Levi Au Natural

Is there anything cuter than a little bare behind? Our little Levi preferred to be "Au Natural" while swimming this past weekend. Here is a little commando cycling.

Here he is having a little "commando" ice cream cake! I swear....he did have pants/swimming suit/diapers on several times during these photos. He just didn't want the muss and fuss!

Double slide pool....it doesn't get any better than this...unless, yes, you are NAKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A visit for Memorial Day

Natalie and her family visited for the Memorial day weekend. Most people who live in Flag don't come to the valley in late May but the weather was wonderful and fairly cool. Here are some sidewalk chalk shots.

Yes, there was pizza for dinner.

Sam's masterpiece. The frog helped?

We have a 76 Pinto wagon in the driveway. I know, I don't understand why we keep it either....but.....here is little Peter checking it out. Maybe he can get it running and out of here.

A cute shot of Adam and Ben.

All Things Jordan part 2

I can tell you that Jordan is our new favorite pastime. Here she is meeting her cousin Caprina for the first time. I'm not quite sure why she was upset?Aunt Natalie

Grandpa, who she has wrapped around her finger of course.

Jordan does enjoy hanging with Granny. I must be cushy because she loves to sleep in my arms. She is so sweet.

Kaila's 25th Birthday Celebration!

Kaila will celebrate her 25th birthday on June 2. Nat and her family were in town and we decided to celebrate with a BBQ, some games and an ice cream cake! We are currently into playing 10,000; a dice game that I am sorry to admit I have no luck with. The fun part of the game is that we can have a whole lot going on; conversations, potty breaks, kid interuptions and well you get the picture and it doesn't interfere with the game at all. Adam getting the burgers ready for the grill. Thanks Adam, you are the best.

The yummy cake!

Natalie serving the cake. I would have but as you can see I had gotten the baby to sleep and well you know that adage about waking a sleeping baby!

Sam Looses a Tooth!!!!

Sam had a really, really loose tooth. It was freaky because he would always wiggle it up and down and all around. Here Natalie attaches a string to the tooth and to the door. When the door is closed it is supposed to pull the tooth out. Well, it is supposed to. It didn't at this moment but Sam did loose that tooth while eating hamburgers at Kaila's birthday dinner.

I'm sure you can see that Sam is missing a lot of teeth. How he eats is truly a mystery.

Memorial Day

On Sunday we went to the cemetery to visit Richard's and My parents for Memorial Day. Here are Richard and Natalie.Trying to get Levi to pose for a shot is impossible. He was just not interested!
Adam, Natalie and their children.

Grandpa Allen's Headstone. Notice the "Love and Appreciate You". Richard's Dad always said this to you whenever he was around. He was and is a wonderful man and I can see his influence in Richard.

Richard was pulling some grass and cleaning the stone.

We are back from Alaska

Richard and I had the vacation of a lifetime. It was fabulous. It was romantic. It was adventuresome. We had a blast. And what made it all the more fun was that we went with all of Richard's siblings. 14 of us in all. I can truly say that I am blessed to have been married into this family. All of Richard's brothers and sisters have welcomed me with open hearts and arms. They are wonderful. Here is a snapshot of Seattle and the T-shirts that Rod and Sharla had made up for us for the trip. Thanks guys.Seattle

Our ship, the Norwegian Star. It was huge and so-o-o-o cool!

Here we are on deck for the safety drill.

Marlene put together a wonderful devotional for Sunday. It was a day at sea and the water was kind of rough. Half of the group got sick but soon recovered. Thank goodness for motion sickness bands and medicine.

Ketchikan Alaska. The scenery was beautiful. This was a cold/rainy/snowy day. Just like we Arizonians love!

Our tour bus was a trolley with park benches for seating (2 to a seat!) and no heat. It was fun all the same.

Posing in the gift shop with the bear.

Richard took this picture of himself. He was wondering who's beak was bigger????????

Richard went on an excursion in Juneau that was a zip line. You travel from tree to tree on these metal cables. Here they are on the bus up the mountain. Jolyn and Marlene.

Group photo op. The hats were a gift for the guys from Terry. They were like visors and had fur on the top. The color of the fur sort of matched the hair color of the guys. They were hilarious and all of the guys got tons of notice from those around us. Nephi said they were women magnets! We could sure always find the guys.

Sawyer Glacier. We couldn't get too close but it was phenomenal. The light blue is the glacier.

This is a scene we re-enacted most every day. Our cabins were all in a row and we would go out on the balconies of our rooms and chat with each other and look at the scenery.

Richard and his brothers and sisters on the narrow gauge railroad in the Yukon.

We played cards in the game room when we had a sea day.

Here is Donna all bundled up. She was the warmest on the trip.

All in all we had a fabulous time. It was hard to pick out just a few pictures. This was a trip we will talk about for years and years to come. I can see another cruise in our future, that is for sure.