RIVER TRIP !! Aug 2009

Another awesome day to go canoeing... so off they went and look how good the pictures are!! Summer is almost over, so better get another trip in!!

MARCHING BAND MAN!!!

Briggs is a freshman this year which means that he can now can be in Marching Band !! He has been involved in the Marching Band Summer Camp this month and surprisingly enough, in one week they were able to get a routine done and be able to show it off to us parents!! It was awesome, I'm impressed with all that Dr. B was able to get out of 190 students. And the uniforms are AWESOME and Briggs looks so cute in it!! Here is a picture of him looking so handsome in it!!

Camping at Mahoney June 2009

We got to spend the weekend at Mahoney Stake Park this summer too. As part of the party we celebrated Ryan's 27th Birthday. Mike, Deb, Briggs, Ryan, Oliver, Natalie, Olivia and Stratton all got to go and have a great time. I want to do it again sometime soon.

Summer Time Fun in the Sun!!

Not only was there music camps,a trek, and YMCA Baseball, but we were able to get in a little canoeing this summer too!! There have been a couple trips out of state this summer also and through it all I took pictures for us to remember these days by. Here are some of the things we did while we were OFF this summer!!

Summer Band Camp

The whole first week of August was devoted to Marching Band Camp for Briggs. He was there from 9 Am to 5 PM each and everyday during this time. The band had 190 members and somehow Dr. B was able to command this band and get the new freshmen to get it together enough to be able to perform a portion of their halftime show on Friday evening. I was delighted to watch and even more delighted when I saw just how much had been accomplished this week alone. Dr. B is amazing and I think she has an amazing band too. Here are some pictures that I took to be able to remember it as it was in the beginning for Briggs. He LOVES it and I am so thankful, because I too loved my band years of High School!! Oh.. don't worry, I will post pics of Briggs in his band uniform!!

Pioneer Trek

In the month of June of this year Briggs got to participate in a church activity that gives the youth of the church the opportunity to re-enact the Mormon Pioneer Trek somewhat like it would of been back in the day. This year, the youth got to experience part of the actual path that the Mormon pioneers took, and it included muddy roads, rain showers and downpours, dragging a handcart through streams, mud, junk and all that goes with life on the trek. Briggs left there with a new understanding of the hardships of the pioneers, but also the faith that they must of had to even commit to going and then finishing it the whole way. What a great experience for him and me... as I got to go and take pictures along the way.

A BUSY SUMMER...

I guess I have been neglecting my blog, because my son Alex emailed me today saying "update your blog", so... I guess I had better start to do just that. I will start by posing a picture of Briggs at his last game of 2009 YMCA baseball. What a great game it was, I saw some awesome ball playing, surprising ball playing even, as these boys all have refined their efforts and you could really see it today. What a pleasure it was, even tho I found out that here in this area the YMCA does not have any high school age baseball teams... boo hoo!! I will miss my little spot out there beside the field!!

JACK...

Sometimes I am sent pictures that take my breathe away... these are just a couple of them.

MY GRANDCHILDREN !!

I have to say that Heavenly Father has been so good to me. Today, while sweating away at a fabulous baseball game (Briggs' YMCA game) I came home to a inbox full of pictures of my beautiful little angel grandchildren!! Oh how looking at them makes my heart sing. I wish so bad that I was with all of them this weekend, but pictures are the next best thing!! Anny, our big girl, Ellie our middle big girl, Jack, the man, and Olivia our tiny big girl.... what a pleasant little gift from Heavenly Father they are to us... ALL OF US !!!

It's Gramma, being a Gramma!!

Our little ray of sunshine was really fun to have around on Monday as I got to give her a bath... and she loved it!! No crying, no fussing... I think I'm a pro at it!!
Look at her happy face, and ALL that hair she has!! Ok... I too, notice how OLD my hands are looking in this pic, but I will say, they look just like my Gramma's and that's ok with me.