A CAR, CUPCAKES, THIRTEEN POINT ONE, AND A WEDDING

My trip to Salt Lake to see family started

with this:

Bye, bye to my old Dodge Stratus that had taken me to various places

for the last 8 years.

Sometimes even without  INCIDENT

 but lots of times holding my breath

that I wouldn't be in this situation.

and instead would arrive safely

at my destination.

It was now time to say:

"How you doin'!"

Seems this little model already has attitude....

No trip would be complete without first making a pit stop for some

nourishing refreshments along the way,

Hello Sweet Tooth Fairy!

Hello, 150 calories for each delicious whiff...

I won't even think about the weight I have put on, because I CAN NOT resist these yummies!

However, if I am going to put on weight, I am not going to do it alone.

So I took a BAKER'S dozen (13...if you're counting)

 to my family....And yes, if you must know...

 they were super happy.

They kept saying things like

OH GREAT, JUST FREAKIN' GREAT!

PERFECT, JUST PERFECT!

WHY ME?!!

and various other exclamations of joy and appreciation!...

These gals are already working off the calories;

with the Wii Fit

Dancing Queens I tell you

Oh, but then there's this one:

She puts us all to shame.

The main reason for the trip to SLC was to watch

my fitness guru daughter run in her first ever

1/2 marathon, aka known as a 13.1

So proud of her efforts

Signs were made to cheer her on to the

finish line...

I think it helped her cut off a couple of minutes from her

finishing time, with those cuties standing so close to the

This must be the look of unbelief that....not only did you finish, but finished with a great

 "OFFICIAL" time of

 02:13:12.0!!!

Who wouldn't be inspired?

I am so proud of you; that I think

I am going to start running

Right over to The Sweet Tooth Fairy

I'm sure it will be a most essential component to  looking

like this:

Maybe I should give up a few cupcakes so that 

Briqelle doesn't have to hide her head in shame

when being photographed with Bumma.

Hmmm.... food for thought.

and speaking of food

Isn't baby Quinn delicious....

LOOKING!

SOOOO......next for the day

(yes, all this was done in 1 day!)

We travelled to Mona to the Young Family Farm

where we officially met

The bride and groom

The stepson of my sister Melanie and her husband Scott

I know, she looks young enough to be the bride herself...

Her beautiful daughter McKell

Handsome sons

Mason

and Morgan

 McKoy, (her 3rd child) wouldn't let me take his picture, but

he looks exactly like Morgan....

only taller.

Could it be the "middle child syndrome?"

My sister Jamie and her

granddaughter McKadee

who does not rule that household...

You gonna fall for that one? ...

naaaahhh....., me neither.

A family picture where EVERYONE

was THRILLED

to be photographed.

What adventure would be complete without

Bumma making a complete and utter fool out of herself...

I give you.

THE PADDLE BOAT

a not so fun experience..

If I paddled backward we went backward,

but if I paddled forward...

yes, you guessed it,

we went backwards...
I wonder if that is why the sign was posted about

"Paddleboats are not to be used at weddings."

Needless to say, the girls were happy to get back to the dock. 

 Seriously, I was literally shaking, when I realized that

not only could I not maneuver the paddle boat

I was pretty sure I was going to end up falling

 into that

icky, mossy, green  water.

Bumma lesson for the day:

OBEY ALL SIGNS!

even if you think they mean 

everyone BUT you! 

Even the little girls said, Bumma, that wasn't fun.

At least Jameson was having fun

watching our torture.

Lesson learned Bumma,

lesson learned.