LABOR DAY WITH THE SMITH'S

LABOR DAY- Sept. 7, 2015

 A large family gathering met at Grandma Davis'

old home on Main St. to watch the parade.

 We ran into some of the Hayes which was fun.

 The weather could not have been more beautiful.

 The kids and Katie wanted to be up close just in case there was candy!

Wendy, Sarah and Me! First Cousins! Great Friends! 

 See how many of these people you can identify. 

This was Baby Wil's first parade.

 All the Mellor's were there.  (Ammon wanted to join them.) 

Following the parade we headed up Payson Canyon to Maple Lake.

                       Ammon at Beer Can Flat    Luke, Katie a nd Leia at Maple Lake.

 Janna and Ammon at Maple Lake       

 The Lake was surprisingly big with our recent drought. Hints of autumn were beginning to appear.

 The lake hosted a LARGE population of snails and gold fish.

 Leia and Ammon want to follow the trail to the bridge.

 We stopped by the cattails for a quick picture.

 And...we were off to the bridge as soon as the Mellors arrived.

 Kaleb, Luke, Leia, Katie, Haylie, and Hayden on the bridge.

 This is a traditonal shot and I managed to get
my foot that high! :) Katie and I

 This is Hollywood Haylie!

 Kaleb and Ammon doing some exploring.

 Aunt Brendi stayed with the cars and played with Gabriel.

We stopped for a picnic.

THEN A FEW OF US WENT TO PCT's PRODUCTION OF PETER PAN.

 One of  the pirates with Ammon and Janna.

 This little Indian used to live in Florida next to Janna.

 This is the play crew.

After dropping Grandma Anna off at home, we went over 

to Uncle Kieth's house for an evening buggy ride.

  Hoss is used to heading out from the barn.  He did not like stopping for pictures. 

There was a near disaster just as this unintentional clip ended. Hoss could not get the
wagon up and over the hill with the stop outside the barn  for pictures.  OPPS!
When the wagon started pulling him backwards...he panicked!  All is well that
ends well.  Everyone carefully got out and Uncle Kieth took Hoss for a jog around
the block to settle down.  The rest of the ride couldn't have been more pleasant.

 The rest of us relaxed while Uncle Kieth and Hoss were gone.

 You will notice that ALL the Andersons were there in 

the wagon, although only the clip would confirm that.

 On our buggy ride we met a bear. 

 We circled all the way around Spring Lake.

 On the route home we got a great view of Payson Temple.

 We discovered that Hoss is bomb prove as long as he is 

pulling the wagon and not the other way around. :

 Old Hoss was lathered up a bit so Dad and Uncle Kieth brushed him down.

THEN IT WAS DOG SHOW TIME!

 

All of Uncle Kieth's dogs can play a mean game of fetch!

 

Janna and Ammon come to Utah! (Sept. 4-Sept. 9, 2015)

MIRACLE AT THE AIRPORT!
You may not know, but Malea and Colton were in Utah over Labor Day weekend.  They were here for Colton's Mom's birthday.  We had tried to figure out how to see them for even a minute or two, but it appeared there was simply no way.  As an after thought, I asked Malea what time they flew in.  She said they flew in at 4:20 p.m.  I could not believe what I was hearing!  Janna and Ammon were flying in at 4:25 p.m. the same day, although not the same airline.  So...we did get to see each other long enough for a hug and a few pictures.  Enjoy!

 Janna, Ammon, Malea and I

 Janna, Ammon, Malea and Colton

Colton's sister Aubrey picked them up from the airport.  

This is Malea and Colton, Mike and Aubrey their baby, Locke.

ON OUR WAY HOME FROM THE AIRPORT WE STOPPED 

AT MARY'S FOR A MARVIN "REMEMBER WHEN" PARTY.

 Aunt LeeAnn, Uncle Mark and Grandpa Marvin

 Janna and Ammon settle in.

 Bethany, Tyler and Neldon

 Jeff, Jolene, Kimberly, Uncle Kent and Aunt Rebecca

 Baby Wil

 Tyler is like the Pied Piper:                  Sarah Jane was so happy to see Aunt Janna.
Rocky, Luke and Ammon                       Mary is smiling in the back ground. 

                                She ran a full marathon the next morning!!!

 This is Annette and her new baby.

 This is what remains of the old apple tree at Grandpa Marvin's house.  

It split in half and fell clear to the ground, so Uncle Kent took out the other

 half.  It was clear that ants had eaten away the roots and it finally fell. 

A LOT of memories were made under and in this old apple tree! 

Grandpa raked up all the apples.  I guess he will use them this winter. 

Uncle Kent took this panoramic view of the party.

BELOW IS DAD'S MAGNUM OPUS!

 Dad designed, engineered, and built this awesome new bridge after 

the wooden one became unsafe because of water damage over the years. 

We had it powder coated and we got it back
just in time for the Samoan cousin party.

 The MASTER creator! 

 Grandma Anna and Dad

 Ammon and Janna

The morning of the party in Levan, Mary, Judy and I catered Grandpa 

Marvin's 65th class reunion.  These are the ones who attended.

THE SAMOAN COUSIN PARTY!

                  Katie and Gabriel            Aunt MaryLynn brought this little Chinese boy with them

 

                Our Samoan Cousin, Richard,                         Uncle Gord and Janna.
                comes so he can shoot.  He shoots
               100's of rounds while here.

 Samoan cousins know how to party! 

These two cousins are meeting for the first time. 
Their great grandmother's were sisters. 

 Brother and Sister Peterson (Ron and MaryLynn) brought these main

 land China investigators to experience a farm and a BIG family.

 Of course, we had buggy rides.

 Grandpa and Janna got the horse ready to roll, 

but Bethany took over as soon as she arrived.

 Grandpa gave 4-wheeler rides.

 It started to cool off as the party was ending.

This is what temperature it was the next morning.