Squalls, Blocks and Bok Boks

For the second time this week, I experienced a huge rainstorm followed by a chicken sighting. Apparently that sequence of events is no longer new or out of the ordinary. But this time the rainstorm and the chickens were bookends for a very unusual event.

This afternoon we headed up to Salt Lake City in a furious downpour to attend a special party hosted by our niece Megan and her husband Scott. They had ordered an entire case of Lego minifigures (60 of them!) and also invited another family who are mutual friends of ours. We spent a blissful afternoon divvying up the stash, snarfing pizza and tasty Lego cookies that Megan made with mini marshmallows and brightly colored icing, and watching an animated Lego movie.


Jack scored an entire set plus a few extra sailors. His birthday has clearly begun four days early.


Just as we were about to leave, Megan mentioned that her parents now have chickens. Chickens! Since they only lived a couple of blocks away, we had to go see them before heading home.


I've never seen such an exceptional chicken coop in such a lovely setting.