Happy 6th Birthday Shay!!

Melina & I were lucky enough to be at Shay's birthday celebration.

We had a fun time staying with Doug & Mallena. They spoiled us. Melina & I painted our little hearts out. (Melina more than me. Ask her about 3 am painting). Doug was nice enough to pay for the fun things we found to decorate their home with. Mallena kept us fed with yummy food. And us girls had a fun night out at Breaking Dawn.

There was NO WAY I was going up this 17 foot ladder! Yea, Melina!

Final touches in their living room. Looks great, huh?

Alexander Craig is Here!!

Alex was born Tuesday at 4:10 pm--7lbs 12 oz--21 inches

Rebecca and Alex---looking good!

Just a little off the top and sides, please

We did some yard work today and Larry decided (thankfully) that a couple of branches need to go.

Camping fun

Here is our campsite finallyBrigham & Jaz made their own little campsite in a group of trees by us.

Jaz even decorated it with flowers in the trees.

Not lookin' Good

We decided to try and get in a camping trip this week-end. Larry & I left on Friday about 2:30, thinking we would get up there early and find a great campsite. After driving further than we planned, (campsites were taken), we found a nice spot. We drove Larry's car back to where we had left the truck, camper, 4-wheelers. I then drove back to meet Shane & Melina to show them where we were. Larry was going to go set up camp. When I got phone reception, I discovered that Shane & Melina's truck's steering had gone out on them & Melina & kids were stranded near the Ririe dam. I drove down to get them while Shane was exchanging trucks. We drove back up thinking that Larry would have the campsite all set up. This is what we found:

Four wheeling pics

Castle LakeSunset in Lime Kiln Canyon

Birthday party at Watson's

For Addison's 1st birthday, Jason & Dani threw a HUGE party with a HUGE waterslide! Jake was not impressed.

Neither was Gemma when she got splashed.

Congratulations Miriam!!

The 4th of July was extra special this year. Miriam was baptized by her daddy!

Here are all my lovely grandkids (except for baby Alex who won't arrive for another month or so)

Jazlyn, Miriam holding Gemma, Brigham holding Chance, Shaylynn, Jacob, Courtney

And here are all of us together!! My, how we have grown.

1st Annual BYUI Alumni day

Melina talked Larry & I into running in a 50 lap relay race last night. Larry had a good time--about 2 and a half minutes. He even looks like he was enjoying it--should, he's a former track star. Melina grabs the baton is off running. Her time was about a minute quicker than Larry's.
BYUI had a picnic before the race at the gardens. They had drawings during the meal. I got a shirt and Miriam won a mug. It is so pretty there. Brigham climbed up to the top of this little waterfall.

Shay, Miriam, Courtney, Jaz. One of these four is a wannabe model. Can you guess who?

Random pictures, random thoughts, random times

It didn't take much persuading (none at all) for Grandpa to give out rides. Larry takes everything as a challenge to be met. I thought he would get high centered.
Weird, huh? A street sign way out here? It was a dead end.

Happy, happy, happy

Where are your teeth, Brigham?

Family times are good times!

We are using our firepit a lot lately. I have eaten WAY too many s'mores this summer.Doug gets acquainted with his little niece, Gemma.
I wouldn't be surprised if our grandkids associate going to Oma & Papa's house to equaling a 4-wheeler ride.

Can you believe it?

Yup, this is me all by myself, going up what I consider a very steep hill. Larry made me, twice. We had to turn around at this point. We had already gotten stuck in snow on another trail.
This is where you get dropped off to float down to Mack's Inn.

Am I boating or 4-wheeling? Larry made it through, so I figured I could too. It was a little deep.What's camping without a campfire?

Slumber party

Whoever called it a "slumber" party seriously lied. These two went to bed late & got up early. 6:30 am early.

Psst, I've got a secret

Chance & Gemma...aren't they adorable?

Jazzy Jaz

Jaz did a great job at her dance recital! It was so fun getting to see her perform. Such a cutie!

Larry to the rescue

This poor bird made the unfortunate mistake of plowing into our window on Saturday. He left feathers all over and managed to knock himself out cold. Larry picked him up and has been taking care of him since then, giving him drinks of water and bird seed. The bird is getting better at flying with its hurt wing.

Bird feeders are for the birds?

I believe we are feeding the entire bird population of Menan. We have so many Golden Finches and an assortment of other birds. I need Jan's help identifying them. But then we caught this not-so-sneaky thief trying to get his share.
I hate to admit this, but Larry hung a somewhat empty peanut butter jar out by this bird feeder after I took this picture. He claims he wants to see a messy squirrel.

Happy Mother's Day to all 4 of my beautiful daughters

Cake made by Melina--YUM1st steps of my Mother's Day gift...thanks Kids!
Even though it was kind of cold, they were determined to get it put together.

And the grandkids were delighted with the end result! This will make Oma's house even more fun to come visit now. Katy's dad also gave me a slide for a wading pool that CeCe had outgrown. Can't wait for Miriam & Shay to come try it out with the rest of the kids!

Thanks also to Doug & Mallena for the Zumba card! I was going to take a picture of me in my work-out clothes & card, but I chickened out.