Swiss Days!

We are accepted into Swiss Days!
Those of you who know Justin and I well, know that Swiss Days is fun time for our family. We work together throughout the entire summer building our inventory of floral arrangements and furniture to sell at the biggest and funnest craft show I have ever seen.

The whole event is centered around a Swiss theme, the valley was originally settled by, you guessed it, the Swiss. The homes in the area have Swiss shutters and painting on them of boars, and swiss horns, and beautiful scroll work. My grandma Denning would call it "very quaint."

Anyway, Swiss Days has tons of food...(all profit from food goes to the LDS church mission fund),bratwursts and sour kraut, desserts, a big dinner on Saturday night of meat cooked all day in an underground pit. (Justin's favorite)

The kids love to go on Saturday after all the crazy women have shopped till they drop and play on the inflatable slides and jump castles. Did I mention there is over 200 booths of hand crafted items.

Our families have come up as they can, my mom has come almost every year, even with all her travels. My sisters have come several times, and one year we flew them up to help us with floral production before the show. That was fun.
My dad even came one year and helped with the boys. Remember that... Kallin chucked gum through the air and hit some guy in the shoulder while my dad was in a cotton candy line with them. I would have got after him but I think Grandpa was a true to form Grandpa. I don't remember for sure... probably told Kallin to look the other way and hope the guy who got it in the shoulder was looking for someone in the other direction.
Justins Aunt Carol came one year with Betty and helped with Porter when he was a baby. She passed away a few months later. Justin's mom has commented that she's glad she that time with her sister.

We always see people there that we enjoy a camaraderie with this one time of the year. Some are fellow vendors. It is fun to catch up and see the new items they are making.
I also love to see friends and acquaintances that come shopping. Billie Jo is my cousin Cameron's sister-in-law. She runs a dance studio here in Utah, when she comes to Swiss Days I enjoy that she stops at my booth and says hello.
My boys preschool teacher, Marlene Sheppard, also goes faithfully every year with her girls. She starts her preschool after Swiss Days every year. Even if the Elementary Schools started the week before, she waits till she gets her shopping in. We have even had Floridians come say hi.

The show signals the end of summer and beginning of the new school year. I truly love Swiss Days as the fun event that we look forward to with hopes for some extra cash we have worked for together and some good ole country fun. Hope whoever can come will, we have some extra beds!