Jenn's Visit, Park Two

While Jenn and her kids were here we also visited the biggest playground in town.

Naomi wasn't so sure about the slide, but she loved being rescued:
Random playground equipment:

Swings

"Look, Mom, no hands!"

This playground has some very cool-looking, but un-fun enclosed slides. I don't have any pictures of them because none of the kids played on them much. These slides were the better choices:

Monkey bars
(Please pay no attention to Lil)

New Furniture

What could possibly be lurking in the end table?
A Cora, perhaps?
Oh, look, it fits two:
Until they try to pass each other, then it's a bit tight, but they made it.
Cora discovered this gem on her own. I semi-encouraged it because I wanted a cute picture. I really knew better at the time, but I did it anyway. So, a few days later when I tried to use the cabinet for something else, all my belongings ended up on the floor. I was not a very happy Mommy just then, but we worked through our differences and the cabinet is now tied shut. :-)

Jenn's Visit, Park One

This little playground is one of my favorites. The kids enjoyed it, too.

Slides

This twirly-thing is kind-of cool. Most of the kids wanted to try it.

Jon

Ruby

Nina

Michael

Don't let the other kids fool you, let DJ show you just how terrifying it was:

The Fourth of July

We took a trip into the Big Horn Mountains with Craig, Linda, Kristy, Cody, Kayla and Alicia. It definitely wasn't too hot, it rained a good portion of the day. We did have fun. Here are a few highlights.

We visited Dam Engineer Heaven:









Ray is in the picture on the right. Can you find him?

A few pictures while we were on the dam:

























We found a campground where we could eat lunch. The rain ceased long enough for us to eat, but not any longer.

I think Cora has a bit of a bossy streak. She is regularly jabbering away at other children and pointing. I'm not really sure what she's telling them, but it seems she is trying to tell them what to do. Here she is apparently not allowing Alicia to join them on the rock:
The guys did manage to get a fire started, despite the rain.

Incognito

Playing with Shalon

Wendy invited us over to play with Shalon in the sprinkler. She has a really cool sprinkler that shoots balls up into the air. My girls didn't care. They didn't want to get wet. As soon as Cora felt one drop of water she was running the other direction. Ruby was slightly more daring, as long as Lil was with her she would make her way up to the sprinkler.











So we went to the trampoline. That was a big hit. Especially once I got on and bounced them.

More Random Pictures from Utah

Clair and Alan were hauling hay. Ray and Dad were discussing it with them.



Lil and Cora.










Ray pretending there isn't a baby using him as support.






The girls quickly learned how the fountain worked and that they could make it spray. Please note that I had nothing to do with them learning about the fountain. It was Grandma that showed them how it worked.