Fred Leavitt: A Great Weekend With Half The Family

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

A Great Weekend With Half The Family

Monday, March 3, 2025

Late in January, Sarah & Sam and Family were going to be in Arizona. Well Sarah & Family didn’t make that trip and it got postponed until this last weekend. We couldn’t get any of the cheap tickets so we drove out. It was a quick trip but a ton of fun.

Mom left work early last Friday and we arrived not too late but the kids were all in bed so we visited with Kira and Justin for a little bit, said goodnight and went to bed ourselves.

Saturday we all did the Renaissance Festival and it was a ton of fun. While it was a ton of fun, it wasn’t all that conducive to visting with each other. Ben and Sarah and their families arrived just before 1:00 and we hugged and kissed and then separated based on the varying interests of the eleven grand kids and several of their friends.

Even when we were able to hook up, it was usually to watch a show and so it was hard to visit and everyone was worried about losing a kid.

In any case, the shows were (for the most part) great and the jousting was fun and the plan was to end up at Kira and Justins for a pool party. Unfortunately, Mom and Kira’s car ended up leaving at the worst time, and it took them over an hour just to get out of the parking lot and another hour to get home. The party didn’t happen, but we put all the kids to bed and Kira, Mom and I headed to Bens to get in a proper visit.

Sunday was Kira’s stake conference so mom and I met up with Ben and Sarah and their entourage for breakfast at “Joes Farm” and then we all left just after 10:00. Sarah and Sharly left for their tatoo appointments and the rest of us crashed at Bens house.

Around noon we all headed back to Kira’s for that pool party and lunch. Mom and I headed for home shortly after 3:00 and had a great drive home. The only mishap was when I did a canon ball into the pool with my hearing aids in. About an hour later I realized that I hadn’t taken them out. We found them on the bottom of the pool and quickly put them in a bag of rice. I need to check them this morning to see if they still work. I really hope they do.