OUR ANNUAL MEMORIAL TRIP TO SPRINGCITY

NERDY ME KISSIN' MY NERD CO-CAPTAIN

OUR OWN LITTLE DAM

OLD PIONEER TOWN FULL OF HISTORICAL NUMMIES!!!

RESTING IN THE SHADE

OLD HOUSES...YUMMY! 1823

PIGGY BACK RIDES ON OUR WALK THROUGH TOWN

(CHECK OUT THE MUG ON THAT GIRL!)

KIE IS SCARED OF THE SOUND OF RUNNING WATER

SO WHEN WE USED THE PUMP TO FILL SQUIRT GUNS SHE PLUGGED HER EARS

RAN AROUND THE TOWN PARK GATHERING FLOWERS

WE FOUND REALLY NEAT FEATHERS

GOT CRAZY AT THE PLAYGROUND




DID INDIAN TRIBAL DANCES AROUND THE TOWN FIREPIT????





MET A GIGANTUOUS DOG NAMED CLIFFORD...


(NOT REALLY, HIS NAME WAS SANCHO)





DRANK FROM THIS NATURAL WELL THAT INDIANS OR
PIONEERS USE TO DRINK OUT OF.


FUNNY STORY:

SO WE STARTED A FUN TRADITION OF INDULGING MOM AND
VISITING A HISTORICAL TOWN OUT BY MANTI. IT IS CALLED SPRINGCITY AND
EVERY MEMORIAL WEEKEND THEY HAVE A TOWN WIDE HOME TOUR AND YOU CAN PAY A RIDICULOUS (BUT WORTH IT IN MY EYES) AMOUNT TO TOUR THESE HOMES THAT WERE BUILT IN THE EARLY 1800'S BUT ARE NOW LIVED IN. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MIX OF OLD AND NEW....AND YOU KNOW I'M ALL ABOUT THE MIX OF OLD AND NEW!!!!!

NOW FOR THE GOOD PART.....
JUST INCASE YOU WEREN'T AWARE..I DO NOT MIND EMBARASSING MYSELF FOR THE SAKE OF OF SHARING A FEEL GOOD FUNNY STORY.
SO HERE GOES...WE TALKED IT UP TO THE KIDS FOR DAYS..."SPRINGCITY" WE SANG
"LET'S ALL COUNT DOWN TO THE SPRINGCITY TRIP" "OH WHAT FUN WE WILL HAVE AS WE WALK THROUGH THE OLD HOUSES " MATT AND I WENT ON AND ON FOR DAYS . ANYONE WHO WOULD LISTEN GOT THE EARFULL! WE INVITED FRIENDS ...WE INVITED FAMILY.... "COME ONE, COME ALL ON A SUPER FUN TRIP TO
SPRINGCITY...TOUR THE HOMES WITH THE HAWKERS AND EAT AT THE BARBEQUE IN THE PARK AT THE CENTER OF THE TOWN ....... "
OH YAH WE HAD IT ALL TALKED UP!
THEN MEMORIAL DAY HAD FINALLY ARRIVED....WE WOKE UP EARLY AND JUMPED IN THE CAR...WE COULD HARDLY CONTAIN OUR EXCITEMENT AS WE TOOK THE 2 AND A HALF HOUR DRIVE. AS WE PULLED INTO TOWN READY TO JUMP OUT OF THE CAR OR BURST WITH ANXIOUSNESS.........WE COULDN'T HELP BUT NOTICE THE LACK OF
HUB-BUB GOIN' ON. IT GOT A LITTLE QUIET IN THE CAR.....OUR BUBBLES WERE BURSTING...THE AIR WAS SLOWLY DEFLATING OUT OF OUR LITTLE PATHETIC BALLOONS...
THE TOWN WAS DEAD.....(EXCEPT FOR SANCHO THE HUGE DOG TAKING A WALK WITH HIS OWNER) SO WE TRIED TO PLAY IT COOL...,EVEN TO EACHOTHER , WE HOP OUT OF THE TRUCK AT THE GAS STATION AND ACT LIKE WE ARE EXCITED JUST TO SEE THE BIG DOGGY AND DRINK OUT OF THE NATURAL WELL ON THE CORNER....
LIKE THATS WHAT WE MEANT TO DO...COME AND MEET SANCHO AND GET WATER.....

MATT WALKS AWAY ALL NON-CHALANT AND COMES OUT THE GAS STATION DOORS TWO MINUTES LATER AND ANNOUNCES "SATURDAY." ALL MONOTONE...

WE MISSED THE WHOLE THING....IT WAS APPARENTLY ON SATURDAY....BUT WE WERE HERE ON MONDAY... NERDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SOMEBODY BETTER OPEN UP SOME HOUSES AND THE CITY HALL CUZ I CAME TO SEE ME SOME HISTORY.....

BUT I WILL SAY ONE THING ABOUT US NERDY LITTLE HAWKERS...WE MADE A GRAND OLE TIME OF OUR OWN!!!!! WE BUILT A DAM IN THE STREAM THAT RUNS THROUGH A DESERT PATCH ABOVE THE TOWN AND CHASED LITTLE LIZARDS...WE PLAYED ON THE PLAYGROUND...ALL BY OURSELVES!!!! WE TOURED THE TOWN ON FOOT (AND SHOULDERS) AND MAKED FOR OURSELVES A "DAM" GOOD TIME!!!