After Summer Comes Fall

The Canyons

I just have to say that I am so happy that I grew up here in Utah! I think sometimes we forget what a beautiful state we really live in! Every year at the end of summer the Standiford family goes up Millcreek canyon and has a BBQ! We roast the hot dogs over an open fire and play in the stream! Well the kids play in the stream because I think it is to cold for the rest of us. But it does make for some fun pictures!

Chase Standiford

Picking up rocks to throw in the stream. Or maybe catching yourself as you fall in!

Brayden Dunn, so cute!

Having fun with the cousins!!

Chloe Standiford what do you say about those cheeks!

Almost all the grandchildren!

(Sorry Katherine didn't think about taking this until after you and Chase left)

State Fair

Utah State Fair

For some reason growing up I have always loved animals! It hasn't really mattered what animal it is but I love them! We have always had a dog in our house and livng by Brother Drake and his farm that made me just love them. So for some reason as a little girl I always wanted a horse (and still do, should have been a country girl). But I use to tell my dad that it was a dream of mine to be a cow girl and be a barrel racer in the rodeo! So to help with that my parents took us to Wyoming when we were younger to go and ride the horses. I didn't have the best experience since I fell off the horse but it didn't make me love them any less. When Travis proposed to me he took me horse back riding at a friends ranch (Walt Christensen). So my love for horses grew! Walt every year at the state fair takes some of his horses and shows them off, also known as show horses. So we thought that we would go and watch!

This is Walt and one of his horses and buggie (however you spell it)

At the fair they have all the different animals like; rabbits, cows, goats, sheep etc. Well they had one of the biggest cows there. She weighed over 3000 pounds! Let's just say she was huge. It was a good thing she was that big since there was kids all around her and sitting on her. She was probably to fat to stand up and get them off. So here she is!!

She probably doesn't look that big in the picture but she was HUGE!!!

July 24th!

Pioneer Day!

Every year for the last many years it has been a tradition for the Standiford family to go out on the parade route downtown and stay the night to save our spot for the parade. So the last couple of years Travis and I have stayed out on the route and saved the spots. For those of you that have never done that it isn't a night were you plan on getting any sleep! But it is a lot of fun to see all the crazy people out and what they do that night! Well this time our night got started early! We had this homeless man come up and ask for money! He gave us this great story about needing the money to go get a room to sleep in that night! Well Travis and I didn't have any money on us but we gave him a gatorade instead. He sat there and talked to us for a while! He was nice enough not to come to close because he told us that he had fleas and he didn't want them to get on us. Its sad to say but he was missing most of his teeth also! After he left we did have a good laugh about the stories that he was telling us. But he didn't leave for long, instead he brought us one of his friends. I was thinking "great, what did we get ourselves into." Well instead of asking for anything he brought his friend to play us some music to thank us for being nice and giving him a drink! This guy just sat right down next to me and started playing music!!

That is the best picture I could get with my phone because I didn't really want him to think I was taking the picture. But he sat there for a good half an hour and played songs and told us stories. Most of the time I couldn't understand a thing he was saying! The blanket that he sat on was quickly removed and replaced by another blanket.

I'm sad to say that we forgot our camera so I don't have any pictures of the parade but I think we were to tired to even take any by the time that it passed! But there was some great floats I guess you will just have to take my word on that!

July 4th

After the baseball game Murray has a big firework show! There was a little time between the game and before the fireworks started so we brought some games to play! One of them is a water game! Let's just say that if you try really hard you don't have to get wet, but even when you try some people don't play nice and end up getting you wet! It may not have all been from the game but from the left over balloons that ended up being used to break on people!

Poor MeMe! She got it the worst! Luckily for us she is nice even when everyone is picking on her! She still smiles and laughs! And lucky for me Travis knows better not to get me wet so instead he and Brandt soaked MeMe!

Just waiting!And waiting!!

Ah here we go!

It was worth the wait!

Not summer without Baseball!!

July 4th!!

Our family are huge baseball fans! Well at least the girls are! We have been and always will be! So of coarse during the summer you have to go at least to one baseball game! MeMe is dating Brandt who is a baseball player but the funny thing is the pictures I took aren't of him but of his brother Tyler! Just happened to be who was playing before we watched the fireworks!
This is our family and the Anderson family! I wasn't able to get a picture of anyone eating a hot dog but MeMe is drinking one of our favorite drinks, slushy Dr. Pepper! Ummm!!

All smiles at the game!! :)