Lamb Day, July 2009

So I am only about two months behind, but life has been a little busy.

Lamb day was on July 18. We had an awesome time with family and friends. We had all of Aunt Cora's kids and their families there. We had our traditional family talent show. Sammi and Joe sang, told jokes, and we told a nursery rhyme with Jake. What talent we have! There were so many people there that we took down Shelly's trailer for more beds and an extra toilet.
Some of the highlights and traditional favorites:
1. The parade - Sammi and Joe got to ride in Bob's truck and throw candy!
2. Making lamb sandwiches.
3. The dunking booth - Sammi and Joe had fun cooling off! It was a hot day!
4. The Sheeper Creeper and games at the park.
5. The sawdust dive.
6. Castco icecream bars and tons of yummy food!
7. Fireman's Raffle drawing - we won a 10' dutch oven and dinner at the Burger Bar!

Just horsing around

Becca just sent me these photos from Maks' birthday. Jacob loved riding the horses. Thanks Ivan for capturing the fun in these great photos!

Joe's Baptism

Joe got baptized on Sat. July 11. It was a very nice program. There are so many people that love and support Joe. He had so many family members there from all four of his parent's families. After his baptism, we had Mark's and my family over for refreshments in the backyard. Later that evening Joe and Sammi went over to their Mom's for a barbeque with Scott's and her family. It was such a special day. We are proud of Joe and his choice to be baptized!

4th of July Weekend

We had a fun 4th of July weekend. We started out by going to the Balloon fest early Friday morning. It is always neat to see the balloons take off. We went over to the Colonial Days fest and played games. Sammi made a corn husk doll. We then had a picnic and walked around to all of the booths. Sammi and Joe went back to their Mom's and we went down to F.G. We went to a fun birthday barbeque where Jacob got to ride on the horses. The next morning we went over to Moroni for the parade. We enjoyed food at the Malt shoppe in Ephraim and then went back to F.G. We helped to paint the patio for a while and the kids played in the pool and playground. The boys went for a ride on the Razer and 4 wheeler. Then in between rain storms we enjoyed fireworks. It was a busy and fun weekend.

Humpty Dumpty

Jacob loves to read Nursery Rhymes with Grandma Gerry. He always gets his little "lamby" and sits on her lap to read. If he starts reading without "lamby," once they get to a rhyme with a lamb in it he has to stop and go get "lamby." The other day he was sitting on the back of the couch looking out the window and then tipped back onto the couch and said, "Humpty Dumpty had a great fall." It was so funny! It is fun to see him making connections to his world, (text to self - for all of you teachers.) He is able to recite several words and phrases of Nursery Rhymes. He will often finish the sentences while reading them. We are working on memorizing the entire rhyme Humpty Dumpty. He is at a fun stage of development!

Provo Airport

We took the kids plus two of our neighbors, Gideon and Ammon, to the Provo Airport during the last week of June to see the last operating B-24 Bomber that was on display there. There were also many other planes and a few helicopters on display as well. The kids got to sit in many of the them and touch them. They thought it was pretty cool. Then to make it even a "cooler" experience the fire truck squirt down all of the hot kids. The big kids loved running in the water. Jacob liked walking in the puddles. It was a fun little trip.

Fishing Fun

For family night on June 29th, we went to Vivian Park for a picnic dinner and fishing. It was the first time that we let Jacob have his own pole. He did pretty well. He sat in his little camp chair and watched his line. Just as I was taking his picture he got a bite. Mark helped to hold the rod while he reeled in the fish. Sammi and Joe were so excited for him they were cheering him on and jumping around. Just as Jake was reeling his in, Sammi got one. It was fun! Jacob was a bit afraid of the fish at first until Dad helped him touch the fish. Then he really liked to see and touch the fish. Joe didn't catch one that day, but he is a great sport because he knows that somedays you catch the fish and other days you don't. On the way home we stopped to show Shelly and Grandma the fish and she cooked them up right then and we ate them. Jake tried a bite or two, but he didn't really like it too much. Shelly and I enjoyed the fresh trout though.