Aunties and Uncles and Cousins, Oh My

Grandma C, who will be 97 this September. She hurt her back gardening and was a little slow this reunion:Big cousins:

Little cousins:

Sisters Corinne, my mother, and Mary Ann:

Uncle Ike and Aunt LuNell:

Uncle Mike:

Uncle Roger:

Red Hollow

I went with my mom and dad to my mom's family reunion in Glendale. We left the day before, in time for a hike up Red Hollow in Orderville. Here Grandpa demonstrates pine gum, which I remember from childhood. It's great if you don't mind burping turpentine after you chew it. And don't drink water with it in your mouth.

A lizard on a rock:Spiny beauty:

Shane and Kendrick on red sandstone:

Grandpa leads the way up the dry wash:

Red Hollow (J.Lynn and Tana):

Me. The rock was as far as I went, since my knees don't bend more than 90 degrees. Everyone else climbed on further and found a ladder and a rope which led them up and out.

Lovely cool red walls with fine white sand underfoot:

More white sand:

Sea World in San Diego

Working at Jetblue, Rob can take us along for free. The best and most convenient (and only partially full) route is to San Diego. We tried a trip to Sea World with R&N and the babies and had a lot of fun.

Johnathan answers the telephone at the airport:

Colette watches the Shamu show:

Photos with Elmo were a really big deal:

We also watched the dolphin show, the sea lion show, and the pet show (below). Next time I'll take a lot more photos. I was too busy watching this time, and trying not to get wet.

We were very close to the polar bears:

Almost touching:

Horse-mad Colette did get to touch the horse:

And we saw the nesting pink flamingos:

Photos of Chris in England

With Kylie at the Royal Crescent in Bath (photo by student Jon S.):

In Bath (photo by Bentley): In Merlin's Cave at Tintagel in Cornwall (photo by Roxanne):

With Bentley on Tintagel Head:

Fish and chips with Whitney (photo by Roxanne):

On Tennyson Down, photo by Marshall:

and my favorite, epic photo of Chris and the moon, by Jon S.:

Nephi Fourth of July Carnival

Grandpa John babysits Colette's unicorn:

Johnathan in a truly magnificent hat:Colette rides her unicorn:

Rob climbs:

Rob, Johnathan, Chris, and Colette take a train ride:

Nicolle in the hat:

My only regret is that the fireworks that night were cancelled due to rain.

Face Art by Nicolle

Tana shows off her patriotic musical notes:

Trent:Aisake's way cool dragon:

Jessica:

Teane and Anna:

Fun on The Farm

Feeding the fish in the pond:

helping Aisake feed his calf:

giving Grandpa E's horse some grain:sitting with Daddy on G&G's patio:

jumping on the trampoline:

watching people on the tramp:

swinging on Aunt Tena's swings:

playing on her new airplane:

listening to Uncle Chris and Daddy play music: