Visiting the Farm

The kids and I went to the Baby Animal Birthday Party at Thanksgiving Point at the end of May.  Having grown up in real farm country, I wasn't super impressed, but I think the kids had fun.  We even got to ride in a wagon and on a little cow train.

Dance Festival

So this is really late, but here are some pictures from Cherry Creek's Dance Festival at the end of the school year.  It was a lot of fun to watch.  Each grade learned a dance and then they all performed the last week of school.  If I remember right, Brinn's dance was to the Beach Boys, "Surfin' USA," and Meg's was the "Electric Slide."

Hallam Family Reunion 2013

Over Memorial Day weekend we got together in Burley, Idaho for our family reunion.  It was a lot of fun to be together.  Here are some of the highlights:

• The grandkids got to go fishing with grandpa
• Frisbee golf--with only one frisbee to the head...
• Yummy dutch oven cooking
• Cousin sleepover in the tent
• Hot showers while camping :)
• New church clothes made by grandma
• A cousin scavenger hunt
• S'mores by the fire
• Raccoons stealing our marshmellows
• A fun "did you know" game
• Rock climbing in City of Rocks
• Eric falling in a cactus

And here are the pictures.  I was impressed that everybody tried climbing, even grandma and grandpa.  I don't have the pictures of Maria climbing because that is when Eric fell in the cactus and we were trying to pull out all of the needles, but she did it.

The only picture we could get of all of the grandkids in their new grandma clothes...

Frisbee golf 

City of Rocks

Kyler exploring and being brave with grandma's help

Meg being an awesome climber.  She holds the cousin record for going the highest.

Eric post cactus encounter

Everyone's favorite Aunty Nel

Meg the baby whisperer and Addy

Brayden did a great job climbing.

Eric and Kyler racing down the rock "slide" on their butts.

Brinn was the first cousin to climb.  She set a high standard!

Elise's first climbing adventure.

Brandon at the top.

Steven and Nel teaching the kids to climb on every rock.

An Afternoon at the Park

I made some bread the other day that was going to be really good...and then I had to go to cub scouts so I left Dave in charge with directions.  I guess the dough rose faster than I anticipated because the bread was way too crumby. Sad. :(  What to do with bad bread? Feed the ducks! Yesterday the kids and I went to the park and played and fed the ducks.  It was great to be outside in beautiful weather.  We just barely missed the rain, but that wouldn't have really mattered since the kids all played in the pond anyway and got soaking wet.  Hopefully Eric doesn't come down with Ghiardia (sp?) from the pond water that I know ended up in his mouth...

Talk about an ugly duck...I swear it was a cross with a turkey or something.