Tour of Utah

 

Each year for the past 2 years Chad and Lance have gone to watch the Tour of Utah bicycle race. This year was no exception. They went over a couple of days. They watched the race at the start then moved to a new spot, then a new spot, back to the old spot, and then back to the finish (back at the start). There were some fun activities for Lance (like rock climbing) and free hats and food. This has become a great tradition for Lance and Chad and they have so much fun!

 

 

The riders and car drivers (from the support cars) started to recognize them because they were all over the place and often the only people at odd intervals of the race. They collected several water bottles from the riders. They attended a leg of the road race and the time trial held at the Miller Motorsports Speedway.

 

 

 

 



Promontory Ribbon Cutting

On August 11, 2012 we attended the Ribbon Cutting ceremony for the Promontory School of Expeditionary Learning. Erin had volunteered to participate in the choir for the event. Grandma and Christina were there as well. They had not been able to lay sod yet and there were still some things inside to be finished but overall the school looked great.

 

 

Erin did a FANTASTIC job learning and singing her songs.

 

During the program they talked about the family that sold their farm to the school and Boyd B. White who's legacy this building would be. The plaque reads:

"Let our students be inspired to explore and discover these school grounds, built on his family farm. May they serve their community and country as honorably and faithfully as he did."

 

 

Then they drew a random kids' name out of a fishbowl and that kid got to help cut the ribbon!

 

 

We got to walk through the building with kids from each grade acting as tour guides. I didn't get pictures of the inside that were any good but we got excited for the new school year!

 



Lance's Last Baseball Game

We had Lance's last baseball game on the 25th. They didn't win (although it was close!) but they had fun and that's all that matters! Lance has already said he'd like to play again next year.



Music and the Spoken Word

We went to Music and the Spoken Word on the Sunday Pop Pop was here. Again, I only had my phone but here are some pics of us around Temple Square.

Days of 47 Parade & Iceland Monument

While Pop Pop was here we went down to Spanish Fork  (where he's from) to attend the Days of 47 Parade (Pioneer Day) and the Koyle Family Reunion. We sat with some of the Koyle extended family in front of an empty house being sold by a member of the family. It was a nice spot in the shade.

Pop Pop was in the Parade!!

It took Erin a little while to warm up to her cousins but once she did they were inseperable.

After the parade we went to see the Icelandic Monument. The Koyle family are decendants of the original Icelanders to settle in Spanish Fork.

We spent the rest of the afternoon at a church pavillion eating, playing games and chatting with various Koyle family members. It was a fun day and we can't wait for Pop Pop to come visit again!

Tony Grove with Pop Pop

On the weekend of the 21st Pop Pop came from South Carolina to spend several days with us. On the 20th we went up to Tony Grove.

The older guys went on a hike around the lake.

We had a nice picnic too.

While the older boys hiked Lance, Erin and I walked around and explored the forest. I also got some pics of the kids and countryside.