4TH OF JULY ~ FUGAL FAMILY REUNION

We had an awesome Fugal Family Reunion at the Pleasant Grove, Utah Swimming Pool and pavilion! I am sorry I didn't get any pictures of all the clan...Emily must have them all! ha ha But here are a couple of our family!

The highlight of the day was going to The Stadium of Fire in Provo. My brother Dan got all sorts of tickets for the event and shared with us! Glen Beck was the MC and hold on to your seats....the Jonas Brothers were the entertainment!

The Beehives in our ward are totally in LOVE with the Jo Bros...

it was so much fun to be there with all the excitement and all the crying girls...

yes, they were really crying....

You would think it was the Beatles all over again!

Emily, Jessica & I were all caught up in the moment and chearing them on....I didn't know any of their songs but it was still a blast!!

Then the fireworks were amazing!

We were right down on the football field, 4th row back! AWESOME!!

Thanks Dan for getting us the tickets!!

The fireworks were great! Being down on the football field was a little treacherous at times...everytime the wind would blown into the stadium... ashes and embers would land all over us. The girl in front of us had a big burn in her dress...they were so bright Gregg had to wear his sunglasses (also to keep the ashes out of his eyes) and I had the program on my head because of the rain of ashes!! Never have experienced that before!!

HELP!! I'M DROWNING!!

Kyle decided to try to get a job at Folsom Lake as a Lifeguard this summer. He had a couple of friends try it last summer and they didn't get past the first test...he figured he would try just to see if he could past the first fitness test if so fine...if not...he had a good workout!

He had to initially do a swim/run fitness test. (You have to swim 1000 yards in under 20 minutes, then do a run, swim, run test, and complete that in under 20 minutes.

These tests are where a lot of kids don't pass.

Most of the people trying to get the job were all college students, Kyle was the only 16 year old.)
Then they had a formal interview. After he passed that, there was an 8 day/10 hour day training in Southern California for all the Lifeguard trainees all over California. It was gruelling and he was so glad when it was finished. He successfully met the standard of inland training including open water rescue, search and recovery, paddleboard.

Advanced first aid, CPR, AED and Oxygen Therapy.

It was a grueling week but worth the $15 per hour he gets working at the lake!

Too bad it’s only a seasonal job!
All that training will come in handy this fall when he does R.O.P. Law Enforcement.

I AM SUPRISED THERE HAVEN'T BEEN MORE

FAKE DROWNINGS WITH SUCH

A HANDSOME LIFEGUARD ON DUTY!!

NEW YORK

We were able to be chaperone's for Kyle's performing group Upstage. We went to New York City and were able to see so many sights there, such as the Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, the Natural History Museum, Central Park, Ground Zero, shopped on canal street, and saw the play Wicked just to name a few things! We had so much fun. There were 26 kids in the performing group and 20 chaperones. We are not sure who had more fun...the chaperones or the kids! After 3 days in the city we took a bus ride up to see the Peter Witmer Farm, Niagra Falls and ended with Palmyra and the Sacred Grove. The group performed 2 times, once at the Children's Hospital...it was pretty neat because they had a large open room and all set up with video equipment so the performance could be taped and broadcast into all the rooms throughout the hospital for those too sick to come down to watch. Then they performed at a rest home where the old folks just loved seeing them and feeling their enthusiasm and zest for life! We had a wonderful trip and wished it could have lasted longer!

I didn't get a picture of me with my great purse purchases!! That was an adventure I will never forget!! I am ready to go back for more!!

Kyle was so tall in the Joseph Smith home that he got bonked on the head!

OHHHH.....OMAHA!

