We will take responsibility for the Lagoon Day. I have yet to check into the prices and the food but we will do so soon.

We are thinking about doing the seven peaks day. We have done some research and figured out a pretty cool way of doing it. We just need to know what you and your children would like for dinner. If you get the food catered, the cabanas are free so it works out to be really cheap food. We'll cover dinner and then everybody can either bring lunch, eat before you come, or buy some food there. Group rate prices are $14.50 per person over age three. The park opens at 11:00 AM and closes at 8:00 PM. Those who need a break or want to nap can come and go. We could all eat dinner around 5 or 6pm. Maybe we could do a little bowling before the park opens at the "Wilk." We thought it might be fun to do on Monday but any day works. We might want to avoid Friday because it is busier and more expensive.

Check out the ritzy menu below and let us know what you will be having so we can get everything reserved ASAP. This needs to be done 2 weeks in advance so we don't have much time!!

Slice of Italy
Slice of Pizza (cheese, pepperoni, or hawaiian), Cookie, 16oz soda
(Redeem at Pizza Stand)

Homerun Combo
Hot Dog, Fries, Cookie, 16oz soda
(Redeem at Burger Stand)

Picnic in the Park
Turkey and Provolone Sandwich on Ciabatta Bread, Potato Chips, 16oz soda
(Redeem at Peaks Cafe)

All American Meal
Hamburger, Fries, Cookie, 16oz soda
(Redeem at Burger Stand)

Country Classic
Chicken Tenders , Fries, Cookie, 16oz soda
(Redeem at Burger Stand)

Thanks for all the ideas Mike and Wes. We can't wait!

Sunday Musings

The Sunday question. . . in Luke 15 Christ heals the ten lepers and only one comes back to to thank him. Then Christ asks "where are the nine. . . Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole." Is this his calling and election? His remission of sins? See Enos.
Awaiting your comments . . . momma

more ideas for family vacation

Hello everyone,

At Mom's request I'm returning to pltfamily after somewhat of a hiatus to post some more ideas about our family vacation. It looks like most people will be arriving on Saturday, June 23, and I don't know when everyone is going back home (we don't fly out until Sunday, July 1, a week later), but we should probably have at least five days of activities planned plus one Sunday (June 24). I've talked with a few of you already about most of these ideas, but please feel free to add input/comments on them. Also, the order doesn't really matter:

0. Saturday: we arrive/get set up for the week (food shopping/preparation for the week)

1. Sunday: Church, then??? (ideas: if church is in the morning, we could go up to Temple Square
in SLC after lunch)

2. Monday: Wes's plan (see previous post) (maybe we could do this instead of Hogle Zoo??)

3. Tuesday: Lagoon day (group rates are available, rates are also cheaper mid-week, Tues-Thurs, see park website http://www.lagoonpark.com/)
-breakfast in Provo (where??), then drive to Lagoon
-spend day at Lagoon (in Farmington, just north of SLC), including lunch
-after Lagoon, go back to Provo for dinner/eat somewhere in SLC??
-after dinner, ???

4. Wednesday: Seven Peaks/BYU day
-breakfast in Provo (where??)
-go to Seven Peaks water park (see website ttp://www.sevenpeaks.com/)
(group rates if we reserve 2 weeks in advance!!!!; also, we can reserve a pavillion
with picnic tables just for our family)
-lunch at Seven Peaks (I don't know how long we will want to stay here)
-after Seven Peaks, go to BYU campus game center (bowling, air hockey, video
games, see http://gamescenter.byu.edu/)
-dinner at the Cougareat ??/BB-Q back at the dorms???
-after dinner, ???
[we could split this day up, with just a BB-Q dinner at night after Seven Peaks,
and do the BYU-campus-thing on Friday/some other day]

5. Thursday: SLC/Park City day
-breakfast in Provo (where??)
-go to This Is The Place Heritage Park in SLC, near Hogle Zoo (all sorts of
activities: pioneer chores, pony rides, train ride, etc, see
http://www.thisistheplace.org/index.html)
-Lunch at Heritage Park
-go to Park City (alpine slide; carousel, etc)
-dinner in SLC??/visit temple square??
-go back to Provo
-after dinner??

6. Friday: ??? (some ideas: Provo canyon BB-Q; tubing down the Provo river; older kids could hike the Y or hike Timp; temple day: guys/ladies switch off)

7. Saturday: going home?? (Marci and I won't be leaving till Sunday)

So, above are some plans. Below, some ideas:
1. breakfast in Provo: Mom and I talked about just getting a Morris Center (BYU cafeteria) meal pass for breakfast. It might be more expensive than if we just ate in our appartments, but it is all-you-can-eat, and it has a wide variety of food for everyone; and, no clean-up!)

2. more detailed planning: I like the original idea of each family taking one day and planning the details (reasearching the prices of the activities, what there is to do at each place, etc). Maybe we could each choose a day, make the plan, and propose it to the whole family one week in advance (i.e. by next Saturday). That way we could all comment, make suggestions, etc. We don't want to be too rigid, but I think it would save us all a lot of time/hassel if we had a basic plan that everyone agreed on for each day.

3. lunches/dinners: most of the places we are going to visit will have eateries, but we could also pack lunches/dinners for some/all of the days; we could do a Costco/Sam's Club run when everyone got to Provo that first Saturday and get enough lunch meat, juice boxes, snacks, etc to last the week; we will all have fridges in our appartments, and if we all brought a cooler or two it wouldn't be too hard (and much cheaper) to provide our own meals.

ACTION ITEMS:
-put in your two cents about meals
-pick a day to plan (including activities for the moms and dads after the kids are down), and let everyone know which one you are doing (first come, first serve!)
-(me) call everyone to make sure they know about this list

We can't wait to see everyone!

Mike

Counting down...

We thought that we'd post our ideas for a day during the family gathering. If you all still think that it is still a good idea for each family to plan a day, you can discuss and post your ideas for a fun day...

We'd thought it would be fun to:

• build forts in a couple of the apartments and rent good old cartoons to watch while we ate breakfast. (ie Heman, Ducktales, Smurfs etc...)
• Around 9 or 10:00am we would drive to Thanksgiving Point and go to the petting zoo/barn ~3 dollars which includes seeing all the animals and a poney ride
• Lunch (we're working on details)
• Naps or Pool time
• Dinner and games at a really cool park (Neilson's Grove).
• Games or something till bed...

And how do we want to work meals? Should we include providing the meals on our days, or should we all plan meals together for the whole week, or should everybody plan just dinner for the day their responsible for? What do you think? However it works out we can't wait to see everyone! 15 days and counting!

Grandpa's House: The Plan, the Progress

"For which of you, intending to build a [house], sitteth not down first and counteth the cost, whether he hath sufficient to finish it? "

Will the big car fit in the
garage?





Wes and Dad
consider where
the shelves
should go
in the
storage room.

Sunday With Lucy

Here are some of the pictures I took of Lucy and Kate while Wes and Lori were in Seattle with their friends.

Kate and Lucy in Kate's birthday castle!
Kate and Lucy in Target with their sunglasses!

Lucy, the donkey, and Pooh Bear

Today Lucy went to church with me. She was so sweet and so happy to be there. When we walked in Grandpa was conducting and she pointed to him and called out "Grandpa!" Her vioice was so soft no one but me heard her. We enjoyed sacrament meeting and she liked the singing and the sacrament and the fishy crackers afterwards. It was so fun to be with her and I was so happy that she was happy.