The boys are really improving with their American Ninja Warrior skills. They take weekly classes with a coach and practice any chance they get outside of the gym. We have a pull up bar in our kitchen that they hang on and do pull ups on multiple times a day. It is fun to see them conquer new obstacles.
Danny and I went golfing at Hobble Creek. We only played 9 holes and I didn't totally embarrass myself. We got paired up with 2 men in their 70's and I was worried about how I would play with an audience since I haven't golfed in over 6 years. They commented a few times on how impressed they were with the way I played. I think the highlight of the morning was when I parred a hole by missing a chip onto the green and having the ball roll really fast right towards the pin and dropping into the hole. I couldn't have repeated that shot if I tried a hundred times.
We met up with Shannon and her girls at American Fork's Splash Party. They played on inflatables, waded through foam, got wet under the fireman's hose, and at some dippin dots. It was a fun afternoon.
Danny and I went up to Sundance for their summer theater production and BBQ. This year the play was "Newsies/" This is probably the 5th time we have seen this play in the past year. It was well done. We got rained on a little bit, but it wasn't too bad so we stuck it out to the end. There was a little bit of a delay so we got home later than usual. Sundance added in a nice little trail from the upper parking lot to the theater, so that was nice to take that instead of riding the tram down the hill to the lower lot and then walking back up the hill to the theater. It was about a half mile walk and really pretty.
Ashley's dreams came true this past week when she and Lula performed on a stage in front of a big crowd. Before COVID, Lehi used to have an animal talent show and the last time they held it was in 2019. Ashley had been working on some tricks with Lula, but she didn't feel like they were quite ready for the show that year, but she decided to work hard with her and enter her into the show the following year. Well, as we all know, the world shut down that next year so Lehi did not have their animal talent show. Unfortunately, they didn't have it in 2021, 2022, or 2023 either. However, in 2023, I noticed that American Fork had a talent show in July. So I looked up talent shows for both cities this summer and Lehi still did not have theirs, but American Fork did. So Ashley put together a demo video of some of Lula's tricks and sent it in. They accepted her and Lula into their talent show a few days later and she was sooooo excited. So the next week and half was spent putting together a 5 minute routine and testing it out in different public venues. Some places did not go well and Lula ran away. Fortunately, we tested it out in the park where she would perform a few times before the show and she always did well there. But as the night arrived, we still had not had a successful run through with an audience. So Ashley was really worried. We also did not know if they would have an over-the-head mic for Ashley since she needed both hands to do tricks with Lula. She was really nervous it wouldn't go well. The time arrived to go on stage. Tyler and Camden helped Ashley with the tricks and Danny and I stood guard on both sides of the stage to keep Lula from running. The 5 minutes went pretty well. They did have the head mic and Lula cooperated with almost all of the tricks. She got a lot of cheers and Ashley was happy with how she did.
My childhood friend, Desiree, came into to town, so we got together to catch up on life. It was good to see her.
Camden was in "101 Dalmatians" at the Lehi Arts Center. He was one of the dalmatian puppies and had so much fun singing and dancing on stage. We will see if we can get him into the fall production of Nemo. One of his best friends, Eliza, was in the play with him. They were so cute.
Both of his grandpa's got to come see the play.
It was only a half an hour long, but they only had 2 weeks of rehearsals, so it is probably good that it wasn't longer. It has been fun having Grandpa Miner here to visit.
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