Gregg had a convention with the company he does his investments through in Omaha, Nebraska. (Securities America). It was the 25th anniversary of the company so they wanted everyone to come to Omaha to see headquarters. I looked at the schedule and it seemed strange that Gregg would be in meetings all day long. In years past...they usually quit around 2 or 3 in the afternoon for a few hours of free time before dinner. After walking around the area where we were I realized that there really isn't that much to do there in Omaha so maybe that is why they didn't give them any free time!! I had fun exploring though! I walked across the largest pedestrian bridge to the neighboring state of Iowa!! There was the Lewis and Clark Tail and they happened to have a sand castle contest that weekend right by the Qwest center where all the meetings were held. It was fun to walk over and see the amazing things people can do with sand!!! Gregg decided to skip out of one of the mornings meetings and we rented a car and went to Council Bluffs, Iowa where the Kanesville Tabernacle is where Brigham Young was ordained Prophet. Then we went to Winter Quarters right there in Omaha. It was fun to be able to see some more church history sights! The Winter Quarters Temple is really small. I was hoping to be able to do a session but it isn't open very many hours during the week. Maybe next time. I went to a couple of the guest speakers they had....the first one was Chris Gardner...the author or Pursuit of Happyness. A true story about his life being homeless and how he worked hard to overcome it. If you haven't seen the movie you need to see it...it is really good! Then the next speaker was Colin Powell...I wasn't sure if I wanted to hear him speak he has been such a strange one the past year or so but I went and it was really good...he didn't get political...which was very good!! One night we went to SA headquarters and got a tour of their new office space then had a tailgate party in the parking lot with a yummy barbeque and fun games to play. The next night they took us to Henry Doorly Zoo to eat with the animals! (Glad the animals didn't eat us!!) They had different kind of tasty treats in several venues such as The Rain Forest, The Aquarium where we ate with sharks swimming around us, The Desert Dome and Gorilla Valley. It was pretty cool!! The next night they picked us up in a Limo Bus (never heard of them, but they are for real!) and took us over for a private show with the Omaha Symphony and fancy dinner. It's kind of fun to live the life of the rich and famous!! ha ha It really was a fun trip! It's always fun to see something new! It would have been more fun if Gregg wasn't stuck in meetings all day!!

THE LIMO BUS

This was in front of the Qwest Center where all the meetings were

This is the road going into Con Agra Foods

Pretty Impressive with all those flags!

Part of the Lewis & Clark walkway

The Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge
The longest pedestrian bridge to link two states, crossing over the Missouri River linking Nebraska and Iowa. It is 3,000 Feet long.

THE ZOO





SAND ART

NEW BRIGHTON BEACH CAMPING

This was a very interesting year for us in Santa Cruz! We were glad that Mike & Jess and Jon & Julia's families got to come down but so sorry that it wasn't a typical year. First of all, Mardi was in and out of the emergency room with terrible pain which they could not figure out but eventually went away, then the weather was a bit chilly with the sun not coming out (except for Sunday of course) Gregg and I are perfectly happy with no sun (it makes for perfect, cool naps in the afternoon!!) and Friday night when Kyle went to bed he said he didn't feel too well, thinking that something he ate maybe didn't agree with him. In the middle of the night he woke up throwing up and it didn't stop until 12 hours later. He was exhausted! There is nothing worse than throwing up and being sick while you are camping. He practically froze all night being outside throwing up. He came into the trailer in the morning to try to get some real sleep but he was still sick. Mike and Jess had to go to the Boardwalk all by themselves...I am sure the newlyweds didn't mind too much!!

Then to top it all off Gregg got sick Monday morning just in time to pack up and go home....it was a miserable ride home but luckily I only had to pull over once so Gregg could throw up! Yuck!!
I hate barf!! I don't know how I lucked out....but I never got that flu! Lucky Me!!
I was so glad that Mike and Jess were there to help with the unpacking and clean up!
Sorry Guys!! But THANK YOU!!!

CELEBRATING AN EARLY BIRTHDAY FOR JESSICA

Twinkies with Strawberries:

Gregg likes to keep everyone entertained with different kind of contests:

CELERY????

POOR SICK KYLE...

THIS IS PRETTY MUCH HOW HE SPENT THE WEEKEND

Here's hoping next year is better! It can't get worse right???

EXCITING LIFE WE HAVE!!

BROWNIE FUN!

O.K. So you may wonder what old people do when their children are grown and almost gone...well, yesterday Kyle made brownies and for some reason it got close to the end of the pan and we started cutting little random pieces off to eat. (I get so embarrassed when I eat the whole pan of brownies! ha ha) Kyle must feel the same way, so when we woke up in the morning this is what was left over..it sort of resembled a dinosaur until we cut the tail off...now it looked more like a duck! The picture really doesn't do it justice!!

I seriously am concerned about the quality of our life when Kyle leaves!!

Don't be laughing your heads off LeBarons on our fancy artwork!!

SUGAR & SPICE AND EVERYTHING NICE!

In no particular order...but gotta warn you....you will have a sore neck...still don't know how to make the pictures come out right!!

A PICTURE IS WORTH A

THOUSAND WORDS.......
NEED I SAY MORE???

OHHHHH....SO ADORABLE!!

I NEED MY GRANDDAUGHTERS BACK!!!