Millie begged and begged to go to the rodeo this year. For me, the rodeo is a "once every few years" kind of event so I said no. Never fear, Aunt Missy to the rescue. She took Millie to the rodeo Friday night and then to the parade on Saturday.
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| Millie and Aunt Missy at the rodeo. Uncle Tony bought this pink cowboy hat just for Millie |
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| Millie, Missy and Kelsey |
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| Millie with Uncle Tony and Kayden, waiting for the parade |
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| Missy and Millie |
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| Kelsey with her drill team in the parade |
It's become a tradition of ours to spend the 24th of July night at an Owlz game. We always get free tickets to sit on the berm and watch the fireworks after dark with our family. This year I was flying solo as Adam had already made other plans.
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| Owen is generally scared of the fireworks and doesn't really know Julie but he climbed right into her lap. Thanks Julie! |
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| Owen, Millie and Ashlyn |
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| I tried to get a picture of our group but we were just too big |
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| I was so thankful for Michelle's help keeping Ian entertained |
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| Matthais, Jordan and Trevor |
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| Watching the game |
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| There was an Owlz guy throwing hats into the crowd. He throw one into a group of older people who had no idea what he was doing... They just thought some kid threw their hat at them so they set it aside. I had seen the whole thing and tried to talk several of my kids into getting it. Finally, with Millie's help Owen went and picked it up. |
Adam won a promotion at work and scored three tickets to Lagoon and the day off. Since we already planned on taking the kids next week with his work Lagoon day we thought it would be fun to have a date night at Lagoon. It was fun although Adam isn't a huge ride fan. It was nice to go at our own pace, ride the rides we wanted and not listen to any meltdowns. We watched the show L'orage with was neat but all the hype about it made me expect more.
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| Millie being totally blasted by the foam...all you can see is her little legs! |
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| Ian did NOT like the foam...the one time I made him get in he immediately started wiping it off |
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| Brandi, Jayne and Michelle |
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| Shannon and Mom (Annette) |
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| Corina, Kacee and Sharilee |
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| Jayne, Kinna and Brandi |
Last night we had a little get together up the canyon with some of Adam's siblings. We were discussing our plans for today (the girls going to dinner and Bunco). Ian has a Dr. Appointment in SLC and I told them the soonest I could be there was 6:00. I didn't think I was being unreasonable because we usually don't start Bunco until 6:30 or 7:00. Well, they decided to start at 5:30. I can't even begin to explain how badly that hurt. Immediately the tears started to roll. In fact...they are still flowing. In their defense, their mom wanted to start early (5:00) so she could get home to be to the temple the next morning. I know they were just trying to find common ground but I really felt like I was purposely being excluded. In reality, there was so much building up, leading to this point that made the tears flow. This was merely the trigger. I feel SO alone. To clarify, I know that I am surrounded by loving, caring people that would do anything for me in a heartbeat. What I really, really need? A good friend. One who wants to listen to me. One who wants to be with me. Most of the time I find that my friendships are very one-sided. I generally get more attached to people then they do to me. Ever heard the saying "don't make someone a priority if they only make you an option"? I feel like every one's option. Oh well. Somehow I need to pull it all together to show up at Bunco tonight not totally sobbing. I've been thinking all morning that maybe I should just skip it all together even though I could really, really use a night out.
