Who's excited for Breaking Dawn?

ME!!!!

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Sorry, I forgot to add that I actually posted on our own blog, pics of the Fourth of July. So, if you want to see them, click on our link on the right under about us, and go to the armour family blog. Sorry, I couldn't figure out how to edit my last blog so I didn't have to make two, oh well!! Love you guys:)

Happy 24th Of July!!

OK, so normally I feel like most of us skip over this holiday, since we're not in Utah and no one else celebrates it, but this year, with Mom doing a primary activity it's been more on my mind. I also realized it was probably more on every one's mind, since Laur and Steve have been helping Mom, and Shells at girls camp where they're probably doing something and Britts in Utah. So anyway, I have been trying to start doing some geneology work and I found some info on our very own pioneer ancestor. I realize some of you may have already known this, but I didn't and I thought it was neat, so I decided to share it. I knew that we must have had some pioneer ancestors, since our family is well rooted in Utah, but I never knew any real stories. So here's one I found out about. Grandma Flandro's maternal grandfather, Charles William Symons was born in London, England on June 17, 1845. I know he came over, but have yet to find a date or how or who with, but he definitely came over to the US sometime before age 19. At 19 he and his mother joined the Warren S. Snow Company of pioneers who were traveling to Salt Lake City. He was a teamster, and he drove a wagon,which provided for the fare and board of he and his mother Sarah Elsey Symons. They left Wyoming, Nebraska (which is on the west bank of the MO river about 40 mi south of Omaha) somewhere between the 13-17 of August 1864 and arrived in the valley on November 2, 1864. There is an autobiographical excerpt that I found that he wrote of his experience. There are also various articles written in magazines and books on him, but I haven't figured out how to access them without going to the history museums in Salt Lake or Provo. But I'm hoping there is a way, because I still have not been able to find out a lot of info on his wife Arzella Whitaker which he married four years after his arrival in SLC. Anyway, it was a lot of fun to hear his account and to learn more about one of our pioneer ancestors. To read his excerpt go to this link http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneerdetails/0,15791,4018-1-31363,00.html

and then click on read trail excerpt. You can also look around on there and see more about him. I love you guys!! Happy Pioneer Day!!

4th of July and Gage

Half Marathon

Ok, so I know some of you have already heard this idea that I have been concocting, but I thought I'd make sure and post so everyone knows about it and that all are invited to participate/attend. I have decided to train for the St. George half marathon. It is on Saturday January 19th at 9:00am in St. George Utah. I have discussed it with some of the fam and it sounds like most are pretty excited. Anyway, I thought it would be fun to have as many of us there as we can. Shell suggested making t-shirts that we can all wear that say something to do with Scoville Family, and I thought that would be so fun for us to all race if we can. Now, I know some of us are not really runners (me included) but we have a little over six months to train, so we should have plenty of time. Also, there is going to be a 5k the same day, I believe at the same time, and so maybe some could do that if they're not feeling up to the half marathon. Just so everyone knows, the half marathon is 13.1 miles and the 5k is 3.1 miles. So, hopefully everyone can participate somehow, and if not, we will definitely need some cheerleaders cheering us on. So, I have talked to Jon, Shell, and sort of Steve (mom talked to steve, but i'm calling him today since he doesn't really check the blog!). All are interested. So let me know if anyone else wants to come or participate. Oh, and Shell says to count Ty in for at least attending. There is a link to the page giving the details of the races. It is http://www.sgcity.org/recreation/races/painters.php Let me know if you have any questions, I think this could be a really fun way of getting together!! Love you guys. Steph

Day two (finally!)

The first thing we did on day two was to find the train from Fair Fax to Washington DC. We found it, road for about a half hour and when we got off at the closest stop to the White House, this is what we saw! Can you imagine an elephant! Lauren loves elephants! It was in the sort of patio area at the Ronald Reagan International building. It was pretty cool!




This is a close-up of a flower on a tree on the grounds of the White House. These trees are all over the grounds. There were all these pictures of previous Presidents digging holes to plant trees. Actually it was pretty cool! Some of the trees were a hundred years old! The flowers were beautiful.





This is the front of the White House. At least it's the side you always see in pictures. It was amazing to be actually standing where we have seen Presidents stand.














This is a picture of the Oval Office. If there hadn't been a guard outside that told us we would never have known. Pretty cool, huh?




After the White House we walked, walked and walked! One of the places we saw was Ford's Theatre, which is where President Lincoln was Shot. It was under construction so the sign was all we could see!








While i waited in line to see the Declaration of Independence, Steve and Laur went to the Navy Memorial,of course! Steven's future!!









The documents were really cool to see. Actually everything about Washington DC makes you feel so patriotic! It is amazing to actually see and be where all these famous historical things are!










We walked forever to get to the Capital Building and when we got there it was closed (and of course under construction!) But it is an awesome building even to see on the outside!

Well, that was day two. We found a train station and rode it back to Fairfax. We found a great little Italian dinner place really close to the hotel. Well, we thought it was going to be great, but they really screwed up our order and then really screwed it up again!! It ended up costing a lot of money! Oh well!

Keep watching for day three!

Here are some new pictures! We went to a thing called West Fest on Saturday and the boys got to take a ride in a helicopter ride. It was so much fun for them! Gage hasn't stopped talking about it yet!



This other helicopter is the army one that came when you were all here.

This picture is Gaven helping Chris run over all of those dumb cans finally! They are all gone yea!!! Chris took the boys to the cabin for a couple of days so there are a couple of those pictures. They had fun. I guess Gage kept trying to start the 4 wheelers without anyone's help and he almost got it going once! Gage has had some terrible allergies this summer. He looked really funny!

These two are of Gaven's birthday! He loved his cake, but you can tell that neither him or mom feel very good.

Well we are going to the cabin this weekend for the 4th so I will have more pictures to post. And can you believe that in a week and a half Gage will be 3! I can't! We are having a party at our house and I wish all of you could be here! I will post pictures of that too! We love all of you and miss you very much! Gage talks about all of you quite a bit!