Blogging Frenzy

We haven't blogged in a while, so I'm just going to throw a bunch of things into the same post.

Recently, my sister Abbie and her family moved to the area. They will be here for a few years while her husband gets his PhD. I am very excited to have them living close. Abbie and her kiddies came down to Provo to get a look at BYU. Niece Emily was amazed when I told her that we were in the 199th ward. Where they come from, there are not more than 2 or 3 wards in a city.

We visited the bookstore, of course, where I realized how difficult it is to have small children in a store. Kudos to all of you moms out there who have children that can walk. I will never judge you for giving in and buying that treat. We also went to the Eyring Science Center, and ended our campus tour with a trip to the Creamery.




After the Creamery and all through the BYU tour, cute little Victoria would point to me or Annie and say, "Can we go to her house?" Abbie says she does the same thing with complete strangers. That's one way to make friends.

And we also gave the grand tour to Phil and Kelsey.


They took down a lot of the cool things in the Eyring Science Center--the air drum, the sound travel thingy, among other things. I wonder what happened to them? Seeing those little gadgets used to be one of the highlights for me as a kid visiting from South Dakota.
Thanks for coming to visit us, family. Sorry for the somewhat boring tours of campus, but we definitely enjoyed seeing you. We're getting quite proficient at giving tours...so anyone is welcome to come visit us anytime.

Aaron and his parents and sisters also hiked Mt. Timpanogos. It took a grueling 14 hours. Aaron came back with an awesome sunburn.






Last week, we took Annie with us to hike the Y with the singles' ward. She did great and even fell asleep in Aaron's arms on the way down. And we also changed her diaper at the top of the Y. How many people can say they've had their diaper changed on the Y? We forgot the camera, but someone should be emailing us some pictures. We really liked getting to know the people in the singles' ward. They seem cool and down-to-earth. And we met some folks who will be or already have served missions in Taiwan. That was pretty nifty.
I almost died on the way up to the Y. I do not remember it being so steep. My age must be getting to me.

Eat Mor Chikin

July 9, 2010 was the annual Chik-fil-A "Cow Appreciation Day." On this day, anyone who goes to a Chik-fil-A restaurant dressed like a cow from head to toe gets a free meal...not just a free sandwich but an entire combo meal. Our friends Jack and Natalie told us about it. What a great deal! Aaron, Annie, and I went along with Aaron's brother Alan who went all out with the handcrafted cow udders.

Aaron was a little bit sheepish (cowish?) about going to the mall dressed like a cow, but he manned up and came along. We really looked good. Some people were definitely not dressed up head to toe, but they still got food. It's probably not great for business to argue with a customer about whether or not a lame, latex glove cow udder should be considered enough of a costume.

I realized once I got to the restaurant that our ears were not very authentic. Cow ears do not stand up straight like the bunny ears I made. They are a little more floppy and more to the sides of the head. So it was kind of embarrassing not only to go to the mall dressed up like a cow, but to be doing so incorrectly. I could just hear people whispering, "Somebody didn't research their cow costume very well."

Annie dressed up, too, but she didn't get any free food. She had enough fun eating our black, garbage bag spots, though.


And the food was really tasty too! Moo!