Showing posts with label summer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label summer. Show all posts

Friday, August 1, 2008

Sweet Stops

Chris and his team have been in another soccer tournament this week - the Park City Extreme Cup. They are doing well - 1st place so far in their bracket - and go to semi-finals in the morning. Gooooo Rangers!!!
Not to downplay the soccer, but since we were there, we've been visiting a little bit of Park City.... and there's nothing like walking up historic Main Street, knowing you've gotten to your destination when you smell this:


Mmmmm.... seriously, wishing you had scratch 'n sniff for this one:

The very first thing we do when we walk into The Chocolate Factory is to just stand there and enjoy the aroma and let our mouths water - and look at all of it, overwhelmed at the task of narrowing it down to just one or two...

I wonder how many times a day they have to clean that glass?



And then it happens.... THE ONE:

Then we pay as quick as we can...


And FINALLY.... a few moments of pure, exhilarating, pre-sugar-high sweetness...




Even I got in on the yumminess (no way was I just gonna just sit back and watch!)...

Can't forget to mention how much we love the bookstore that's connected to the chocolate shop... Tessa loves that their cats get to hang out too...


And even though that was all super-sugary-sweet... we couldn't pass through Heber without stopping at:


I love watching my kids experience a 'first' and since they're getting older, those are getting fewer and fewer. But this was their first Granny's experience, and I had talked it up so much, that before we even went in, I got a 'thank you' with some fresh flowers (don't tell the owners, but they were really fresh, like right out of the ground fresh)...

And yes, the shakes were all I had them talked up to be...






I wonder if we'll come off this sugar high anytime soon?

Friday, July 4, 2008

Block Party Blast

We had the best time at our neighborhood Independence Day celebration! There was tons of food, friends and sunshine; the kids got to ride their decorated bikes around the neighborhood for a bike parade (which they thought was super fun!); there were some great music talents from our ward; and it all ended with a firework show put on by our very own pyromaniacs - the young men. It was exactly what a block party should be!



Have a wonderful Independence Day, everyone!