2024, July 15-21

Diamond and Caleb came out to visit. Yay! Plus we got to see the cousins from California and Washington. Woot! 

Here is a watercolor painting Eliza made at BUH for art. 

Mike and Kai caught the camera shy quail family on their morning walk.  

We got a little bit of rain in the late afternoon along with a double rainbow. 

Fergus blepped. 

Diamond and Caleb arrived from Oklahoma on Tuesday evening. Kai warmed right up to them. Caleb is allergic, so that could be an issue. The pup is hypoallergenic, but still. 

Fergus has decided to spend more time outdoors this week, which is probably a good thing. Problem is, the swallows like to divebomb him. Mike heard them chittering and making a ruckus, and he opened the door to Ferg trying to bat them away. He even got the assault on camera! 

Running some errands, Hallie got a rear camera shot of Kai enjoying the breeze through the open back window. 

On their bike ride, Mike and Eliza saw a flock of wild water fowl in a field flooded for irrigation. 

We all went to the Springville Museum of Art and saw the latest exhibits there. On the first floor, they're setting up for a quilt show. 

Mike took several candids and a few posed shots. 

After the museum, we went to the local shave ice shack. We got some more pics for Diamond and Caleb's adoption profile. 

We also saw a cool dune buggy. 

Fergus has taken over one of our folding chairs out front. Check out that cat belly and those chicken wings. 

The city of Springville continues growing, and we have new road construction coming our way that is likely to eat away at all the wide open fields. The red vertical line on the map below shows the plan for 1200 W, which eventually will run right along the western edge of our subdivision. 

Someone on Facebook saw construction vehicles and piles of dirt north of Center Street along 1200 W. Here's a view to the south. The new road will run parallel to the power lines. 

This is the view looking north from the corner of 100 S and (what will be) 1200 W. 

Caleb is creating a new role-playing game, and he used Landon and Eliza as willing guinea pigs. 

Meanwhile, Kai and Diamond relaxed on the couch. 

Speaking of relaxing, here is a very relaxed Eliza riding around with Mom and Diamond. 

On Friday, we all joined Sawyer, Finley, and Grandma M. at MOD Pizza. 

Kai and his favorite frog got caught by Eliza. 

On Saturday, Eliza walked with the girls and women of Bridle Up Hope at the Mapleton Pioneer Days Parade. 

Afterwards, we all drove up to Mirror Lake, where it was considerably cooler, particularly because we drove in along with an early afternoon thunderstorm. A little while after we got to the lake, the weather cleared enough to allow us to walk the trail around the lake. 

The rain and wind (and fishers in boats) made the lake more choppy than the last time we went (nearly two years ago!!). 

Fergus seemed happy to see us all home. He appreciates lap time with Mike. Caught him blepping. 

On Sunday morning, we found Eliza had come downstairs in the early morning and used the dog's pad as a blanket. 

We encouraged Landon to show off his collection of light sabers to Diamond and Caleb. Mike brought his down too. They had fun. 

We had our Sunday Social out front, with salmon and sides. Everyone enjoyed visiting and chatting and getting to meet D&C. Once things got dark, Eliza convinced Dad to do a campout. The dark also presented another chance for the kids to play with the laser swords one more time.