Linbo's Blueberry Farm

Today Paul, Andrea and I went to pick BLUEBERRIES.

It's the annual trip to the blueberry farm that Paul and I do every year. It's about a mile from our house. I actually went on Thursday too. I can't get enough blueberry picking.



Linbo's is a nice place where Mr. Linbo has Classical music playing throughout the field. Very peaceful. Very delightful.



Today was the first time Andrea had ever been blueberry picking.

We had fun. We went when the farm first opened at 9am. It was cool and perfect.

We picked 26 and 1/2 pounds of blueberries in an hour. We also ate a lot during that hour.



We may turn blue by the time we wake up in the morning. We are now sipping on blueberry lemonade.

Blueberry Pie next

Utah

We left for Utah on Wednesday, July 22nd. Drove to Boise and spent the night, had a lovely FREE breakfast at the hotel we stayed in, and arrived in Salt Lake City at Jeffrey's apartment about 6 hours later (maybe 5 hours later--I lose track of time when I'm doing most of the sleeping and Dewey is doing all of the driving). It's the first time we've been to Jeffrey's new apartment, and we discovered it is very close to the freeway and very easy to find.



We dropped off his big care package, visited for a while, and made arrangements when to see him again. Arrived at Devin and Carl's around four. We beat the rush hour traffic from Salt Lake to Springville--yay.

Hayden is growing so fast and is so beautiful!



We had a great time with her. We read to her,

and babysat her while her mom and dad took some together time.



We played, went on walks, and went to the BYU Bookstore among a other fun things.

We ate and ate and ate! We had Mexican food twice: once at Bajio and then the next day at Maria Bonita.

We had a "J Dawg" at our favorite hot dog stand just off the BYU campus.

The most Delicious hot dogs ever.

We went to Jeff's pizza place, Este's.





He made us the best pizzas we have had in a very long time.



Maybe the best pizzas ever.





We also had a Thai meal one night.

On Sunday we went to church and then made ribs and corn on the cob.

All this doesn't include the treats we had. I do have to mention that BYU makes the best chocolate covered chocolate donuts I've ever tasted.

We only had one each.

Hayden is like her Grandpa Owens. She has her own agenda. While at the BYU Bookstore she walked all over the place and didn't care if we were right beside her or not.



I really need to walk more than I do (and I think I'm walking a lot now) so I can keep up with her. She loved the balls and would find them and carry them around for awhile. She's going to be either a basketball player or a soccer player or a volleyball player or anything she wants to be player. She may even be a Queen of Love and Beauty someday (that's for you Carl!).

During Sacrament on Sunday one of the Sacrament speakers talked about the old (1850) pioneer cemetery in Spanish Fork that had been restored by the Boy Scouts, the city and the county. It sounded intriguing so later that day Devin, Hayden, Ella, Buddy and I went out to find it. Actually we started out to go and feed the ducks but got sidetracked and went in search of the Pioneer Cemetery. With a little telephone help from Dewey (and the Internet) who stayed home with Carl we found it. We didn't expect to see what we found.

It was beautifully restored with a rock fence and a statue, planted trees and shrubs and grass.



It overlooked a river valley with the mountains in the background. What a wonderful memorial to those early Saints who sacrificed so much.

The duck pond was our next stop and it was a pretty place by an industrial park.



We were in Utah on Pioneer Day, however we did not go to the parades or see fireworks. Carl had a holiday and we enjoyed spending the day with him. That's the day we drove to Salt Lake and had pizza with Jeffrey.

We couldn't be in Utah without spending some time at Costco.

I know, we're pitiful, but that is always fun.



One day we went to PetSmart for the dogs and Hayden. I also saw the place where Devin takes her recyclables. Way to go Devin.

We took walks and bought bread at our favorite bakery in Springville.

And the list goes on. We visited Carl in his office at BYU where Devin and Carl did their usual dance greeting.

We watched Coraline in 3D--well at least Dewey and Devin watched it in 3D but Carl and I took off our glasses and, even though some things were blurry, I liked it better.



The colors were brighter without the blue and red glasses.

We had a fun moment with Ella. When we were packing up and getting ready to drive away, Carl, Devin, Hayden and Ella were on the steps waving goodbye to us when all of a sudden Ella sneaked down and ran past the parked cars and jumped into our car. When Devin started to retrieve her she started barking as if to say "I want to go home with them". It made us feel good that she loves us that much. We kept asking Carl and Devin if we could take her home with us for awhile but Devin was afraid they would miss her too much. Buddy and Ella are best friends and play perfectly together.



Is there something wrong with us? My grandsons can't stay with us for a few weeks and now my grand dog can't either. Well, maybe someday.

Buddy had a first while we were visiting. He didn't have to go into his crate while we were out. With Ella being a good example they both were free to play, sleep or whatever while we were gone.



When we returned home we discovered that it was hotter here in Puyallup than in Utah. On Wednesday the 29th of July we hit an all time record high.

Over 100 degrees. We are not used to that kind of heat here. Not enough air conditioning-- especially in our house. Whew!

Thanks Devin, Carl, Hayden and Jeffrey. We had a fantastic time!!!!!!