Next Up, Decorating the Graves and Our Girls' Tea Party at Patty's

On Monday morning, June 4th, Roger and I drove with

 Patty and Hal to Logan, after picking up gorgeous 

flower arrangements at Evan's wholesale floral 

operation.  We met up in the Logan Cemetery with 

Joan, Whitney, Missy and kids, who had come from

 Boise.  Well, Missy actually drove to Malad Sunday 

night and stayed over with Jedd's parents.  Roger and 

I had stayed in Mickelsen's beautiful new home on 

Sunday night in the Doll Room.

Decorating the Graves

This was also a special day because it was Patty and 

Hal's anniversary!

We have so many happy memories with these 

wonderful guys!

The Logan Cemetery looked so beautiful and we were 

all happy that it worked out that we could meet and 

honor Mom and Dad 

and all of our other loved ones buried there.

Roger's camera was focused on Miss Ellie 

quite a bit that day!

The original plan had been to eat at Maddox, but it 

is closed on Mondays, so we ate pizza at Roger's and my 

and Missy and Jedd's college hangout, Fredrico's. 

The salad is exactly as they have always served it, 

with a big sliced red beet on top!

No trip to Logan is complete without 

an Aggie ice cream cone!

We also had a quick stop for Bluebird chocolates.

Some traditions are fully necessary, 

especially such yummy ones!

 We then headed to Wellsville to James and Sarah 

Park's graves 

(they raised Grandma Libby after her mother died).

It was a hot day in Cache Valley, and the shaded lawn 

was inviting, as we talked about our 

honored loved ones of the past!

In fact, it was so inviting, Hal fell sound asleep!

Ellie thought it was cool wearing her mom's sunglasses.

Girls' Tea Party at Patty's

We decorated the tables with 

my mom's bone china tea sets.

Patty, Joan and I cooked like maniacs the night before

 and that morning before the tea.

Kelly brought an exquisite flower arrangement.

I made this Southwest layer salad.  

It has homemade cornbread between the layers and 

on top.

We also made this 

crunchy broccoli and cauliflower salad. . . 

. . . Oriental chicken salad . . . 

. . . and Joan made these delicious 

banana pecan cupcakes with salted maple buttercream

 and topped with raw sugar.

Allison made these yummy mint brownies . . .

. . . Whitney made these pretty sugar cookie tarts . . .

. . . and Kelly and Treygan (they are his specialty) 

made these to-die-for lemon rolls.

We also made a yummy fruit salad. Jessica was 

staying with Patty, too, and she helped with 

EVERYTHING!  She is so talented!

Whitney also made homemade herbal mint 

(made from fresh mint leaves) tea.  It was delicious!

Aren't these lots of cute little faces?

These are the cousins able to attend - from bottom 

left, Kelly, Whitney, Tricia, Allison, Jessica and Missy.

It all tasted so good! 

Roger was snapping away some candid shots.

I love this annual event!  

It's such a bonding with our girls thing!

Hope more and more can come each year.

 Patty, thank you for starting it and 

I hope it will continue every year in our family 

for a long time!