Pie Party 2010

We come to you today from snowy North. We worked our guts out this week getting ready for the pie party.  A lot of our activities focused on getting ready for the pie party. We were so grateful for the help that came to  us with cleaning our home and kitchen staff. They helped make the party what it was. We had about 150  people come this year. There were children all in the backyard riding on the toys, swing set, and throwing a  ball. It was a lot of fun. We are grateful to those who brought pie and goodies. The pie party happened on Friday.

Mama made around 24 pies for the pie party. I lost count. By the end of the night I’d had so much I couldn’t  stand to have any more. I think I had 6 pieces of pie! On Saturday morning we got up early and started for  Idaho. We stopped a few times along the way. We spent the night in Salt Lake City at Mama’s Grandpa’s home. He was kind enough to let us stay the night. We made it to North around noon today. In all, we  traveled 1008.5 miles. It took about 19 hours and one over night stay.

Underfoot had Joy School 3 days this week instead of 2 days because a few of the families would be gone for  the Thanksgiving week. So it was a packed in week. Funny Story: Underfoot woke up early this morning  around 5:30 am. Grandpa H. was up getting ready for church. Underfoot asked for candy, and like a good Grandpa, Grandpa H. gave him the candy bin. Underfoot proceeded to eat candy from 5:30 am to 7 am when I stopped him. We got ready for church and then packed the car. Grandpa H. came home  from church to say goodbye to us before the snow storm came. As we said goodbye, Underfoot threw up on the white carpet right at Grandpa’s feet. It was all that candy. Mama cleaned it up. Underfoot threw up a few more times before he felt better.

K2 is curious how things get put together and are taken apart. He helped Mama by throwing the flour off the  table, picking things off the different pies, and sticking his fingers in everything. He has learned to pop the lids  of water containers and pour the water out all over his body. He loves to pour water between two different  containers and finally puts the water on his body.