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The Open House was a smashing success. The wind was blowing hard enough to knock over the flower centerpieces on the tables, but when 7:00 rolled around, a plethora of prayers were answered as the winds calmed and the temperatures dropped. A perfect St. George summer evening! Denise's backyard was jaw dropping stunning. Seriously something straight off of HGTV. We love the Wades! It was so fun to have all 7 of our kids along with Steph and Krista there. Everyone stayed, enjoyed cake and had a great time. We got back to the hotel around 11:00 after watching J&L open presents. The next morning we had a fab time at breakfast with everyone at the hotel. Then later we went back to the Wades for some amazing food made from cafe rio recipes. We all decided it was even better than cafe rio. We watched a slide show of the wedding pictures and then headed back up north to Lynndyl. Another round of Utah in a Box (monopoly) and Uno with Grandma. And the next thing we knew we were landing in Baltimore. We came home to colony of cicada killer wasps. There are at least 20 of these mounds all around our yard: The wasps look menacing, but are actually very passive. They are also very hard to get rid of :( I have to say that the combination of the wedding, trek, the trip to Utah and now high adventure has left our lawn a complete disaster. I have gone from pulling weeds to just mowing over them. In other news.... it's been hotter than hot around here lately. We're talking heat index of 120 degrees record breaking hot. While I prefer the AC, Bruce and MK would rather go here to cool off:
Fortunately the heat wave has ended just in time for Dad and Mikey to take a hike. A LONG hike. As in 100 miles along the Appalachian Trail. With 8 other scouts and some leaders. Ahhhhhh. Did I mention they are doing this in 6 days? While they are off building their characters I think I'll take MK to Plaka Grill for lunch today:)