Last month, early in August, we had the Juab County Fair. There was only one category for 2 year olds, an anything goes category. So I made sure Wyatt got a chance to enter something. In his case it was a watercolor/finger painting. It was entitled "Airplane" but it had originally been a house and the day before a cow. But the day we entered it he called it "Airplane". He got a blue ribbon as did many of the kids. I encouraged Candy to enter a cake in the cake decorating category which she did and she won the Sweepstakes purple ribbon with the option to compete at the Utah State Fair! I entered what I thought was the cutest photograph ever of a 1 year old little boy named Wyatt and got a blue ribbon myself. They give out quite a few blue ribbons, but only one purple Sweepstakes so we are very proud of Candy. She also won some money.
Candy is a pretty good cake decorator. She made Wyatt’s “CARS” birthday cake and it couldn’t have looked better. I keep telling her she should start a little side business.
I also bought a new car last week, a Toyota Sequoia. It's a much larger SUV than my Jeep and I am still getting use to the parking limitations. But Wyatt has his own DVD player in the back so it will be great on long car trips. It is so much nicer and quieter than my old Jeep. This is literally the first new car I have had in 20 years.
The Labor day holiday has just past. We spent the weekend camping at a friend’s cabin. Today is the first day of classes here at BYU. So as we leave summer behind and start into Fall I hope everyone looks back and takes a moment to record their favorite events either with a blog or a journal. It can be both fun and thought provoking to go back and take a look at your past.
