You Know You're in Utah When........

We began our vacation by driving to Boise Idaho for a few days. We spent one day at a water park, keeping cool and enjoying the sun. On Tuesday morning we left for Utah to visit with Christophers kids in West Jordan. Like a dork we totally didn't get any pictures of the kids, except this one of Josh blowing bubbles for our grandaughter Serenity. What kind of grandparents don't get pictures of thier grandkids! I guess I'll claim memory loss on that one. We had a nice time with them, although much too short, as we were headed to Gunnison for that evenings activities that Logan and Jennifer had planned for us. The Gunnison Valley puts on a wonderful community July 4th celebration. To kick it off there is a big dinner in the park (Jenny and Logan treated us to dinner) along with a good old fashioned auction with quilts galore, as well as lots of other things. To end the evening there was a big fireworks display that we watched from Logans parents yard. There was even a youth dance at the park after the fireworks.I tried to bid on a leaf blower (Josh was begging me to bid).....and we thought we had won the bidding, but it turned out someone behind us was also bidding and they got it instead. But it was fun. Next time we go for the 4th, I'm going to plan on taking enough money to buy one of those beautiful quilts!
Okay, now in case you're wondering why I titled this the way I did here is our funny story.
Instead of redneck jokes, we decided we're going to begin our own collection of mormon idioms. We had to stop at a little store in Nephi Utah and on the mens bathroom wall instead of the regular graffiti, written on the stall door it said: "Let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceassingly" and another wrote "AMEN".
Then, before the auction in Gunnison, they honored 3 people from the community for their service. In telling about one of the men, they told about what a good home teacher he was. WHERE ELSE but Utah would you hear someone being honored in a community setting for (in part) being a good home teacher!!!
Stay tuned for more on our vacation.............