Buffalo visit

 

We have been to Buffalo and back. We left home on Monday and spent the evening with Kyle, Kat and their
girls. We enjoyed watching Ashley open her birthday presents from us. Hope you had a good birthday, Ashley!
We went through Yellowstone Park. We saw Old Faithful go off, but had forgotten to take the camera.
We ate our lunch in the car and drove on. Above is Yellowstone Lake. It was really choppy.



We went out the east entrance to Yellowstone Park



The scenery in Wyoming is pretty in its own way

This is one of the tunnels we drove through on our way to Cody, Wyoming.



This is the Uncle Dick and Aunt Georgie I remember



Aunt Georgie's 91st Birthday.
Left to right: JoAnn (Donna's daughter), Anna (JoAnn's daughter),
Aunt Georgianna, Bobbie Jo (Keith's daughter), Cindy and her grandson
(I can't remember his name - Kyle's son)

Kyle (Cindy's son)



Vic, Kathy, and Uncle Dick - who is 88



Aunt Georgie, Kathy, Vic



Left to right: Kyle, Donna, Vic, Kathy, Cindy, Bobbie Jo

Uncle Dick and Aunt Georgie are in a rest home in Buffalo.
They are side-by-side in the same room.

We came home through Riverton and over the Jackson Pass.
That is the way we came home when bringing Kyle home from his mission.
It was a fast trip, but we felt the Baldwin hospitality while there. Donna made sure our needs were met,
she and Cindy were very happy to get a copy of the Family History I have done for Vic Sr and Gomer Baldwin.
They stayed up until midnight looking at it. We visited together for several hours and shared pictures.
There are many stories they know that I don't and vice versa. We hope to share these in the upcoming days.

 

We arrived home at 8:30 on Wednesday night. We had driven 900 miles in 2 days.

Labor Day

 On Labor Day we had a picnic at our house. As Cindy & Mahon were here from Utah, we invited Kyle & Kat and their girls, Chris, Chantell & Chelsea, and Pam for dinner. We had dutch oven potatoes and chicken, corn on the cob, veggies, watermelon, rolls for lunch. We ate on the deck and really enjoyed the meal.

The girls wanted to swing, but the wasps were flying around the swingset, so Kyle and Chris set to work spraying them. Those two also cleaned our chimney for us. Thanks!!!!

The girls enjoyed watching a video.

Grandma enjoyed playing with Livy.

Kaite joins Chelsea in the tree.

We enjoyed setting up for a family group shot.
Chelsea enjoys being up in the tree. Note her boots - so cute!

Ashley loves the tree too.

Kyle & Kat

Mahon & Cindy

Chantelle, Chelsea, & Chris

Kami is happy on dad's shoulders

We did it!!! Thanks Pam for taking the shot!

Threes

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They say bad luck comes in threes. I have fallen three times this summer and each time my right knee took the brunt of it. So...I need to be more careful or put myself in a padded cell. There were 3 funerals of friends that we attended within a week. And there are also good things that happen in threes.

As I got thinking, there have been more things that have happened in threes or multiples of threes in the recent past. On the 3rd of August we celebrated 39 years of marriage. 3 is Vic's favorite number and we were married on the 3rd. 9 is my favorite number and 3 x 3 = 9. So this one was fun for us. In addition to our anniversay there are two family birthdays during the first part of August: Sydney's on the 8th and Chris' on the 9th. (Happy 15th Birthday to Sydney and Happy 34th Birthday to Chris). So 1 Anniversary + 2 Birthdays = 3 special events.

 Sorry there are no pictures of our Anniversary or Sydney's Birthday.

To continue on with the 3's: There were 3 events we attended recently: Chris' birthday (above), Kaite's and Kamy's gymnastic olympics (right), and dinner with Bruce Lind, a friend of Vic's since we were in the Ammon 1st Ward where they served in the 70's Quorum together and went to the temple each Tuesday morning. That was in the days when we only had 3 kids.

There are 3 flowers blooming in my yard right now. Actually, there are more than 3, but to go along with our story about 3's, I chose these 3. There are also 3 vegetables/fruits that we are harvesting in the garden right now: raspberries, beans and the tomatoes are starting to come on.

Hope you enjoyed the story of the "Threes".

Busy Summer

July started out with the roses in full bloom. They were so pretty.

 And the tomatoes were a managable size.

The raspberries have been doing great & the jam has been great.

(The Apricot-raspberry is sooooo goooooood)

Thanks Missy for the hanging basket (Mother's Day)

 The peas have really been yummy.

We watched Kaite play soccer - GO KAITE!!!

I especially like her form as she plays Goalie!

We enjoyed other activities: Alyvia - what a sweet baby.

The family gathered for her blessing.

We also enjoyed a visit from Vic's sister

Lauren and Jim. It was so good to see them.

Sending Missy off to Indiana

We knew Missy was heading to Indiana, so I insisted we get pictures with the family.

Above are Missy, Andrew and Devin's family and Gene. (Gene is trying to hide on the back right)

This is Kyle's family, along with Missy, Andrew, Vic and I.

Chris and Chantelle brought Chelsea for a picnic on the 4th of July.

So will Grandpa

 Grandma will miss Andrew.

Anna didn't want to say goodby.

Mahon & Cindy, Devin, Vic & I.

Oops! we missed taking pictures at the Pizza dinner.

At the airport.

Missy and Briant - we wish you the best in Indiana.

We love you!!!