Home and Home

going home to utah every summer is a must

A must because

I must see my family

I must indulge on shaved ice

I must eat at cafe rio

I must sit on Mom and Dad's back porch

with my sisters

while the kids run through the sprinkler

and jump on the trampoline

and hunt for rolly pollies

and eat endless creamies

and while we chat and cry and laugh and make fun

And then,

we go to where we always go every summer

since I can remember

This year we said

Really, we need a bigger cabin

Because after all there are.....33 of us plus two on the way

Oh, and a Chiwawa

So we got a bigger cabin

Which meant Papa HAD to get a bigger boat

One we could tuck the kiddos away from the sun in

and one we could dance and sing and teach the kiddos

how to ski and wake board and ride the tube without getting wet

But isn't it interesting that we did it all back at the old cabin?

The cabin I remember going to with Papa to finish building

and roll out the carpet--that hasn't changed since I was 3?

All the kiddos lined the beach

skipping rocks and looking for minnows and fish egg pods

And asking why does the water smell like......?

It still has the same smell that you only know if you have been

there before.

We found sticks and twisted hangers and made

marshmellow torches that tasted like mosquito repellant

and watched the bats and the same sun set

over the same lake

We walked the streets and shops of West

and ate popcorn and lollie pops and fudge

Yes, the fudge

While our faces were lit by the laughter of the PlayMill

Oh and of course we went to Lagoon too.

And then on the last day,

We decided we needed a puppy of our own to take home.

(the first pup was....a nightmare?  and this one, well lets just say

he is a fluffy little cloud name Giorgi Bernardo)

I love this family of mine.