"I don't care how poor a man is; if he has family, he's rich"
according to this quote ^^, i shouldn't be a poor college kid anymore....all jokes aside, my family really is bomb...this weekend was so much fun...it was basically the last time we'll all be together for a really long time--my oldest brother, his wife savvy, and my unfairly adorable nephew braden will be moving to south carolina so bob can attend law school..while i'm stoked for them, i'm going to miss them like crazy...at least now i have an excuse to go back east for a visit, right? first on the agenda this weekend were the dreaded family pictures..and, setting a precedent for our family, they went off without a hitch..i think we're going to have some really good-looking pictures when we get them back from the photographer...since they were taken out at a childhood landmark (aka wheeler farm in salt lake), a few of us stayed and visited the farm with our niece and nephew...
when it got too hot, we headed back home to my parents' house, where we had an AMAZING barbecue (courtesy of the pro chefs bob, my dad, and my mom) to jointly celebrate the birthdays of padre, drew, and braden...after that we headed out to the real salt lake game (the ride to which was improved dramatically by the reading of a letter i had gotten right before leaving...). it was a great game, and we had a lot of fun..mostly because bob is hysterical to observe while watching a soccer game...
my younger brothers (jono and drew) apparently are unaware that smiling IS allowed in pictures...
the game finished off with some pretty legit fireworks...the next day being sunday, we went to church and then hung out for the rest of the day..had another barbecue-esque dinner complete with ribs and salmon, followed by 3 types of cake for the 3 different birthday boys...missy and i are great cake decorators...we insisted savvy let us decorate braden's cake (we're allowing her, however, to make the cake to celebrate his actual birthday in august)..
after that we all had to say goodbye, with missy and andrew going back to centerville while bob and sav headed back to lehi...i'm going to miss them so much...
luckily, my weekend didn't quite end there...monday morning, bob, savvy, braden and i went out to eagle mountain and did some target practice with the shotgun that bob's apx buddies gave to him as a going-away present...needless to say, i'm going to need a lot of practice until i become a sharp shooter...or swat team member...
however, i got pretty dang good at loading the gun...and braden looked adorable with his little earmuffs...though he didn't like keeping them on for long periods of time...
all in all, a great weekend with some amazing and fun times with my family..i can't wait until we're all together again...until then, just call me annie oakley...without the red hair...
when it got too hot, we headed back home to my parents' house, where we had an AMAZING barbecue (courtesy of the pro chefs bob, my dad, and my mom) to jointly celebrate the birthdays of padre, drew, and braden...after that we headed out to the real salt lake game (the ride to which was improved dramatically by the reading of a letter i had gotten right before leaving...). it was a great game, and we had a lot of fun..mostly because bob is hysterical to observe while watching a soccer game...
my younger brothers (jono and drew) apparently are unaware that smiling IS allowed in pictures...
the game finished off with some pretty legit fireworks...the next day being sunday, we went to church and then hung out for the rest of the day..had another barbecue-esque dinner complete with ribs and salmon, followed by 3 types of cake for the 3 different birthday boys...missy and i are great cake decorators...we insisted savvy let us decorate braden's cake (we're allowing her, however, to make the cake to celebrate his actual birthday in august)..
after that we all had to say goodbye, with missy and andrew going back to centerville while bob and sav headed back to lehi...i'm going to miss them so much...
luckily, my weekend didn't quite end there...monday morning, bob, savvy, braden and i went out to eagle mountain and did some target practice with the shotgun that bob's apx buddies gave to him as a going-away present...needless to say, i'm going to need a lot of practice until i become a sharp shooter...or swat team member...
however, i got pretty dang good at loading the gun...and braden looked adorable with his little earmuffs...though he didn't like keeping them on for long periods of time...
all in all, a great weekend with some amazing and fun times with my family..i can't wait until we're all together again...until then, just call me annie oakley...without the red hair...
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