Our summer life

Thanksgiving Point for the month of August has $2 Tuesdays where you can go to the gardens, the petting zoo, or the dinosaur museum for $2. My mom, some of my sisters, and I planned on going to the gardens yesterday. My dad suprised and got work off so he could come with us. It was a beautiful place! It was crowded, I am sure due to the discounted admission, and hot. Otherwise I really enjoyed the gardens. I think it is the perfect place for a romantic marriage proposal. I will have to talk to my brothers about that one day. I am not a photographer by any means but here are some pictures for those who have never been.

The Italian Garden

Grandma helping Benjamin cool off.

The Butterfly Garden

One of the Waterfalls

The Rose Garden

I can't remember which Garden this is, but it is cool because you spiral up a hill to get here (the top).
Benjamin has learned to point, and loved to point and touch the flowers.

Well Joseph has learned a lot. Last year for my birthday, we moved. And that was all we did that day. You can bet I was pretty upset, note that I did have a brand new baby and emotions out of whack. Joseph this year made up for it a lot! I got to choreograph for BYU's spring opera HMS Pinafore. After this experience, I learned how much I enjoy the opera. Especially Gilbert & Sullivan. The Utah Opera and Utah Symphony had a performance up in Deer Valley, Park City on my birthday. Joseph was wonderful and got us tickets. They performed excerpts from Gilbert & Sullivans' HMS Pinafore, Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado, and The Gondoliers. It was a lovely evening with beautiful scenery, especially as the moon came up and over the mountains. It was funny to see everyone with their bottles of wine and champagne with picninc baskets while Joseph and I were eating our Subway. I definitely enjoyed this birthday. Grandma came over to watch Benjamin-who would not let daddy go!