Sam's band concert photos from my phone

It was my parents' 48th anniversary, but they came to support Sam with his final year of high school band.  He really is very enjoyable to listen to.  He played with his band (picolo), a combined one and an ensemble group of 4 (flute).

 

Nellie's birthday

 

For Nellie's birthday, we went up to Sundance and rode the gondolas up the mountain.  It was fun and I enjoyed chatting with each person as we went up and back.  Then we went out for lunch before I headed back to take care of Evelyn after school needs.  Happy birthday Nella! 

Some of the cousins wanted to get together for a hotdog and games night before starting their college semester.  It is fun to see these grown up kids.  The times that I've picked up toys or wiped down tables behind their games....worth it to talk to the adults they've become.

Joe, Jer and Jim

Me, Ada, Jer

Jim, Sam and me

Henry, Aubrey and Jackie, Seth, Joe, Ada, Mariah, Sam, Evelyn

Sam, Seth, Evelyn, Ada, Joe, James, Aubrey, Mariah, Henry

(Cousins)

James

Millie, Evelyn and me

Corbin, Karl

Ada and Seth

 

Bear Lake

We had a week at Bear Lake!  We got to be there with some of my amazing Wilcox cousins at the beginning of the week, just my parents for a day and then my Ellis cousins at the end of the week.  It was windy twice during the week, overcast twice, very rainy once and nice two days.  All of them were fun.  Our power went out twice.  It was fine except that we can't flush the toilets with the water pump isn't' working.  I filled up a 5 gallon bucket from the waterspout and we used that to flush with.

Pig sticks

Ada tried on my swimming suit and loved it, so as a surprise I bought her a matching one.  We have two different sizes.  She has a bigger top and I have a bigger bottom, so we did a mix and match.

Darlene, Marty and Carol

My sweet Daddy

Wind swept Sam after driving Rach's wave runners.

Ada figured out how to use the astral photo setting on her phone and she was trying to teach Jer and I.  These are the pictures that she and Jer took.

This was my night shot without the astral setting.

Burning the 36 inch pizza box.

We weren't supposed to have big fires, so we made a coal fire to cook hot dogs over.

Evelyn missed with the ketchup.

We were joking about a picture of Ada when she was little with a bunch of balloons down her swimming suit and so she grabbed one off the birthday table (it was Diane, Allysa and two other birthdays up there).  Uncle Marty was joking about her carrying really high.  (He's a retired OBGYN)

Windswept again.

Sisters.

Seth ran down to help me bring our stuff back up the beach.

Daniel with his kids having a "spa day".

Ada kayaking

I'm glad these guys live close by.

I'm happy that he can still sit on my lap.  Not too long and none of mine with be able to.

cabin chores!

Garden City day

Settlers of Catan game, lots of movies and games to go with the snacks.

It rained so much that it looked like the lake was filling up.

Jer took the kids to the ropes course while I visited with my cousins.

This was in a bag of barbie clothes that I took up for my nieces.  It was made by my Grandma.... I'm glad it still gets used.

This "pirate ship" was across the street.  We were joking that they should blast the pirates soundtrack as they zoom around the lake.

Sam lost his shoe and the employee had to go get it for him.  It fell 40 feet.

Amelia brought her horses.

We burned Ada's school work from the last 5 years.

And ate smores

And caught a frog that we named, "Gerald".

And caught a mermaid.

Amelia, Thea, Seth, Brenner, Vivien, Roman

I was missing my Grandma and this picture of her was hanging in the cabin.  My mom made the comment that she's two years older than her mom was when she died.  It doesn't seem fair.  I'm at peace with it, but I miss her very much.

Ada spent a lot of time up there trying to figure out college housing, classes and logistics.

Teamwork to put up the sun shade.

Seth going out to be a pirate.

We were trying to see who could sink farther into the mud.  Then Sam tried jumping out and it made us all laugh.

Ada and Sam took turns taking Seth out on the jet skis.  They even all fell off and had to figure out how to get back on by themselves.

We started building a sandcastle with a moat.

Sonny, Dar, Mindy and Arrow came up too.

Marty, Diane, Roger, Moana, Beth Son, Dar and Sonny.

Brad, Sharon, me, Gian, Wendee, Whitney, Taylor, Courtney (missing Amber and Andrew)