~Happy Birthday Amy~

Memorial Day

As you can tell I am still working to catch up my blog posts after being absent from them from quite sometime.
Memorial Day this year found us once again at the Veterans Program at the Spanish Fork Cemetery.

God bless our troops currently serving our country in any capacity.

Ruby takes some time to smell the flowers.

A 21 one gun salute

Then taps is played. I have always wondered what the lyric to this were so I am including them in my post. Very touching.

Fading light dims the sight
And a star gems the sky, gleaming bright
From afar drawing nigh,
Falls the night.

Day is done, gone the sun
From the lakes, from the hills, from the skies
All is well, safely rest;
God is nigh.

Then goodnight, peaceful night;
Till the light of the dawn shineth bright.
God is near, do not fear,
Friend, goodnight

Ruby putting a flower on her Great Grandpa's grave.

Here Ruby is sitting by the flag set out in honor of my dad. Though he didn't go to Vietnam he served during the Vietnam war.

Reading the name

She gets a little help from Grandma

Looking at other flags and paying respect to all of the other service men and woman who have passed on.

Happy Birthday Dad

No cake or candles here today
Or presents for you to open
Just love from friends who want to say
Happy Birthday, and that we're hoping
Somehow you can see and know
That we have not forgotten you
That we still remember, even though
You've departed from our view
And if you see us here below
And wonder why we care
It's just because we want to show
That a part of you is still here
You live within each memory's heart
And so you remain, though we're apart .

I hope you have very Happy Birthday in Heaven dad. I love you very much and miss you more and more as each day passes.

Family reunion

On May 30th we had our annual Warenski Family reunion in Santaquin. This reunion started many years ago after my Grandma moved to Idaho. She always came down the weekend of memorial day so she could visit the cemetery and put flowers on the graves of loved ones. Over the years it has evolved and he have added an auction, raffles, there are t-shirts made, games played and lots of food. Of course there is always lots of time to reconnect with our relatives as well. The family has grown quite a lot over the years and people have passed on. Great memories are always made over this weekend.

If you click on the picture it will take you to a web album with a few more pictures.

Eagle Mountain PRCA Rodeo

Just in time to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the riders who carried mail across the West on horseback, Eagle Mountain added a rodeo to its annual Pony Express Day celebration. Jared and I decided to check it out on the 29th of May. We had so much fun we ended up going back on Memorial day too. It was quite a successful rodeo for such a small town. I forget know but there was an article after the 1st night that talked about how many people were in attendance and the number were quite high. I took quite a few pictures both nights and just combined them into one post.

While the bleachers were removed once the rodeo was over the announcer stadium remained.

Some of the crowd.

Getting ready

At the beginning of the rodeo they re-enacted the Pony Express ride. Where the rider comes in with the mail pack and switches horses and rides away.

The rodeo queen

I really liked that this picture came out as good as it did. After the National Anthem as the cowboy was getting ready to come out his horse went a little crazy.

Mutton busten has to be one of the funniest events at the rodeo. Watching those little kids hang onto a sheep for dear life as it runs across the arena.

There was a marriage proposal that night. The couple kissing got engaged right there in from of everyone.

The rodeo clown was hilarious

The mayor participated in the barrel racing. She did this to raise money for 4 different families in the city battling cancer in some form or another.

The calf cash scramble. They tied ribbons to the calves and the kids chased them to pull the ribbons off. Each ribbon was worth x-amount of dollars.

Some pre-event entertainment. They had different things going on while they set the arena up for different events.

The sky jumper bringing in the American Flag

Some members of the Guard met him when he landed to make sure the flag didn't touch the ground.

Bareback Rider

Calf roping

Steer Wrestling

Saddle Broncs

At the very end they let these horses and their babies out.

We really hope that it was such a sucess that they do it again cause we had a lot of fun.

Happy 4th of July!

One Nation Under God we live
Think about all some had to give
We the people share freedom’s life
In a world of ever present strife
Be grateful to those who keep this true
Warriors of our red, white, and blue
They're trained by those of great skill
Honed to perform, so strong their will
They show what love is all about
They’ll fight for us, there is no doubt
Defending bravely what we are
No holding back each heartfelt star
Highly praise these men and women
Giving thanks time and again
Those in uniform will always be
The golden pride of this country

Patriotic School Choir Concert

As I mentioned in my last post we didn't stay for the movie at the school because Kailtyn had a choir concert at the Silver Lake Amphitheater. When we got there though it had been rescheduled for Monday because of the wind. It got rescheduled one more time because we were having such weird weather. They were finally able to perform on May 25th

Because there weren't an risers and all the kids stood at the bottom, I was unable to see exactly where Kaitlyn was so I just took some random shots.

The audience

From the top looking down

I love the view from the Amphitheater

There was still snow on Timpanogoes.

It was a beautiful evening though, not too hot or too cold. The kids all did a great job and it is fun to be able to go to their programs.