Brynlee's Baptism

While we were on our summer Wyoming trip, we were lucky to attend the baptism of our niece, Byrnlee. All 13 grandchildren were there. Take a picture of 13 kids ages 8 and younger can be a bit challenging. I was only able to get 12 of the 13

 

The boys, Doran and Waylon

 

5 of the 6 babies that will be in the same grade. 3 born in September, 1 October, 1 December, and 1 March.

 Brynlee on her baptism day.

Milking the Calves + Ranch

One of the grandkids' favorite things to do in Cokeville is to go out with Grandpa to feed the sick baby calves.

Adam took the kids around the barn yard on a pony ride. Doran did not like it.

Adam even took me on a pony ride. But, there's no need to post pictures of that.

I also got to finally go ride a horse. I've been married to Devin for 5 years and still hadn't ever rode a horse. Thank you Matthew for taking me out!

Doran learned a lot of new words and new sounds. I'm grateful that he can experience life in Cokeville when we go to visit.

4th of July in Cokeville

For the 4th of July, we drove from Utah to Cokeville. We had a BBQ with the town, and then did fireworks back at Chris and Matthew's house. We let Doran stay up late to watch the fireworks!

Boston and Brynlee got to shoot off their own bottle rockets. These 2 make me laugh because they love to pose for the camera.

We lit the fireworks Wyoming style, with a propane tank.

Brynlee and Julius with sparklers

Fireworks in Cokeville

On the 4th of July we drove up to Cokeville. We went to a BBQ with the town. Doran enjoyed seeing the train go by, but the horn hurt his ears. He doesn't have very good luck when it comes to his ears. We did fireworks at Devin's parent's house that evening with the Clarks

The picture is blurry, but this is how we were lighting our fireworks.

Doran was fascinated with the fireworks. He didn't like the sound, but he liked the to see the bottle rockets and the sparklers.

Puddles and S'mores

We went down to Vancouver for a weekend visit. I can't wait for the day that we have a house with a yard. It was so nice to just go out in the front or back yard whenever we wanted to play.

It rained and we played in the gutter puddle. One of my favorite childhood memories is racing cars down our street after a summer rain fall with my brothers. Stephen found some Styrofoam boats he made for a school project and we floated those.

We had the best pizza ever at a local restaurant and then came home for Doran's first ever s'more. I made him a memory book and it has one of these pictures of him in it. Sometimes when he sees it he says, "chocolate, marshmallow" (in his language, of course) over and over again. That boy loves chocolate. Clearly, learned that from me.

Except, he doesn't like to get his hands dirty. "hans,  hans" means he wants his hands cleaned.