Pioneer Day and other things...

This last week has been crazy as usual but at least we got a break in the middle. On the 24th was Pioneer Day and we were able to spend the day together as a family. We were rather lazy in the early part of the day - just hanging around the house and making a quick trip to Costco - but in the afternoon we took the kids and met all the grandparents over at West Jordan Park for a picnic and relaxing afternoon. It was so fun to just hang out and have fun as a family. The kids were able to play at the park, we played Bacci Ball, and basically we just spent time together. After the park we went home and did some fireworks with our neighbors. It was a great day!!

Now for those who are interested in the Co-op I talked about a few posts ago - way cool!!! Kate and I went to pick up the food today and can I say WOW! First of all - I could not believe how many people were there from all walks of life. The pick up started at 9:30 and the line was down the hall and around the corner before we got there at 9:25. They have several different options to choose from - thoush we chose the Standard Share for our family. For $46 (which is 2 shares at $23 a piece) we got 2lbs of salmon, 4 lbs of chicken, 2 lbs of hamburger, 2lbs of ribs, 4 mangos, 2 heads of romaine lettuce, 4 green peppers, 10 apricots, 10 peaches, 16oz of rice, 2 loafs of whole wheat bread (from Stone Ground - can you say yummy!!!), 2 heads of Califlower, 2 bags of carrots, and 6 ears of corn. We also bought 10 tamales for $5 extra!! Way cool!! What a great deal - everything is organic and is bought from local producers. The meat is actually from a real local butcher not from the supermarket. I think we will be doing this again. I was really impressed with the quality of food that was given for the price we paid.