Concert in the Park

We found out a friend of Grandma's, Doug, was giving a concert in a park with his band.  We decided to pack a picnic and head on out. We noticed that there were a lot of older people there, at first we thought it was a ward party, but then noticed a lack of kids, so we thought office party.  Finally, I had to ask, and it turns out, it was an over 40 singles ward get together.  Needless to say we felt a little odd, but they were very nice and welcomed everyone to the party.  

Bella begged and begged to climb this tree.  She just wanted to play at the playground.

We had a fun night and enjoyed some great music!

Hiking Near Alta

We headed up to Alta for a quick hike to Cecret Lake.  With all the late snow this year and cold temperatures, the road was still closed, so we were directed to another hike just down the road.  It was pretty steep starting off.

June quickly discovered she liked a ride more than a hike.

The scenery was beautiful.

The girls found lots of fairy lakes and streams along the way.

The best part, we found snow!

Can you believe it?  Snow in the middle of July!

The girls quickly made snow balls!

And went after Dad!

A fun afternoon in the mountains!

Toothless

 Bella has lost her other front tooth!  She pulled it out on her own, as she won't let anyone touch her loose teeth.  They practically fall out on their own!

Love that toothless grin!

And a toothy one too!

Painting the Garage

 

What happens when you take to very girlie girls and let them pick the color to paint the garage?

Yep, you end up with a toothpaste blue garage!  The girls love it and every time I pull in I feel like I have just brushed my teeth!

Par's Birthday

It is always so much fun to celebrate my grandpa, Par's birthday.  Most of the family made it this year, which makes for quite a crowd! It is so fun to visit and catch up with everyone, but I especially love being with Marme and Par.

I was in charge of entertaining the great grandkids, and we had a blast!  We started with a huge bucket of bubble solution and lots of different bubble wands.

We had a great time making huge piles of bubbles and great big bubbles.

The kids loved running after rocket balloons and playing with the big bouncy ones too.

We had a big blow up bowling set that the kids had to bounce into on hopper balls.  Just was more of a spectator, but still so cute.  We ended it all with a pinata.

The kids all seemed to have a great time.  We can't wait for next year!

Fishing

Time for the annual Baker Family fishing trip to the hatchery in Ogden.  We started out with new shades all around!  How cute are these kids?

Lily was quite the fisherwoman and even dared to hold the fish, which is more than can be said about the other girls.  Just in case you are wondering, my kids wouldn't even touch a pole this year.  

So much for Bret's dreams of a family fishing trip!

Bret Fishing

Bret and his dad headed out on their annual golf and fishing trip.  I had to laugh when Clyde came to pick up Bret in a little two seater sports car.  "All they had at the rent shop!"  There has been so much rain this year the river was up on the golf course.

Check out the ducks.

The damn.

I think this is called the Devil's Slide. 

 This shows you how high the water really was.

Somehow, I don't think they minded all the water.

And at least the fish were still biting!

July 4th Celebration

Happy 4th of July!  We celebrated in the usual way with lots and lots of swimming.  Junie loved playing in the pool with Aunt Natalie!

Bella and Lily swam and swam and played and played!

She played on the slide.

She played in the floaties.

She practiced diving off of Uncle Jeremy's shoulders. 

Holly made sure Bret was getting nice and wet!

After, it was time for fireworks.  Cooper and Junie helped Grandpa get ready for the show. 

We had lots

and lots of smoke bombs.

Bella loves smoke bombs!

June does not!

Junie decided the best place to be was safe on Grandma's lap.  What a fun day!

July 4th Dresses

 The girls had adorable dresses for the 4th of July this year.  June insisted on wings with hers!

It was almost impossible to get a picture of these too, as soon as we made it to Grandma and Grandpa's they just wanted to run and play!

Junie and Marme