Father's Day Barbeque in Levan

We hosted our annual Father's Day Barbecue in Levan 

in honor of Grandpa Marvin (and the other Dads) on June 14, 2014.

The first to arrive were Sandy and Steve Wall and their kids. 

Everyone made a trip out to see Cherokee and her little shadow. 

 Uncle Mark's family came in large numbers and brought a lot of fun with them.

They have enough 4 wheelers for their entire 

family to go for a ride.  They rode up to the towers. 

Following are them getting ready to RIDE!

Natalie, Alan and Anna

 Look at Darcy from the side.  Does she look different to you?

 Uncle Kent thought he was playing ladder ball.  His dog thought it was fetch.

 Chica meets the Smith girls and Uncle Kieth. (Chica loved Gracie right off :)

 Everyone and their dog came.  The Loveless puppies took Hayden down. 

Andrea came to the rescue and had things quickly under control. 

Leia loved Uncle Kent and Aunt Rebecca. 

 

Katie and Luke decided they need one of these.

 Chica helps us identify the true horse whisperers.  Uncle Dick 

is definitely one of those.  Here he is with Mallory, Haylie and Chica.

 

Hagen and Jed playing volleyball.  Notice how big Jed is. 

Grandpa Marvin enjoying some rhubarb
upside down cake and ice cream.

Katie demonstrates a "monster bite" and Brenda is helping her out. :)

Following are some group shots of of people enjoying the yummy feast.

 Uncle Mark! Check out Kaleb's air time in the background!

 Cookie Mellor on the leash.

 Andrea gets the pony cart ready to roll.  Anna, Alan's little girl was fascinated.

 Anna, Audrey, Andrea and Haylie.

 Natalie, Alan's oldest daughter, discovers the trick to touching Chica. 

 Leia, Katie, Luke, Andrea and Haylie. 

 Who do you know that can have a trap shoot in their backyard? 

 Glen and Sharee's new toy.  It's called a Rhino! Glen took 

me for a ride to the dairy and it was pretty fun. :)

 Andrea and some hot guys: Hayden, Dallin and Kaleb.

 Mason, Mallory and Andrea.

Fun with the Mellor kids

Brenda ended up going to girls' camp in Heber last minute, so I picked up her

three youngest in the morning of June 10th. They came to Levan for a sleep over.

Of course the first thing we had to do was see Chica.

Chica and Dallin.

Chica and Haylie. 

Kaleb and both Cherokee and her "shadow."  

Notice the Chica is nibbling hay leaves off the ground.

Back inside---the dinosaurs had appeared. 

Dallin suggested that they round them up and bake them. 

That's how you make dinosaur steaks! 

Then we had a water fight.

Haylie and Kaleb are loading up.

Dallin is in hot pursuit and loving it!

Haylie and Abby got to be good friends on this trip.

Haylie loves to swing and the look on her face was worth every minute of pushing her.

In the evening we rode horses on the front lawn.

Dallin is headed down to gallop over the bridge.

 

We discovered that Andrea's pony isn't as well broken as the old red one.

The next morning we went to Levan Park. Kaleb is strong and agile.

Haylie wanted to try it, but she was too small.

Dallin could be a secret agent of some sort.

Haylie!

My favorite picture of the day.

Open for caption suggestions.

Dallin and Kaleb had been playing cops and robbers.  

The odds usually fell in Dallin's favor until...

Kaleb challenged Dallin to hang upside down on the tricky bars.

While Dallin was hanging around, Kaleb stole his gun!

Here Kaleb is making a fast break get-a-way down the tube slide with both guns.

Clever move!  You already know how Dallin responded. ;)

This is a "spider" man shot after Dallin's drama ended and Kaleb gave his gun back.

This was the jail for the robbers.  You can see that this robber is armed and dangerous.

How pink a foundation

It has been years since I painted the foundation of the house.  It was beginning to

look a little bit"ghetto", so I picked out a beautiful milk chocolate brown to repaint it. 

Once on the house...IT LOOKED PINK!  I didn't like it. ):

Reminiscent of  "the good, the bad and the ugly,

Here you see: "The new, the pink and the old."

In order to tone down the pink, I purchased a walnut stain and stained it.
It was more work and more expense, but I can tolerate it now.

Can you tell where I hadn't stained the paint yet? (hint: It's pink!)

This is what it looks like now. :)

Can you tell where I ran out of paint in the stair well? ):

I planted over $100 worth of flowers.  Here's a couple of samples.