Father's Day Weekend

We started our Father's Day Weekend early Saturday morning in order to take advantage of Kneaders "Free French Toast for Dads." We live only about a half a mile from Kneaders, so we decided to make it a real outing and walk. Luckily, we beat the rush, and were enjoying the chunky, cinnamon French toast with strawberries and whipped cream in no time.


Here's the happy, hungry dad!

On the way home it started to rain a little, but we decided we were brave enough to check out a neighborhood yard sale anyway. A kindly neighbor must have seen us traipsing through the rain, and came to our rescue with an umbrella. Later that day, we decided to try our luck with the weather and make use of some free Pleasant Grove Strawberry Days carnival tickets. The sun had come out several times throughout the day, so we felt pretty safe. But alas, as we drove to the festivities, it started to rain again. Not to be deterred, we placed our faith in the very sporadic nature of Utah rain, and started walking towards the carnival, knowing that the rain would soon let up. But the closer we got the harder it rained. We sought shelter under some trees to wait it out, but soon opted for the dry car.

Poor Chloe was getting too wet!

This is about all we saw of the carnival.

Father's Day Sunday was a little sunnier. Chloe and I made Duncan a card, and we had a nice breakfast at home, then went to church, then had dinner with Amanda's family. Duncan felt a little slighted because, while our ward gave the women a geranium on Mother's Day, the dads didn't get anything. (Actually, I don't think he felt slighted, I just had to throw that in there.) Anyway, happy Father's Day to all you dads, especially Chloe's dad! We love you, Duncan!

Anatomy of a Butterfly

The other day when Duncan was leaving for work, he popped his head back in the door and--he knows me so well--said, "You might want to bring your camera out, there's a butterfly on the porch." So, Chloe and I spent the next 20 minutes outside; me taking pictures of the butterfly and trying to keep an eye on her as she made her way down ALL the brick steps in front of our house. She was fascinated with the butterfly, but only briefly. (Don't you love our beautiful outdoor carpet?)


It was a lovely butterfly. But I noticed in one picture that you could zoom in and see some pretty interesting detail, like the bulging black eye and the circular thing under the head. It looks like a piece of licorice! Ah, the wonders of nature! (Click on the picture to see it even more clearly.)

Korean Birthday Dinner

Dad's birthday was last Thursday. To celebrate, we all went out for Korean food to one of our favorite restaurants, Sam Hawk, in Provo. We started out with a couple appetizers: kim bop and dukbokgi.


Amanda's kids have pretty much grown up on Korean food, and they love it! They even have good chop stick skills.
Then came the side dishes.Here is Chloe sampling a Korean-style potato.
Then came the main dish, bulgogi, which is marinated, grilled beef. It's very tasty.
Here's dad piling it on the lettuce and Duncan taking a bite! Mmmm!Finally, Dad blew out the candles and we enjoyed something very American: Grammy's carrot cake.
Happy birthday, Dad!

Wedding in Manti

Well, the baby of the family got married. Nancy and Kevin were married in Manti on May 29th. It was a happy day for all!


It was especially fun to have family in town for the special occasion. Nick came from North Carolina, Craig and his family from Boise, and Curtis and his family from Alaska. All the siblings were there except Chad; we missed him and his family, as well as Elizabeth and Kathleen and Hudson.



Even though Duncan had just had an appendectomy two days before, he cowboyed up and made it to the wedding. I just noticed that he's even holding Chloe, which he was not supposed to do!


It's always fun trying to get a bunch of kids to sit still and smile for a picture! :)

Look at that redhead!