Labor Day with Tyson!

Picked up Tyson early Monday morning on Labor Day to travel to Ogden through Monte Cristo canyon. Tyson is such a good traveler! We enjoyed being with him the whole day! It was chilly in the a.m. when we picked him up so we didn't get to read his shirt until later in the day. Silly parents!

Waiting for lunch at Texas Pride in Huntsville, Utah. One of my friends from my Home Mom's list owns this BBQ place. It was pretty good.

 

 

Tyson was not going to get up close to that bear!

 

There was a park across the street from the restaurant so we let Tyson run around for awhile.

 

 

 

 

 

Even Grampy got into the fun of being in the park!

After the park, we got back in the truck and headed to Ogden. We stopped at the Tree Museum near the temple. Tyson was the perfect age for it! We were there on "Pirate's Day!" Here is our first stop....

 

 

Yes, "milk" really squirted out from the cow.

 

 

 

 

 

Grampy was playing too....until Tyson decided he wanted the same instrument to play so Grampy had to share.

 

 

Tyson ran from one activity to the next!

 

 

 

 

Thinking of what next to do.

 

 

 

He loved playing with the parachute men. I don't think he really understood what he was doing since he couldn't see the kids in the tree throwing the men back down until he climbed up to do the same thing.

 

The climb was a bit tough...but he made it!

 

This lil' girl was sweet showing Tyson how to play.

 

You can tell, he loved throwing those parachutes down to the ground!

Our lil' Wyoming Cowboy!

 

 

The sword balloon that promptly popped after Tyson fell crossing the street. But it was okay because "Grammie, books don't pop!" The story behind why he came home with a book instead of a balloon sword. :)

 

To help revitalize downtown Ogden, there are horse statues everywhere. We had to get a picture of Jay and the early Presidents.

 

After a busy, full day of play...Tyson finally fell asleep. Too bad we didn't have the bungee cord to hold his poor head up!

 

We love you Tyson! You were so fun to play with on Labor Day!

Sunday Drive

After going with the YW to see Brigham's Arrow, I wanted to take the family to see the place too. On the Sunday afternoon before Labor Day we had a chance to drive out to see it and then continued on to Piedmont.

It was a bit windy in the afternoon! Here they are standing by a marker showing the two trails. You can still see the ruts in the dirt where the pioneers traveled.

 

Emilene France showed the girls and myself where there were a couple of graves near Brigham's Arrow. Her family has lived in the area forever and she has an uncle who helped survey the surrounding area for historical purposes. I was telling the family about these graves. Seeing how Jason wasn't too respectful, he probably didn't believe they were actually the burial spots for at least 2 pioneers.

 

At least the girls were respectful. After Emilene pointed them out to me, I really could see how they were graves since there were no other rocks piled up in the area. I think since the graves were on the side of the trail where the Mormon pioneers traveled that they could have been Mormons heading to the Valley.

 

I wasn't paying much attention to what was going on in the back of the suburban but when I heard lots of laughter, I made dad take a picture of what was going on. LOL! It's a new contraption to help keep Tyson's head upright while he naps! Kasey can come up with some good ones!

 

I had heard of this place but didn't realize that it was practically in our back yard! The Mormon pioneers camped in this area.

 

Here's the story where you can read it. Thank goodness for Eagle projects! Some young man did this years ago.

 

I could imagine my own pioneer ancestors camping here on their way to the Salt Lake Valley. Gives me chills to think that Ann Ham looked around and saw what I saw this day.

 

The charcoal kilns in Piedmont, now a ghost town.

 

 

Inside one of the kilns. The workers would stack 30 cords of wood in each kiln and then burn it down to make charcoal.

 

 

Here is an opening to get the cords of wood into the kiln.

 

You can read the story behind kilns.

 

 

Did you know the Golden Spike ceremony was delayed a day because of the train in Piedmont?

 

Or that Butch Cassidy was here?!

 

For some reason I didn't get a picture of the few old houses still standing across the road.

 

Cemetery for the original settlers. We had to cross a creek to get to it.

 

Looking back towards the kilns.

 

Even found a lake up past Piedmont that is used by fishermen. These vehicles were all from Colorado.

 

Corbin was let out of his car seat as we drove a little ways. It made for a happier ride for the lil' guy.

 

Here he is playing Pat-A-Cake with his mommy. He sure was happy! Lots of laughs and smiles from him this day!

 

Had a great afternoon with the family and seeing some Wyoming history. We took a back road on over to Evanston and then came home. Found several other roads to explore so hope to get back out again soon!

Hey! It's the day BEFORE Labor Day!

LOVE this pic of Tyson! Such a handsome lil' man!

 

Corbin wondering why everyone else is laying around and he is ready to play!

 

Emily relaxing.

 

Here's how Jason looked relaxed.

 

And here's Grampie!

 

Emily was helping a friend by feeding her animals over the weekend so we went out to watch Tyson care for them. He loved feeding the chickens...

 

Corbin wasn't too sure about the pigs!

 

Had to add these 2 videos....it makes me laugh....especially the second one where you hear Jason laugh and then Tyson does his lil' laugh.

First game of the season-Sept. 4th

So hot but a good game since BYU won against Washington. I bought a hat to try to keep me cooler. At least I thought it would help since I always see so many men wearing them......not sure that it helped me though. I was ready to tear it off my head towards the end of the game but knew if I did I would have that awful "hat hair".

 

Mom, Joel and his friend, Brittany Bird.

 

Excited after the victory!

 

The night before 3rd grade!

Took some pictures of Janessa in her new class room the day before school started last Monday. She's already loved by the kids....see the picture a little girl drew of Mrs. Bright and herself! We're trying to figure out if Janessa is suppose to be swimming or drowning in the water.....

Have a great year Mrs. Bright!

 

 

 

First Day of School-Joel

Liberty Square Apartments and Joel. And yes, that is 3 beds in one room!