Memorial Day Weekend

Our weekend started on Friday and a drive to see Kirsti in her new house in Stansbury Park, Utah. We loaded up our new little trailer and headed out. In Pocatello we stopped for lunch and to see how our loaded trailer was doing. We discovered the tarp had torn and frayed. So after eating lunch we had to tie the tarp on differently. Then on to Kirsti's, everything arrived in good condition. We loved her new house. She has 4 bedrooms and two bathrooms upstairs, plus the washer and dryer are up there also (I just loved that). Downstairs is the living room, an office, a half bathroom, and the kitchen and pantry. I love the island and counter tops in her kitchen. I love her wide & light hallways. They have lots and lots of storeage. We didn't know much about Stansbury Park before she moved there. It seems like a wonderful place to live.



On Saturday Blake took us up over the mountains and into Copperton. We found a wonderful park there and had a fun picnic. The kids got to run and play. It was so fun to watch them. Then back in the Envoy and on to Kennicott Copper Mine.



If you have never seen it you just have to take the time and see it when you are in Salt Lake area. We'd been there the last time about 30 years ago. We were amazed how much the mine had grown. Wow! We enjoyed every minute of it!!



Then back over the mountain into Tooele for dinner. We had dinner at Applebee's then went back to the Izatt's for ice cream cones. It was a wonderful day!



On Sunday we got to attend the Bay Shore Ward with them. As McKenzie put it, "they do things backwards at our church Grandma". We went to Relief Society and Priesthood first and Sacrament Meeting last. It's been a long time since we've done that. They seem to be in a very nice ward. Since they have only been there a couple of weeks they are still getting to know people. It's a big ward and growing every week. In Relief Society they introduced 3 new ladies that had just moved in that week. There are a lot of new move ins trying to get to know people. I think they will like it more once they get to know more people. After church Blake barbecued steak and pork for us in the rain. It was delicious!! After we ate, we had to leave to come home. It's always sad to have to say good bye. We love being with our kids and grand kids. It always goes by way too fast.

We started Monday, Memorial Day, off by picking up Rick's Mom and going to the Shelley Cemetery and putting flowers on the graves of Rick's Dad, Great Grandparents - The Pugmires, Grandma & Grandpa Draper and then my Dad. We then took Yvonne out for an ice cream cone before taking her back to the Gables for lunch. Then we picked up my Mom and headed to Pocatello to have lunch and decorate my Grandma & Grandpa Baileys grave. After that we went to Centennial High School in Pocatello to see the Field of Hero's. They have done it the last few years on Memorial Day weekend, but this is the first time we've seen it. We saw it the day before from the freeway on our way home from Utah and wanted to go see it up close. It was amazing and well worth the time to go see it. They have a cross for every one that has died in this war we are in, in the middle east. We found out not only do they have crosses for each person, but each cross has a name, date of death, and where they were from. It was a perfect day weather wise. Not to hot and not raining. A perfect day!!