Harry Potter
One way or another I talked John into seeing the midnight showing of Harry Potter with me. It’s not that John doesn’t like Harry Potter, it’s more the fact that it was at midnight and he usually wakes up around 5:30 or so for work. But I just think it’s so fun seeing all the crazies dress up, having that feeling of excitement, and knowing everyone in the theater is just as pumped (or more pumped) to see the show as soon as possible! We loved the movie, and I’m super sad I didn’t take any pictures of other people there… I really wanted to, but I couldn’t get over the fact that I would be taking pictures of strangers. Oh well. The entire building was so packed before midnight. There was barely any room to even stand before going into the actual movie theater because so many people were there. The afternoon after the premiere I read an article on KSL that said that Jordan Commons was the highest grossing theater for Harry Potter in the U.S. the night of the premiere, closely followed by Jordan Landing and the Gateway. Funny that the top 3 theaters were all in Utah and we were watching at the busiest one! I guess Utahn's really do love HP.
Park City DuPaix Bash
From the 10th-16th the DuPaix side had a reunion up at a condo in Park City. Two of the families from out of state were able to come up for the reunion, so it was really fun getting the family all together again. In park city we rode the gondola’s, went swimming, played games, and just had a lot of fun hanging out. One of the favorite parts was going to the Olympic Park and riding down the Alpine Slide! Here are some pics of our adventures!
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| Almost the entire Fam!! |
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| Sad that this is the only picture of John and I, my eyes are so squinty! Haha |
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| I'm not really sure what's going on in this picture, but it was too awkward to keep it from going on... Mostly because of Christian :) |
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| Classic DuPaix Picture |
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| The nephews LOVE John! |
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| Sister Picture! |
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| My mom REALLY wanted a picture of everyone in this blue color, haha :) |
Boating
Pioneer day weekend we were invited to go boating with some of my friends and it was SO MUCH FUN!!! Unfortunately John had to work. He thought about taking time off to come, but he had already taken off time for some of the other things we did, so he couldn’t justify another Saturday off. Of course I missed him, but I’m not going to lie, boating was fabulous. We went up to East Canyon Reservoir and the water was perfect. The Olson family provided the boat and basically planned the entire day! They were perfect hosts and made sure everyone had a good time. I have some pics, as follows, however I don’t have pictures of the best part. They had this giant tube… well not really a tube, a flotation device that had enough room for three people to lay down on their stomachs and hold on to straps in the front. It was hilarious to watch and ride. After the first group went out on it, they caught a wave and got so much air that it made me so nervous to even try it. I was just convinced that two people were going to slam heads and give each other concussions, but luckily I got over my fears quickly and nothing that tragic happened.
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| Good times with Badminton! |
Pioneer Day
The day after boating, we had been asked to help with a couple sacrament meetings for our friends from This is the Place. I guess the most ideal way to celebrate the holiday would be to dress up as Pioneers, tell pioneer stories, and sing pioneer songs, so that’s what we did! Not going to lie, it was pretty awkward being in our Pioneer Outfits during a sacrament meeting…. I think it could have been more acceptable at a fireside, but hey I guess it’s over now! During the meeting I gave my presentation on Emily Woodmansee and two other people presented on Mary Goble Pay, and Ephraim…. I forget his last name, but he’s the one who saves the pioneers by bringing them buffalo meat. After presenting at two sacrament meetings we had a little luncheon together. It was fun spending the day with our TITP friends again!
Southwick Bash
This past weekend we had a bit of a Southwick Reunion/Birthday Party! It started on Friday afternoon with two big blow-up toys and BBQ in the back yard. The one blow up toy was a batting-cage of sorts, and the other (more popular of the two) was a huge water slide! I didn’t get to the party till around 7:30 because of work and packing, but everyone had a great time! John and I decided not to go down the slide, mostly because the sun was starting to set by the time we were seriously considering it. I definitely regret it now. I won’t pass it up next year ;) That night we also watched family videos, roasted smores, and almost everyone slept over! On Saturday morning we started off with a "5k" run around the block. I volunteered to push one of the nieces in a stroller, and that way I was ok with John running way ahead of me. He ended up keeping up with his 15 year old brother for about 3 blocks! Way to go John! After the run we had an awesome biscuits and gravy breakfast, talked, played games, went for snow cones, played the wii, ping-pong, the ukulele and so much more! John and I even stayed a bit longer and watched the adjustment bureau and enjoyed cheesecake! Perfect way to end the month :)
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