Saturday, September 17, 2011

Mom T - 80 years young

We spent a fun very weekend with Scott's Mom and 2 sisters celebrating Mom's 80th birthday, a little early.  We had a wonderful dinner at the Garden Restaurant on the top floor of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, fun shopping at the new Creek Side development across the street from Temple Square, participated together in a session at the Mt. Timpanogos temple, watched the BYU game with students at the Wilkinson Center - anyway we had a fun filled and busy weekend. 
Beautiful sky as we leave Seattle
Always great to be on campus at BYU
Some pictures from our dinner at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building
The hostess had everyone sing happy birthday to Mom, then she wrote a birthday wish which was attached to this balloon and the balloon was released through an opening in the roof!
The beautiful Salt Lake Temple
Caught in the revolving door?
Watching the BYU game in the Wilkinson Center with the students.
The moon as we left campus - had a wonderful visit to Utah:)



West Virginia, Mountain Mama!

We spent Labor Day holiday plus a few days with Brigg, Havalah, and Luke in West Virginia.  We spent 2 days down in the southern part of the state and found the language to be quite different from Morgantown:)  We were able to spend lots of time playing with Luke and visiting with Brigg and Havalah plus seeing some beautiful sights in the state.  We visited the New River Gorge National River and the Hawks Nest State Park and had a great time hiking and seeing the beatiful terrain.  Here are some of the hundred or so pictures that we took!!
Our first stop was in Milwaukie Wisconsin!
Our first morning we took a fun walk along the Monongahela River in downtown Morgantown
After Luke's nap, we got ready to go swimming!
All day Saturday we spent in southern West Virginia - at the New River Gorge area and Hawks Nest State Park.  We took a very fun hike called the Cliffside Hike and you can see from some of our pictures that we literally hiked along a cliffside with the New River down below.  This is beautiful country.  The New River bridge is the longest single arch bridge in the Western Hemisphere.
Some flags in historic Fayetteville, West Virginia
Looking so grown up at the restaurant after a very long day
Back in Morgantown the next day and finally reading stories before bed:)

We feel a bit like ancient record keepers, not knowing for sure which records (pictures) to include as there were so many!  Hope this gives you a flavor of the great time we had - thanks Brigg, Havalah, and Luke