In July we went to Utah to spend time with friends and family. We had a wonderful time together and even got some beautiful family pictures taken.
I took the kids to downtown Salt Lake to visit Temple Square and to eat lunch with Uncle Wes. The days were just gorgeous!
Aunt Steph came over to hang out and play with the kids. We always love spending time with her!
Lily and her cousin, Jet got to play for the first time.
Tommy and his cousins, Jarom and Makayla played in Grammy's sandbox and with Playdough. They just love playing and laughing together!
We had a doughnut picnic in the mountains near the creek. We always love spending time in the beautiful canyons!
And now for a truly stinky story. When we arrived at Grammy's house we noticed a faint sour smell in the basement where we were sleeping. We kept thinking that it was the classic Basement Smell, but it kept getting stronger every day. Finally, Ben mentioned the possibility that something in the deep freeze had gone bad. We checked, and sure enough, when we opened the deep freezer an unholy stench flooded the room. It was enough to make me gag instantly.
My mom's basement had flooded a few weeks prior to this. We think that what likely happened is that someone unplugged the deep freezer to plug in a fan to dry up the flood. Unfortunately, the deep freezer never got plugged back in. For a few weeks the hundreds of pounds of food that was stored inside defrosted and rotted. It was disgusting.
We spent an entire Sunday afternoon hauling garbage bags full of rotten meat through a downstairs window around to the side yard. My mom's kind neighbors helped us clean out the freezer and then haul the refuse to the dump. I don't think anyone actually hurled, but we all came close several times.
The next few days were spent disinfecting the freezer and the floor in the basement. And now whenever we smell roadkill or spoiled chicken breasts we are reminded of this lovely experience. :)
The day after we got home both kids crashed for a nap together. It was a great trip!
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