Summertime in Heber City 2009

Fair Days arrives in mid July in these parts and runs through the first part of August. Other events in the community are scheduled during this time as well. We attended the annual Relay for Life to try our hand at winning a raffle basket. Once again we walked away empty handed but at least the money goes to a good cause. We were disappointed in the entertainment though this year. I was glad to be sitting BEHIND the bleachers to eat dinner with my family while the MR. Relay pageant was going on. On stage the dressed up men danced for money. What kind of message is this sending? The rest of the evening the 'cross dressers' mingled through the crowd and quite frankly I thought it was creepy. Matt and I both agree that there isn't anything funny about seeing a man dressed as a woman. A few weeks later the community hosted a "drag" softball game to raise money for the CJC (Children's Justice Center). I joined my voice in protest to the local authorities but the game went on as scheduled thought we were not in attendance. The following Monday night Mallerie used FHE to pass off a Faith in God requirement. We read the Proclamation on the family. The part where it talks about gender being an essential role was a good time to talk about the "entertainment" we had seen!

The following night was the MISS Wasatch Pageant and we enjoyed the tunes of Abba sprinkled throughout the program. However, the evening was not without controversy either. A bored teen in the back used his voice and some choice words to describe what he thought of the evening. AWKWARD.

The Farmers Market runs throughout the summer every Thursday night at the city park. A live band plays while local farmers unload their crop and venders sell their food and goods. We usually just look but this time Color Me Mine was there and Mallerie and Ava enjoyed painting their ceramics till the sun set.

During the fair only Mallerie and Ava entered the 4H Fashion/Talent show. It was a good thing I was in attendance as well since I ended up being one of the piano movers between talent entries. It was all good till the other gal rolled the piano over my toe. I put on my best, "Oh, that didn't hurt at all" face and the show went on!

We all agreed we needed to stay away from the carnival because we knew none of us would have the strength to tell Graham “no” about going on the rides. It would be too tempting after being able to get on any ride at Lagoon. So instead we went to the outdoor movie, “Astronaut Farmer.” I was on the phone with my VT companion making arrangements since we were taking her daughter when she learned that we had not seen the movie before. She started telling me all about it. Well, I’m one who doesn’t like to know ANYTHING about a movie. I practically don’t even like to know who is in it. So I butted in, “Yeah, there was a write-up in the paper.” This was true, there had been a write up in the paper, I just chose not to read it!

Mallerie made her usual haul by entering her crafts in the exhibits and chose to buy a rip stick with her earnings this time instead of a doll. I entered some photos I had taken of the flowers in the backyard. Katrina didn't get a lip-sync together in time to enter so the honors went to someone else but I had a great idea if she changed her mind. I said she should come out all frumpy and there would be a judges table where they were rolling their eyes. Then the music would start and it would be Susan Boyle's "I Dreamed a Dream" and as soon as she started 'singing' the judges would start clapping and crying and crying their eyes out.