Taking a Break from the Heat in Logan

Sue and I had a wonderful weekend in Logan this past weekend. We decided to go up and visit Brett and Annie and see their new home and hang out for the weekend.

We started the festivities on Thursday night around 6pm. Just before we were ready to leave we had a little crisis in our ward. A little girl fell from a ladder and fractured her skull. She is alright now, but she fell from over 10'. Family was very stressed but all is good now.

We got into Logan around midnight and stayed up and "shot the bull" with Annie and Brett until after 1am. When I got up on Friday morning I felt like getting out and exploring and found this cool little Hispanic grocery store. I found a bunch of cool stuff and went home and made a pretty authentic breakfast torta with fresh papaya and mango nectar on the side.

After breakfast we all went on a nice walk to the Temple grounds and back. We took a few photos including a family shot. Even Stanley got in on the action. It was good to see him recovering form his surgery a couple of weeks ago.

Sue requested that we go to the Firehouse pizzeria for lunch and we were not disappointed. Really good pizza, calzones, and sandwiches. It's a pretty happening place with good pizza. After lunch we drove out to Bear Lake and beyond. Our final destination was the Minnetonka Cave in Idaho, about an hour and a half Northeast of Logan. The cave was pretty spectacular. I think it went almost a 1/2 mile into the mountain with lots of up and down natural stair climbing and rock formations, including, stalagtites, stalagmites, and bacon ( a term used for a fissure looking thing in the walls of the cave) The tour guide was great and we would highly recommend this to anyone who is in the general area. It was a constant 40 degrees inside when it was over a 100 degrees outside.  

On our way home we decided to stop in this quaint little town to get fresh raspberry milkshakes....mmm good. Not too sweet, just right to cool us off for the ride home.

When we got home we planned to have dinner at Le Nonne (The Grandmothers), this really nice little Italian Restaurant in an old refurbished home in downtown Logan. It was well worth the visit. The menu was very sophisticated and the food was excellent, they even had a couple of guys playing guitar outside, near where we were seated. I had their seafood ravioli and it was probably the best ravioli I have ever had. Everyone else enjoyed their food to and the company.

Saturday morning came quickly for us as we all had to be in Salt Lake before 10am. Sue had bought us tickets to see Glenn Beck's "American Revival Tour". We really enjoyed the event. Glenn's delivery can be pretty over the top sometimes but we all end up agreeing with him more times than not. David Burton was there talking mostly about the Constitution and our Founding Fathers and their well documented belief in God. David Buckner is an acclaimed economist talking about the state of our nation's economic condition (did we really need anyone to tell us it was this bad?) Judge Napolitano was there as well talking about various subjects with Glenn Beck providing the keynote address which really was like a religious revival. Glenn also was part of every segment throughout the day. On a scale of 1-10, I would rate it a solid 8 and it was better than I thought it would be...well worth the time and effort.

Annie and Brett have this cute little early 20th Century home on a great lot in the city. It has a lot of charm and they are in the process of making it their own...for at least a year. We had a great weekend and got to know Logan Utah and Northeastern Utah in the process. I'm sure we'll return again some day.

When we got back home in St. George it was still 98 degrees at 10:15pm. Yikes!!!!!

Annie and Brett's place. Very cute!

 Annie's special touches

The beautiful and historic Logan Temple
 

 Annie & Stan

 Sue, Annie, and Brett

 Just getting ready to go inside the cave...100 degrees outside and 40 degrees inside

Will, this really was a 'real" cave this time

 Thermometer doesn't lie....brrrrrr 40 degrees in there.....year round

 Me and the kids in front of La Beau's drive in....fresh raspberry shakes...mmmmmm good!

 Sue and I near Bear Lake

 Brett and Annie near Bear Lake

 Fantastic food and atmosphere

A shot of Glenn Beck on stage

Family Fun on July Fourth

Catching up on a family post from the Fourth of July. We've never said we're the smartest folks around...cooking smores over an outdoor fire when the temperature is over 100 degrees outside....sheesh...lots of fun though. Enjoy the photos...it was nice to have Amber, Lucas, and Ayla visit for a few days. Sorry I didn't get more pictures.

Nice family photo at Petroglyph Park in Bloomington

Nana showing us how to really get the job done

Even Lucas got in on the action

Bronson really got "into" his smore :)

Eli wasn't so sure about this smore thingy

Ayla is sooo cute!

Brinly going to town on a smore

Will documenting the insanity of roasting smores in over 100 degree heat :)

Grandpa giving Bronson some tips on the finer points of smore roastin

The Plumb Klan

Amber, Ayla, and Brinly

I sneaked this one in of Nana & Addy before she left

Heatin' Things Up in More Ways than One!

I alluded to our life slowing down a bit in a recent blog post...well that couldn't be farther from the truth lately. I blew out my knee on Memorial Day and it's just now feeling better. The good news is that I won't have to have surgery just yet, but it is still inevitable.

Our company has been sold to an equity investment group and generally that should be a very good thing. You might imagine how busy work has been trying to get everything taken care of for the acquisition. We're not quite back to normal just yet but we're working on it.

We just had almost every one of our kids and grandkids in town for the last couple of weeks (we really missed Tina and Felipe and the girls), but enjoyed seeing Sherri and Addy, Annie and Brett, and Amber, Lucas, and Ayla. Of course, Kari and Will, Jimmy and Hollie, and Chris all live local and we were all able to get together at one time or the other while everyone was here. Lots of fun.

Jimmy recently had a scare with his eyes. When he went to get a new prescription the Eye Dr. found that the pressures in his eyes were very high indicating that he might have Glaucoma (undoubtedly inherited from me), but after a week of semi emergency care they believe it to ocular hypertension which is still better than Glaucoma. He will still have to take some type of eye drops for the rest of his life but hopefully it won't develop into full fledged Glaucoma.

We are heading up to Logan tonight through Saturday evening to visit with Annie and Brett and to see Glenn Beck live at the Energy Solutions Arena in Salt Lake City.

I will try to update our blog on more regular basis. I haven't even been updating my Facebook page...I will do better :)