June - Erana's 11th and Tyrell's 24th Birthdays

Jaxon graduated on Thursday June 3rd. It was at the Usana Amphitheater. It was a hot day sitting in the sun. He was towards the end because of it being in alphabetical order. Candi made him lots of lollie leis. We took photos of him afterwards. We're very proud of him. I'll enjoy not having to get after him for missing homework, etc, but did most everything without us having to worry too much. He had good grades. It will be interesting to see where his life goes now. I don't think it involves a mission at this point so I need to help him set a game plan for work and school and a goal for a career.

The next day Friday Candi and I had a hike in the mountain on the Mineral Fork trail and found a hidden water fall a little bit off the trail along a river where we took some photos. I look forward to more hikes this summer. Candi and Leila also went to some grad parties for some girls in the Tausala group on Fri and Sat.

Family Vacation 6/6 to 6/12

On Sunday June 6th we went on a family vacation to St George and Las Vegas. We stopped at the Beaver Creamery on the way and got an ice cream. We stayed the night at Christine's home in Ivins and had pizza and cake for Erana's birthday. She opened gifts and hung out with Gracie. They have a nice small home in a nice community next to a park. This part of St George had a lot of new developments with palm trees and cacti so it looked in between Arizona and California but I like it a lot. We went for a walk around the park and block.

Monday to Wednesday we were in Las Vegas. We drove the back way though the Indian reservation which skips going through the gorge road. We stayed in the Strat hotel. We first went to the Mirage Secret Gardens and Dolphins and looked around. It was nice.  We had parked at the Treasure Island parking and walked to the Mirage but on the way back the tram was open and we took that back to TI and went to the Avengers Station and went through that. The kids had a good time I think. Then for lunch we headed west on Spring Mountain road the TI parking was on to go to China town for lunch. We ate at Cruncheese Korean corns dogs that have melted cheese inside and breaded crumb outside with different sauces to choose from. I had seen them eat those on k-dramas so when I saw one on Google maps I had to go try it. It was yummy! Next door was a Korean dessert place so we tried that too. It was in a plaza full of Asian restaurants and stores so we walked around them. Got more boba drinks and chinese desserts and pastries from a Korean bakery. We loved that place so we wanted to go back. We went back to our rooms and then walked around the Strat stores but most were empty. We got McD's for dinner. 

Tuesday we went to the Adventure Dome at Circus Circus and the kids did the rides. We also won a lot of stuffed toys doing the fishing pole magnet game and kept upgrading the prize so we could get these cute monster looking stuffed toys. Tyrell did it to get a gift for Alisa. Oh yeah, Tyrell has a cute half Japanese and American girlfriend. She is a friend of Mina. They see each other a lot. After we went back to China town and looked around another plaza then went back to the Shanghai plaza and ate at a Chinese restaurant. Spent a hundred dollars but it was nice. We also got these  mochi donuts that were yum. We got another dessert and boba drinks from the other stores. In the evening we went up to the top of the Strat and the kids did the rides. We hung out until it was dark and they did more rides. We had a nice day.

Wednesday we checked out at 11am and went back to Shanghai plaza to get some corn dogs and bakery buns and boba drinks for our brunch. Then we went further down the road to a Kpop store and looked around. Leila is into Kpop and got her a Treasure album. Kpop is Korean pop music. Treasure is a group of 12 boys. Then we drove back to St George to Shaun and Christine's. Shaun was there. We ate dinner and went on a hike in the Snow Canyon park. It's a beautiful canyon.

The next day Thursday we went to a nearby reservoir to swim and relax. They had a paddle board to go out on and some floats. It was nice weather, sunny but not too hot. In the evening we went back to the Snow Canyon park to walk to the sand dunes and take some photos.

Friday, Candi went with Christine to some thrift stores. Tyrell, Jaxon and I went on the Anasazi valley trail hike nearby to see some petroglyphics on rocks on this cliffside overlooking the Santa Clara river. It was pretty cool to discover them on our own on different rocks. We climbed down, up and over a bunch of rocks to see them. When Candi got back we drove to St George town area. We stopped at the Red Hills Desert garden and walked around. Gracie was with us. It was a beautiful garden that was on a hill side overlooking the road and town area. We went to a park with a water play area then looked at a store across the road. We stopped at to get food at the Honolulu grill before going back home. Jared and his family came by in the evening and we all went on a hike again in the Snow Canyon park. It was dark when we got back to our cars to go home.

Saturday we slept in ate some breakfast, cleaned up the home and left back. We stopped at the Creamery again. Bought some root beer milk. It was a nice vacation.

Rest of the Month

Leila went on a girls camp for almost a week and had fun. Candi and I went on 2 hikes up Days Fork trail. We went to Taylorsville days again. Didn't have it last year because of the covid plandemic. The maori group did a show for Living Traditions downtown on the 26th. Candi and the girls performed. We ate Chuck-A-Rama after. Maya stayed over a few days and for Tyrell's birthday we ate at a Korean restaurant with Alisa. I had Japchae which is like chop suey almost but with bigger noodles and veges. I liked it. He had a pavlova for his cake.