House Sitting in Midway





The kids and I are housesitting in Midway, Utah for Aunt Kathy and Uncle Jim for a few days. We get to take care of 4 dogs, which the kids are absolutely thrilled about. Dad got some dog treats for the kids to give to them and they couldn't wait to give them to their puppy friends. We got here on Friday morning, just in time to see a procession of fire trucks, which completely excited the kids. Then we got to the house and immediately gave the dogs their treats and went for a walk.
This has definitely been a weekend of many firsts for me, as I am not used to taking care of "inside" dogs. However, it's been a lot of fun, too. Roger came up for a little while and we got to go to several yard sales in the valley. This is always fun, but this was an especially fun weekend because Ryder got a "new" bike and the kids got "new" fishing poles. The bike and both poles are all pink. However, Keira has indoctrinated Ryder into thinking that Pink is his favorite color, so he is quite pleased. Roger already has big plans to get the auto shop kids to paint the bike a very manly color.
This was the best weekend to come up to see all of the fall colors, so we took advantage of that and took some family pictures in a canyon. Hopefully a few turned out...I'll post them when we get them. Then we took our new Barbie fishing poles to a pond and went fishing. The poles are nice and small and just the right size for the kids. We didn't catch anything, which is the norm for us, but had fun trying.
Grandma Snow got to come visit and she watched the kids that evening while Roger and I went on a date on the Heber Creeper (Heber Valley Railroad train). It took us around the valley and then stopped so we could have a BBQ dinner and listen to some live bluegrass music. Not bad for a weekend of housesitting!

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Daniel and Kerri said…
Your kiddos are so stinkin cute. I can't believe Keira is old enough to go to preschool. Crazy how time flies.
September 19, 2010 at 4:19 PM
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