I love our little family's fall tradition that we started up in Oregon of having a picnic dinner outdoors. I love getting out with my family in the cool, crisp air and enjoying a special dinner together. This year we opted for rotisserie chicken and healthier, homemade sides from home instead of KFC ... yummy, but part of me yearned for my corn cobette and fake potatoes and gravy. Maybe Papa's "magic gutter" will make its return next year (For those of you thinking, "huh?," part of the reason for the KFC is the nostalgia that comes with it -- my Papa Haycock, my mom's dad, used to bring us KFC for dinner when he would come to visit and say that he found it in "the magic gutter." I think that might be the main reason I like KFC -- it brings back happy childhood memories.)
We have yet to find a venue we like as much as Salem's Riverfront Park (the view of the Willamette River at sunset was so beautiful -- click here to see what I mean), but Grant and I did come across this beautiful park, the Mt. Timpanogos Park, home of the amazing Timpanogos Storytelling Festival, which we attended a couple months ago for the first time and LOVED. The park is beautiful and has some amazing finish carpentry on the pavilions. It made a peaceful, scenic backdrop for our family picnic.
Yes, that's snow on top of the mountains!
Wouldn't be Utah if snow didn't fly before Halloween!
Eliot and Daddy with Mt. Timpanogos in the background.
Z spent most of the time bundled up and snoozing --
exactly what Eliot did the first year we did this!
E and his mommy. I love this picture.
Me and Grant. We took a ridiculous amount of these photos to end up with one good one. Worth it, I think.
3 comments:
I love the photos! What a fun family tradition.
Great pictures! I love that you are carrying on the tradition.
What a fun tradition and beautiful park! The boys are both getting so big already. Hope you are doing well Monica! Miss you!
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