We had a bye in baseball Thursday and the boys were off school Friday so we headed to Wallsburg Thursday evening until Monday. The baseball league even tried to ruin our plans by scheduling a make-up game Friday night, but Jake decided to give the equipment to his assistant coach and enjoy the weekend with the family instead. We are so glad he did!
We started the weekend by going to the Payson temple open house Friday morning, which was beautiful inside and out, and I was in awe of all the color used inside this temple. The boys loved it too, and I'm always grateful for any opportunity to take my boys to the temple so they can feel of the peace and safety and beauty that is there. We were also lucky to have Uncle Connor with us for the temple open house, who leaves on his mission in less than a month! We are sure going to miss him!
We stopped at Krispy Kremes on the way back, which was probably a highlight of the weekend for the boys. We got to eat hot doughnuts (for free!--a highlight for Jake for sure) and the boys could have watched the doughnut conveyer belts for hours! We had to drag them out of there. :)
Saturday we hiked Stewart Falls, which was so much fun! Even despite some whining and a couple emergency potty stops along the trail--poor Ethan had diarrhea. :( But the boys did so awesome and hiked all four miles! And the falls were absolutely amazing! The pictures don't do it justice.
The number 4 tree:
Sunday we attended church in Wallsburg and the boys were so brave and went to primary all by themselves. That afternoon we went to the Heber cemetery to deliver flowers for Jake's mom and then visited Grandma and Grandpa Merkley in Heber. It was good to see them! That evening we went on a walk and explored Wallsburg a little and discovered Spring Creek, which the boys could have stayed at for hours, throwing rocks, exploring, playing on the old metal playground. There is going to be lots more of that to come!
Monday we cleaned up and headed out after lunch and tried to do another hike to a waterfall but it got cut short because of rain and time constraint. Then we drove up to Salt Lake and met my family at Dylan's grave, which was a perfect way to end the weekend, but that deserves a post all of its own...
Other events of the weekend included stomp rockets, BB guns, four wheelers, sheep, ping pong, pool table, movies and lots of puzzles. We even took all four boys on two four wheelers (after a little convincing of Owen) and then owen and linc kept wanting more rides! All in all, it was a perfect weekend. Just what we needed! Thank you Grammy and Papa for letting us stay there!
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