their trailor in Provo Canyon. I LOVE being in the mountains, in nature, with family! We watched the humingbirds and a bluebird eat from their feeders and spied into a mud sparrow's nest to see her three little babies!

Peggy and Terry

This is my favorite house in Midway. It has been in a few films in it's day! 

Saturday was the Gerber family reunion in Sandy, Utah. I haven't seen many of the members of this family for more years than I can remember! It was so good to visit with my cousins, aunts and uncles. I actually participated int he tug of war--by far the oldest one in the game!These are some of my cousin's kids! The two on the left are 15 years old. (I just took this picture for Brooklynn because she was visiting a friend and didn't go to the reunion.)Now if that itsn't love on my mom's face as she looks upon Wally, I don't know what is!!! We got to have several fun times with Wally!It's hard to see, but this a deer that was running beside our truck when we were driving through Park City, Utah. Cool!

Park City has the ski jump, luge, (sp?) Alpine slide and everything else that was used for the 2002 Olympics.

I could have stayed another 11 days easily!!!