More Summer Time Stuff

Ellie has Allergies….
This is how we feel about it…

But we are dealing with it.
Poor Girl

On the bright side, we had another beautiful sunset
Gary took the pics this time

We love our camera.
On a side note, I met up with a long lost good friend from High School and beyond today, Angie Hamond and her three cute kids. Turns out we don’t live very far from each other. Unfortunately I forgot my camera 🙁 We had a good visit though Ellie took to her little girl Brooke and they had a hug fest at the end of the visit. It was pretty cute. Anyways thanks Angie and hopefully we can get together again soon Husbands and all.

Summer Time Scenes

We’ve been soaking in the summer rays, enjoying watching things grow, and  embracing heat waves and lazy summer days.

Here’s a few picture to share

Enjoy…

4th of July

We went to the Park City 4th of July Parade this morning. It was pretty crowded, Gary was a good sport. The parade was fun a good mix of city floats, fire trucks, bands, kids, local hoodlums, and real estate floats (just isn’t PC w/o the big name real estate folks getting a word in). Ellie was fun she started to wave towards the end and she wasn’t too alarmed at the sirens and such. Afterwards we walked to the City Park for some lunch and tunes from the Motherlode Canyon Band who’s front man is PC’s Mayor. (Dana Williams – we like that guy) Needless to say it was a good 4th of July and I’m grateful for my country and my freedom.

Ellie enjoyed the ride home… She passed out mid-sip…

By the way this is what my husband looks like minus a hat sunglasses and crazy mop…

He cleans up well.

Empty House

Yesterday we had to say goodbye to Sarah and Grandma Marcoccia as they were starting their adventure driving back to NY. It is never easy saying goodbye, so I always try to focus on when we will see them again and remind myself of the good times we had over the visit. We will see them again soon in October when Jill and Larry get married.

I think Sarah was ready to leave and get back to NY and her new apartment, friends, and job. It was fun having her here all month. I know it was good for Ellie. She loved waking her up in the morning with smiles and hugs. We loved having Grandma Marcoccia here, too. She has so much energy. I wish I could steal away just a little bit of it. So glad Ellie got to show her all she is doing now like the babble, crawling, and playing. Our little house felt very empty yesterday and last night with out them. Needless to say, we are missing our guests very much and looking forward to the next visit when we can see the whole family.

Love you all…

For more picnic photos look here…

Ohhh Sarah

Heber Valley Fun

Grandma Marcoccia arrived yesterday after spending the night in the Denver airport (Ugh Wish we could have scheduled better). She is a trooper though and although we tried to get her to nap with Ellie she couldn’t settle so we took her out and experienced Heber.

First up the Heber Creeper… We did the short ride out to Deer Creek and back. It was a fun ride with excellent views of the valley and I must say right now is the perfect time to go while everything is still green and lush and the flowers are abundant. It is a classic Heber Valley experience.

For more pictures of the train ride go here.

Next… We discovered the Heber Valley Pow Wow at Soldier Hollow. Another great event with lots of singing, dancing, and drumming. I got a little picture happy but I couldn’t help it the dancing was so awesome and the kids so cute. Wish we could have stayed longer.

For more pictures go here.