"Swinging" Weekend

We had the chance to go to Pocatello last Friday to visit with family. We stayed at Jeremy and Sarah's on our way to Utah Saturday for Dale's nephew's wedding in American Fork. Alisa and Grant were in Idaho Falls to go to the temple, so they met us at the Blackfoot Park Friday evening, a fun mid-way place to let the kids play together and all visit. Uncle Chad was a hit and the kids enjoyed going down the slide train- style with him. They loved to swing and thanks to Aunt Collette, we have these great pictures.
Little Ryker is really growing up fast! He loves to be outside with everyone. We enjoyed going to Burger King after and getting some yummy ice cream.

The wedding Saturday morning in the Mount Timpanogas Temple was very beautiful. We enjoyed visiting with Dale's family, we don't get to do that very often. We stopped and had a nice visit with my sister, Julie. She is always so glad to see us and fills me in on what is going on in AF and all about the family there.
We are headed up Pocatello way again this weekend to see our new little Mikelle and to do the farmer's market in Idaho Falls Saturday morning.

Baptism and Blessing

This was a special weekend for the Clark family. Jef and Sarah's oldest boy, Logan, was baptized Saturday the 5th at their Stake center in Kuna. Jef did a beautiful job with the baptism and confirmation, I was very proud of him. Logan was so excited and I am very proud of him, too. It certainly is a milestone when your first grandchild is baptized. Sarah will blog more details and pictures.

After dinner at their house, we all went swimming in the motel where we were staying. I had a fun and busy time taking turns zooming Malia and Cole around in the pool. Chad pretty well kept everyone wet with his cannonballs. I can't believe what little fishes my grandkids are!

Ella was blessed Sunday in their ward and Chad, Dale, and Cameron stood in the circle from our family. Jefrey gave a beautiful blessing and Sarah bore a wonderful testimony. This sweet granddaughter is number 11 of the 13 grandchildren that we will have by the end of this month. After lunch we took pictures, here are a few that I liked.Thanks Sarah for suggesting this one of Jef, Ella, and me.

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I liked these with Grandpa posing with his grandchildren, as it is a rare occurance that he gets the chance to do so. They all love their grandpa very much.

I love all of our family very much. They are so special to me and I am so grateful that we have the chance to be a forever family.

Fun on the 4th of July

We celebrated the 4th of July at Cameron and Mary's. We barbequed in the back yard, it really is looking great with Mary's beauitful flowers and their newly- stained fence that they worked hard on earlier that day. Bailee wanted me to watch a movie they recorded from the Disney channel called "Camp Rock" that we saw the previews of when I tended them a while back, so we watched it in Braden's room. Even when the kids got tired of it, I just had to finish it, even though it had a predictable teeny-bopper plot and the Joshua Brothers saving the day! We walked to a dead-end street near their house and watched the fireworks from CSI at dark and then finished off the evening with Cameron and Chad firing off some fun ones in front of their house. I took my camera but relaxed so much that I didn't take any pictures. Mary took some and I think she will post them. (I did make a festive "Wave Your Flag" cake from a recipe out of a magazine...put that one in Mary, if it turned out). Thanks for a great time!

Grandma Trip

I loved my trip to Montana to Alisa's and was blessed to be able to fly there and spend 12 days. I only get to visit there maybe once or twice a year, so this was a special time. I was so glad to help with cute little Ryker and have so much fun with Avery, Kyler, and Zadyn. I mostly played with the kids while Mom tried to rest when Ryker rested. In the mornings we went for walks or rode bikes on their bike path; jumped on the trampoline; enjoyed swinging; played baseball and school; and weeded in the garden a few rows everyday. After lunch, we went downstairs and "rested" (I think Grandma was the only one who closed her eyes for any length of time) and watched a movie, we took turns choosing. We went to the library after Ryker's check-up one day and roasted hot dogs and marshmallows on their portable fire pit one evening. It warmed up enough to run through the sprinkler and play in the pool. Ryker is very lucky to have such attentive brothers and sister, they always loved singing and reading to him. Here are a few pictures that I took, you can tell Ryker has changed, as new babies do, in the time I was there. Looking forward to his blessing in August and celebrating Zadyn's birthday.