The Birthday Party

A little after twelve today we drove to Utah county.  We had some shopping to do and a birthday party to attend.  It rained all the way and all the way home.  Our first stop was at Walmart in Payson.  Stop number two was at Sam's Club in Provo.  We walked through the store, picked up a few items.  There were many sampling stations at this time.  We tried a lot of the samples.  One the way out I saw Dean Sampson, a cousin of mine whom I haven't seen for a long time.  Other than I talked to him at the same Sam's Club a couple of weeks ago.  I wanted to get a picture then but didn't think about at that time and when we left, I couldn't find him.

Below is the picture that Carol took.  I am on the left and Dean on the right.

We went to the birthday party of Patrick Lewis, our great grandson.  With some difficulty we found Emily's house.  First of all we finished our shopping with a couple of hours before the party was to start.  We were close to WinCo's so we walked through the store and bought a few things.  We stopped at Gary's house to visit while we waited for the party time.  They were not home.  We then made our way to Emily's house.  All this time it was raining.  Sometimes is was heavy rain and other time is was a sprinkle.  Using the UPS on my phone, we found her house and then parked at the nearby church and waited.  We had to wait 90 minutes.  We listened to the radio, we called Elizabeth and Lisa to help pass the time away.  At about a quarter to seven we drove in front of the home.  Knocked on the door.  A teenager came to the door, and it was not the right house.  It was dark and stormy, we couldn't see the house number,  I walked up to the door, good news.  The house number is the one that we wanted.  We went in and visited.  A little later other family members came including The Bingham's who were Emily's Grandparents.   We visited more and then were served with pizza pie. 

I bought the three sweet potatoes on the right at Sam's Club.  The lighter one on the left came from WinCo.

They had prepared a piñata and the younger children there took turns trying to smash it.  Photos below. 

 An interesting sideline: Patrick was hitting hard and some pieces of candy fell on the floor.  He would stop and pick them up and put them back in the piñata.  The he would hit again.   Patrick is the one with his back to use.  His mother, Emily, is to the left.

It turned eight and soon after that we went home.  It rained all the way home.  The lines on the road were hard to see because of the darkness and the rain.  We got home just before ten.