We were planning to split our Utah time with my siblings but my sister Sharlan was in Michigan with her daughter who just had a baby and my brother Martin was in Wyoming all week on a youth Pioneer trek. We got to spend Sunday night at Martin's house in Eagle Mountain and went to church with his family. It was Pioneer day and the entire ward was dressed like pioneers. It was obvious we were the visitors! Their entire stake had gotten involved in the Pioneer trek with all the preparations and stake pioneer activities for two months and it all culminated with the trek which ended this weekend. They only had sacrament meeting which was extended to 1 1/2 times as long as normal and the rest of the block was canceled so they could have people talk about their trek experiences. It was fun to see my brother in action as he was recently called into their Bishopric and it was his turn to conduct.
Martin's family was so fun and his boys really took to playing with James and Harrison. They built a wood ramp and duct taped it to the table and sent various vehicles down.
We planned to have dinner with the Twede family, one of the Bowden's close friends from Charlotte who happen to now live in my brother's stake. Martin let James help make the brownies we took to share.
The kids had a great time in the yard while the adults chatted. And what would be a summer social without homemade ice-cream? When they were making the strawberry kind James kept eating handfuls of the diced fruit before they could put it in the freezer. Then he kept us constantly updated on the progress. "Nope, not done." A few minutes later, "Still not done." When it finally did finish we had to tell him because he had lost interest and gone to play.
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