Aspen Grove Reunion

Okay, I still haven't put up pictures from the Busby Reunion, but here are pictures from our fun filled week at Aspen Grove outside of Provo, Utah. We were right at the base of Mt. Timpanogas and it was beautiful with snow still on the mountain and lots of waterfalls. Aspen Grove is a very relaxing vacation, food is all taken care of, the kids are babysat and there are a ton of activities that adults can choose to do including nap! That was my favorite.

We had church outside and Jaydee had fun throwing a Frisbee and going with cousins (Danielle) to find it. It wore her out because she fell asleep during nursery.

Jaydee loved driving the airplane.

Jaydee with her cool girl glasses. She is such a mimic, if I have glasses she has to wear hers too.
Jaydee loved the playground and spent hours playing there.
She also loved the GIANT slide. She would scoot down on her rump until they got the sacks out to slide down.

The talent show included some great skits, including the Snowman song from Primary Color CD by Inside Out (listen here)

Jaydee and her cousins (Lance, Natalie & David) watching Baby Einstein before bed. Natalie or (Adalee as Jaydee called her) was my helper she bathed Jaydee, played with her and was a great little mommy. I wanted to take her home.

Jaydee loved the pool! She found these goggles and wore them for quite awhile. She thought she was pretty cool. We spent alot of time in the pool.

Another of Jaydee's favorite hangouts was this 2 story play house!

Jaydee riding the bear! It was too hot so I had to take her off.

Cody came and sat on Sam's lap during the awards ceremony. Sam also took 1st place in the Horseshoe tournament (beating out his brother Ron).
Jaydee with her "Super Stomper" group, they sang a little song and did a chant.
She is always looking over to see what the other kids were doing. (The cute blond on the left is my niece Melissa.)
Crazy uncles! Jaydee loved it though!
Sam & Jaydee dancing at the family dance.

Tag on Sam

Tag, I'm it....
I've been tagged to tell a little bit about my hubby, so here goes...

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A- Automobile of choice? Anything paid off.
B- Born? August 13 (He was born on Friday, the 13th)
C- Cookies or Candy? Cookies- anything with nuts
D- Date of Choice? Gardening, playing games or just hanging out
E- Essential Item? Food and water
F- Favorite Foods? Anything sweet or homemade. He loves homemade bread.
G- Gas or Diesel vehicle? Gas
H- Hobbies? Gardening, biking, camping, being outside
I- Ice Cream Flavor? Any ice cream is Sam's favorite
J- Job? 6th grade teacher (he loves it)
K- Kids? 1 girl and 1 boy on the way (Sam can't wait, he loves kids)
L- Last Vacation as a couple? Hawaii before Jaydee was born
M- Morning person or night owl? Morning
N- Number of Siblings? 3 brothers & 6 sisters, he is #7
O- OCD or sloppy? In between
P- Pet Peeves? Our cat
Q- Quiet or Loud? Quiet
R- Restaurant? Depends, he usually lets me pick because I am picky. But he loves Mexican
S- Sports? To play: basketball~ To watch: Football and basketball
T- Tight wad or spender? Saver is Sam's description. :) He is very good with money
U- Unknown Fact about him? Sam is very humble and willing to learn. I admire him because he will ask for help and clarification if he doesn't understand or know how to do something. He is willing to learn what needs done so that he does it correctly. He is also a spiritual giant.
V- Vegetables? Fresh corn on the cob
W- Worst Habit? Worries too much
X- Xtra Curricular activities in high school? Football, basketball, track... I think that was it. He now has to wrestle with my brothers, he makes up for his lack of knowledge by his size so he holds his own well.
Y- Your favorite things about him? He is a hard worker and helps a lot around the house, my friends get jealous. He adores me & Jaydee and is completely selfless. Sam is genuinely a nice guy who would do anything for you.
Z - Zodiac Sign? Leo (I had to look it up, these are always wrong on me so I don't even bother paying attention.)
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Tag, you're it!!!

Busby Reunion

We had our annual Busby Family Reunion. My grandmother's maiden name was Busby and this is all the descendants from my great-great-grandparents, John David & Lettie Busby. Jaydee was in absolute heaven, there was all the ice cream you could eat (soft serve all weekend long), snow cones, lots of yummy food, a big pile of sand which with a hose running makes great mud, plus slides, swings and lots of new cousins to play with. Jaydee even got Sam to let her go down the cable car (a zipline). I am glad I didn't watch my baby do that, but she loved it. The entire weekend, Jaydee was covered with ice cream and dirt, she looked like an orphan that hadn't had a bath in months. I do promise she was bathed every night even if you couldn't tell. Friday my feet had swollen up due to being up and out in the heat so I tried to take it easy on Saturday but they were still swollen. Sam hurt his back so I am very grateful to the little babysitters I had all weekend to help me out. I must admit I hope my sugar doesn't skyrocket with all the ice cream I ate. I don't like snow cones but I love the soft ice and had a cup full in my hand the entire weekend.

My favorite memories from growing up are playing at the cabin, of course the cabin is in much better shape, I remember it being built, then adding dry wall, then paint, then fans, a little bit every year. The reunion is absolutely the best place in the world. I have never understood why so many of my cousins don't come. I haven't always been able to make the entire reunion, but I definitely try to come to part of it. I also don't understand how people can come and not even pay for their food... but that is another rant and this is about happy memories. Of few of us cousins who grew up going were trying to figure out how our moms helped with the food and kept an eye on us. We decided that we must have just ran wild, which when I asked Aunt Susan and my mom they agreed. They shared stories about Nathan when he was little, following the bigger cousins out into the woods and they ditched him. A forest ranger brought him back and no one even knew he was gone. Since then they have built a fence around the property and we haven't lost any more kids. I was a wimp though and stayed at Bison Ranch rather than camped. 6 months prego and camping just didn't sound appealing plus until I figure out Jaydee's seizures, I don't want to camp with her having another one. I can't believe it has been a year since her first one. So maybe in a few years I'll try camping again...

I'll post pictures later, but I wanted to write some of my memories down.

Remembering Uncle Jake

Jake Flake

1935-2008

husband. father. cowboy. leader. friend

I want to just add a few memories of Uncle Jake Flake. I married into the family, but I was always touched that as a friend at work put it "THE JAKE FLAKE" would always come up and say Hello to me. He teased me, hugged me and made over Jaydee like she was one of his own grandchildren. He always asked how the Holyoak girl was doing.

Reading some of the neat articles and videos about him at azcentral.com and wmicentral.com made me realize what a great congressman he was and how much he will be missed in our government.

Dressing Myself

One of our projects this summer is teaching Jaydee to dress herself. Before the baby comes, I would like her to be able to do this. Now if Jaydee wants to undress she can do it at any time, but if I ask her to undress for bed/bath time she suddenly needs help.

So I decided to start with shoes, which she can take off by herself the other day I told her to put her shoes on so we could go outside and that she had to do it by herself.

I guess I forgot to specify that they should match, but they are on the right feet.