August- concerts, birthdays and reunions

The first part of August was spent with all the activities of summer winding down to get ready for school. On the 5th Cindy and I went to Salt Lake on the Frontrunner, had dinner at the Lion House, walked the gardens around the church office building and then watched an outdoor concert at Brigham Young Park. The group was called the 4 HIMS and it was four brothers that are a barbershop quartet. We enjoyed the show and laughed at their humor. It was a nice care free evening.

Next day was a Montgomery family reunion in Bountiful.  Dad is the last surviving child and this was about getting all his brothers and sisters families together since we had not been together for decades. Randy put it together and it turned out very well. Mom and Dad were king and queen of the event.

 There were family pictures. Joni is with Randy, don't know where Bob was for this picture.

There were games for the kids such as the ladder game which Nic and Shannon won.
















There was the human pinata where the kids chased people around the park that had suckers taped onto them.

It was a good time to see my cousins and their families. The next day was Cindy's birthday and also the family dinner. Maddie had sent a present to Cindy from Alaska which was so thoughtful of her to send it and have it here for her birthday. While it did not rain on the dinner there was rain around us and it had rained earlier in the day. This was the first rain since June.





















There was even a fly over of F-16 to celebrate her birthday and a rainbow. Now that is special attention.

In between activities we also started to harvest the garden. I grew artichokes this year and we had two for dinner and they were good. Corn has been a little stubby but the tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, onions and zucchini have done well. Beans, carrots were a flop though.  

The next week was a short trip with Cameron and Cecelia to St. George. We stopped at Cove Fort along the way and toured the Fort. Cecelia had never been there and it was also good for us to stop by and remember the history and faith in settling this way station. Cindy was getting ideas on how to change the kitchen already so she can serve 20 to 30 guests a night.

The missionary that took us around took our pictures on the fort wall. Cindy also wanted pictures of the flower garden to show what she wants in the back window. Then it was off to St. George.

Cameron had arranged the hotel with his points from work. We had dinner and then drove around and saw the St. George temple. The sun was right behind the steeple and give this interesting glow to the steeple.

That evening we went  to Tuacaan and watched the Hunchback of Notre Dame. We loved the play evening though the ending was true to the book and not the Disney movie.