Hot Air Balloons - July 2, 2011

July 2, 2011

Early Saturday morning, Cory and I got up at the scandulous hour of 5:30 am to go and watch the Hot Air Balloon Show in Provo, UT. It was awesome. The balloons were so colorful and big. There were hundreds of people there watching the event. It was neat to see all of the different shapes. Cory's favorite was Darth Vader and I loved the Pink Pink by Bank of American Fork. It was awesome even at the earlier hour and was a great way to start the 4th of July weekend.

Cory and I had a great time!

Park City Weekend Get-Away

Cory and I went up to Park City for a weekend in June. On the way up we saw deer that just stood next to the road and ate. Never even getting spooked away.

We stayed at the Chateaux at Silver Lake. We got a great deal of the weekend get away.

With our package came dinner at a 5 Star Restaraunt inside of the hotel.

Cory and I desided to dress up for dinner and make an occasion of it.

Saturday we walked around Park City. When we went into the Quicksilver store Cory found this hat that he wanted to buy. I flatly refused. It looks like one of the libral tree huggers who wear the shorts with the sock and sandles getup. We ended up finding him something better.

This was a cool statue that Cory already has a picture with so I took one as well. He was made of metal so at 2:30 in the afternoon when I sat down on the seat I about burned by butt off.

See the grimmes...I mean smile :)

We went to the Olympic Park Village. There they have a full size bobsled. Photo OP!

Cory and I took turns sitting in it.

While I sat inside it began to slide down the hill I was terrified.

Along with our entrance fee we got the opportunity to ski as well. Here is Cory skimming the slopes....he almost looks like a Pro.

Prettt nice they gave us matching outfit to wear while skiing. J/K

Then both of us got the opportunity to hold the Olympic torch.

For athletes to practice their jumping skills there is pool at the end of a run way that allowes them try out different jumps and moves. Here are some pics that I took. 

For the price we paid.... Cory and I got to have a really fun weekend for very little. We can't wait for another chance to go to Park City. It was very enjoyable and nice to get away from the heat of the Utah Valley.

Bryson Cody Blake's Baby Blessing

He is such a good looking kid. A little of all three of his sisters can be seen in his looks.

Each of the girls wanted a picture holding the big boy. Here you see him throwing up on Kayley. She didn't know at first then she almost dropped him trying to get away from the "smell yuck".

After a quick clean up then it was Brynna's turn. She is getting so big.

Then Brindy got her turn. It was fun to see the girls interact with their baby brother.

From the looks of things Cody loves being dad to their new little boy.

Here's Bridgette posing with dad....again. She is such a cheese but always manages to look really cute in photos.... she must know the secret!

We all had a wonderful brunch provided Bridgette.

As always it was incredibly good and wonderfully presented.

We all stuff our faces!

What a good looking group!

Tyler playing with his new SLR camera.

Dad doing what grandpa's do....slipping a little one bites of cake and ice cream.

It was a wondeful blessing and it was great to get everyone together before Cory and I had to head out to Utah. Bryson is an incredible addition to our lives and we look forward to getting to know him.

Kelsie and Johnny's Wedding at Snowflake Temple

For those of you who didn't get to be there here are pics to make you feel like you were.

If you were there then here are some pics of our family for you to see.

Fun shoes the bridal party wore.

William sang an incredble version of a country song where the father tells the son-in-law, "I loved her first". It was incredibly touching and wonderful see William showing off the incredible singing talent he has. If you missed this you need to ask him to sing for you sometime. Beautiful baritone voice.

These three pics are when William was singing to Kelsie.

Then Johnny and Kelsie were given advise on marriage. Got a good laugh.

Then Kelsie sang "He is Good" by Carry Underwood. This song was both for Tenna and for Johnny. It was touching to see Kelsie get choked up at toward the end of the song as emotion over came her, but her rendition of the song was beautiful.