Pioneer Day-Shumway Family Reunion

Our family traveled to Kanosh for the 24th. We had tire trouble on the trailer on the way there. It was late evening so every thing was closed. But Heavenly Father always takes care of us. Bryan's brother Tim came to our rescue again. A couple of years ago we had battery trouble in the truck and Tim spent a couple of hours helping us that night. I don't know if its bad luck to stop in Cedar on our way to Kanosh or if Heavenly Father knows that's where we can get help. (Bryan checks everything before we leave and everything is fine.) Tim ended up loaning us 3 tires off of his trailer.

The next day we had fun at the parade and park. Its wonderful to have a day to think about our heritage. We love being in Kanosh and seeing everyone. My brother, Chris and his wife and daughter live in the house there. Also visiting were my sister, Joanna and family, brother Keith and family, sister Natalie, and Kim and kids (Neil was fishing in Alaska-lucky). We missed having Lorin and his family there but they were having a fun day with Janice's family. We have to share some times. We missed my dad too.

Friday Bryan went and bought some new tires in Fillmore. That night there was a bit of rain and wind but we survived. Joanna and Natalie got the worst of it in their tents.

Saturday we had fun with more visiting, relaxing and eating. As you can see I was quite busy in July and I had burned off a few pounds. Kanosh was the end of that, we ate and ate and ate. August is a new month, right?

Bryan waited until Sunday to put the new tires on the trailer so he could do it as we packed up. He thought it would be easier that way. Lesson learned - avoid changing tires on Sunday. The ground we had parked the trailer on was very soft. When Bryan tried to jack the trailer up there was sinking instead. The trailer rocked and swayed and fell off the blocks and stabalizers and bent them. The tongue and one front corner ended up 3 inches in the dirt. The kids and I doubted Bryan's problem solving skills. I thought we would have to wait until after church for help and more jacks. Bryan just kept saying, "trust me, I know what I'm doing". It took him about a half hour but he inched the trailer up little by little 'til he could get it hooked up to the truck. I've never been more glad to finally have a tire back on. Bryan rocks!

Chris took some time to show us some things from his mission and tell us some stories. It was nice for me to get to hear them again. But I mostly appreciated that my kids got to hear them. I loved seeing my boys get excited to serve their missions. It still seems so far in the future but time goes so fast these days. I can't believe that Nathan is already talking about driving and Alex will soon be a deacon. Brylie will always be our baby girl. Bryan is quick to remind her that she can't date until she's 30. She just laughs at him. She used to say she was taking her dad to prom. Shoulda got that in writing!

Now I'm glad to be home and not have too much planned for august. Maybe a girls day for me. And getting the kids ready for school. Oh, and getting the house/Brylie's room ready for Stephanie to move in with us. She is my friends daughter, they moved to Las Vegas last year but Steph wants to go to school here for her senior year. She and her sister lived with us for a few weeks last year. We were glad to have them. Its scary to responsible for someone else's teen age daughter.