Summer vacations

After long deliberation and three years of growing, Ba decided to cut her hair. For women this is a very emotional experience, and this was the longest her hair had ever been. It is now cute and short.

We were east of Idaho Falls for a family reunion. We all made tie dye shirts, played endless games of fun, and enjoyed each others company. The "Ranch" where we stayed had a big forest to play in, a zip-line, water slide, two giant slides, golf course, 4-wheelers, ping pong, billiards table, fussball and so much more. It is a playground for any age.

This is LE's first time on a water slide. Ry looks scared, but she seems to be okay.

Ry's brother came home from his mission, and the boys went to climb Mt. Owen in the Tetons. It is the middle peak shown below with the grand on the left.

They had to use cramp-ons and ice axes to get up the glacier. During the day a bunch of snow melted so we had to repel down a rock chimney while getting rained on.


Ba and Ry are on the activities committee for the ward and decided to host a biathlon. It seemed like people enjoyed themselves and sister Little Debbie provided us with prizes. Mmmm.

Our neighbor has a pool that she keeps really warm, and invited us to take a dip. LE really liked it and her mother has plans for her to be swimming before she can run.

Sleeping is always an adventure because LE can now roll over. She gets arms and legs between the slats on her crib but she usually keeps on sleeping. Babies sleeping are just so adorable. If you have any suggestions of how to help babies sleep better, please impart your wisdom. We are first timers here and tips are welcomed.

LE is at the age where if anything is upsetting her we just say she is teething. She started to eat her restraint like it was corn on the cob...so we think she is teething.

Feet are the new "favorite toy". This is really nice because we won't forget to bring them along. She probably plays with her feet because she is teething.