April began with General Conference. I made cinnamon rolls, as per tradition, for Saturday since we were leaving for Capitol Reef on Sunday.
Sunday morning we left and listened to conference (or tried to) in the car. We had decided to take the 4 Runner down and about 1/2 way down there the muffler got so loud we could barely talk to each other.
We arrived in Torrey (the town outside Capitol Reef) around 1 p.m. We were traveling with Cory and Torrie and the Ahyous. Torrie has a sister who owns a kiva (like the ones Native Americans built) and she and Corey stayed there. Ahyous brough their van and parked on the property. We had a hotel at Capitol Reef resort about 4 miles up the road.
The kiva was built in 1996 by a pair of brothers who built it authentically. It is so unique!
After we arrived we played corn hole for a bit and then went to get something to eat. Went to a Mexican restaurant and it was OK.
We came back and hung out by the firepit outside.
That night we went to Capitol Reef and did the petroglyph walk. Very short, but fun to see.
While we were at the visitor's center Jacob looked under the hood and could see the "donut", that attaches the exhaust pipe to the engine, had fallen off and was sitting on the crash plate. This was a piece that we had fixed last October.
The next morning Jason called a car shop in Loa (about 2 small towns away). Ben Ahyou has a friend's cousin who owns it. Corey and Ben followed Jason to the shop. The guy said he would have parts overnighted and fixed by Tuesday probably.
They came back and we went to Slacker's for lunch. We ate a lot on this trip and most of the food was just ok. This burger was delicious! I had a jr. bacon burger with pepper jack cheese. Loved it!
We then headed to hike Chimney Rock. I was a little worried about my back/ hip, but had it adjusted before we left and was trying to keep a tight core. The hike went fine, but my legs were tired. The view was beautiful up there.
After the hike we went back and later got some pizza for dinner. It was the thickest crust! I like crust, but it was almost too much.
Next day we went over to the kiva and played corn hole, hung out again. Went and grabbed lunch.
After lunch Corey let Jason and I take his car (a new Bronco) to pick up our car. It was fun to drive it and see what we thought of it. The fix was what we thought it was. The donut. Came back and walked to a shop in town. Ahyous all bought cowboy hats.
That night we did dinner at Red Rock Rim Inn. It was good, but I only had a potato. I was tired of eating.
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Jacob, Teneya, Torrie, Corey, Ben, Andrea,
Jason, Me, Elias
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That night we played card games. That was fun.
We got up the next morning and headed home. The rest of the week was spent catching up and hanging out.
April 16 was mom's 86 bday. Chris and family were in town because the weekend before Mallory and Jon graduated from BYU-I.
We visited, had cake, opened some presents.
On Saturday the 19th we went to Jared and Stephanie's to celebrate March, April and May bdays. We did and Easter egg hunt, and Jason and I made a shrimp boil. Turned out pretty well, but didn't have as much taste as we thought it should.
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| Jacob got this shirt. |
After dinner we did birthdays and then gave Daniel and Sage bridal shower gifts.
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| Jacob wrestling Robbie |
Sunday morning was Easter. This was the first year Jacob has not hunted for his basket/candy. It is boring! Next year he's going to have to work for it again!
Church was very good. The choir sang, Pres. Critchlow spoke and I was in a small musical number at the end.
We then went down to mom's for Easter dinner. Chris' family was all there, Joy/Matthew, Mike/Jessie and we were there. It was a nice afternoon.
Wedding time! On April 25 Daniel and Sage were married in the Draper temple. The wedding was a 1 p.m. with a luncheon at 3:30 and reception at 7 p.m. It was a great day. Those two have a ton of energy and are headed to Thailand for a 2 week honeymoon.
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Waiting for the bride and groom
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| Married at last! |
