Several weeks ago Brittney had to travel to Seattle for her work to attend a conference there. Camille had a free ticket on Southwest that expired soon. And wait! I am only 4.5 hours away, and could actually drive over there, so we decided to make it a girls' weekend. We spent several days exploring downtown Seattle--shopping, eating, walking, shopping, eating, walking, repeat. It was great to be with the girlies and have no agenda.
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| Brittney was the only one with a camera, so she is the photographer. On the left is Camille and I at Pike's Place. The picture on the right is my favorite. It was taken on Bainbridge Island. Very wise words--"Call your Mom! Be a good kid."
The very next week I had plans to travel to Utah for a few days for several events. The main reason was to meet up with Brent's family (The McLaws) for our bi-annual reunion. It just so happens that I was able to be there as well to see Stuart and Fictionist play at the Velour in honor of their recent signing to Atlantic Records! The concert was absolutely amazing. I haven't seen the band play live for a while, and I was completely blown away. It was a great evening, and I am so proud of Stu and Brittney and so excited for them and whatever the future may hold. All those years of hard work are finally paying off. We are looking forward to Fictionist's bright future.
These are pictures from that night at the Velour. One happy sidenote: On the bottom left Camille is sitting with Megan McWhorter, my niece. She came to the concert, and just 2 days later delivered a beautiful baby boy--Lincoln! He came 2 weeks early, but it was so awesome to be able to be there to meet the new little guy. Congratulations to her and her husband, Sean.
As I mentioned, the McLaws' had planned a mini-reunion that weekend. Brent has been crazy-busy these past few weeks with work/bishop/etc. He had planned to join us on Friday, but to no one's surprise, was unable to make it. Work was to blame, and actually it really wasn't his fault (this time!) He had to wait for product that was several days late. Anyway. . . on Friday night he was able to join us, sort of! Notice Brent on the screen "skypeing" everyone at the party. Gotta love technology. On the right is Camille and Monique, Brent's youngest sister. She is awesome! It was so great to see her.
Saturday was the big activity. A McLaws' reunion always revolves around some event. In the past we have done things like river rafted, biked the Hiawatha, boated/water skied and snow skied. This year we all signed up for the Dirty Dash Mud Run--a 10K Run/Obstacle Course at Soldier Hollow in Park City. It was quite the event. Thousands of people did this "run" through mud, swamps, trails, strength and balance challenges, etc. I have never been dirtier in my life! I was amazed that nobody got hurt as you were slipping and sliding through mud so much of the time.
From left to right: Stuart and Brittney after the race, Jace and I, and Jace alone in a close-up. Before crossing the finish line we all waded through a waist high pond of mud. Jace actually "dove" in and had mud in his eyes and teeth. There really was mud everywhere! We didn't even bother to keep our shoes but donated them to charity at the end of the race.
The last several weeks have been crazy busy, but lots of fun.
I love spending time with family and making
wonderful memories together.
Sayonara September! You've been great!
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