Dublin Dr Pepper

We went tour the origional Dr Pepper plant in Dublin Tx a few weeks ago. It also happened to be a Dr Pepper's birthday so there were carnival like activities outside the plant. Lauren and Beckham met us there which made it even more fun! The girls did a bounce house, face paint, which they were THRILLED about, flower shaped balloons, cake, and lots and lots of Dr. Pepper. The tour of the plant was interesting because they only use origional glass bottles, fill them with the syrup and then the carbonated water. The syrup and carbonation don't mix until they are gently spun in a machine 3 times and then they never separate again! The Dr Pepper made here tastes slightly better because it is made with imperial cane sugar. A highlight was at the begening of the tour they gave us ice cold, it was over 100 degrees that day, Dr Pepper in cute little 100 calorie glass bottles. Thanks to Lauren and Beckham for waiting in a forever long line so that we could go on the tour! Later we found some shade under a tent and danced to the live music with the kids. What a great day.

Utah Trip

We spent memorial day weekend with the Hallows. It was great to all be together again and to meet my new little nephew Tristan. The house where we stayed had a trampoline so you can guess what the girls did the entire weekend. We played minute-to-win-it, went to the St George rec center to swim, and to a nearby zoo called Roos and More. Who knew Kangaroos could extend gestation and keep their unborn babies inside if conditions weren't favorable. If Lucy had her way we would have done such with King!

Lauren organized minute-to-win-it. I was laughing out loud while posting these pics.

I'm pretty sure Jarem and Dallyn won almost every challenge.

We made our way up to Salt Lake and Maria got married!!! It was perfect weather and she looked absolutely gorgeous. Welcome to the family Matt!

We wish we had had more time with Alyspence, but we did get to visit campus and Cafe Rio with them. Yum. The girls love their cougars shirts. Thanks guys!

This photo, taken by Sofie, captures how Eliza is most of the time. You can see that it was a windy. My favorite moment during pictures was when Maria's bangs kept blowing in her face, Gram pulled a bobby pin out of her hair and gave it to Maria to hold her bangs in place.

King and Gopgop.

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