I will never forget my trip to Pittsburgh. I had such a nice time playing grandmother. Thank you Devin and Nicole for letting me be a part of your family for a while.
Isn't he darling? He looks like a little man.
2 of my favorite people in the world. I was so happy that I could make friends so fast. Brynlee was a delight to read and play with.
I don't know why the first bath is so memorable, but it is. I just love how mad they get.
I love fall! I just wish it would last longer.
Braiden was desperate for an idea and answered a girl for Sadies with his pumpkin.
Caleb did his pumpkin free hand. That's pretty good.
Ella joined us for trunk or treating this year. Neither of us felt like dressing up this year but we had a great time with the 4 wards event.
Nicole and Devin came for a few weeks this month. It's so fun to have them in our home. It makes our family full and complete. We celebrated Brynlee's birthday a little late. She didn't seem to mind. I don't think she liked us singing happy birthday.
Braiden found a girl friend.
Tiffany had this idea that she wanted to share a pregnancy sympathy activity as part of FHE. We had all the men wear a basketball, weight vest, and a snow coat to see what it's like to be big, heavy and hot. We had them do everyday tasks. Some had more fun than others.
We started this year's EFR off at our home with games and brownie sundays to include Braiden in the fun. He wasn't able to go to Red Fish Lake with everyone because he went with Kelly to Las Vegas's basketball tournament. It was a sad choice but at least he had this night.
One of my favorite activities at EFR was going on our adult bike ride. I asked John if this was biking riding or if I was mountain biking. He said definitely mountain biking. I was proud of myself, especially going down hill. I know Kelly says this a lot but it's all about equipment. The bike I had was great.
We had a riotous time of playing night games. I couldn't help but play the numbers game with them.
Caleb really got into the game Man Overboard.
A dirty game of Man Overboard. It was so dusty and they didn't even mind.
A wicked game of Poisonous Stump. The chair will never be the same.
Then they tried to wash off before the fireside and really only made mud. The water was freezing but that didn't stop some of them, namely Caleb, from swimming.
Tyler is so good to Caleb. We're grateful he is still young at heart. Tyler and Tiffany need a boy now.
This summer Caleb rented a bike to keep him busy and outside. It was perfect. Spencer, next door, came over to ride in the pasture everyday for a while. You can only go around and around for so long and then they wanted to go in the foothills. That made it a little more difficult.
I'm glad this was just for the summer. It's a little to "boy" for me.
The 4 musteteers are missing Lisa in this pictures.
Think Pink! This is Tiffany's shower. I just loved all of the sweet baby girls clothes. They make them so cute these days. Everyone was so good to Tiffany. Thanks all.
It was sure fun to have Nicole and Brynlee home for the week. We miss the pitter-patter of her little feet. We miss Nicole too. The bumble bee costume was worn by all of the kids. She could have been the cutest. I can't understand why she liked Kelly better than me. Maybe she was missing her daddy. We missed have you Devin!
Can you see Calebs basketball number 11 behind the nike sign? He won the family pumpkin constest.
Ok this is one bad ninja. I think the gangster is rubbing off.
I didn't think the MTC was sad. It was so exciting. Kelly and I wanted to go join him.
What great cousins! (I think that is Gunner in the back.)
The reunion was Dad's 90th birthday party. I hope he felt loved. It was great to be with everyone. There were 240 attending but it didn't feel like that many because the camp site was go big.
The best part were the visits.
This game turned into a back rub.
It was fun to all be apart of the drop off. I'm glad Tiffany could go with us to show him around. She gave all of us a tour and pointed out his classes. The place was a ghost town. No one is there for summer school. He is adjusting well and says he has friends. :)
He loved his shopping trip. Mom tried to keep her mouth shut and just watch what he put in the cart. I just put back the second box of Raman.
He was just fine until we walked away and then he gave us the "don't leave" look. He is hold the poster size family picture we gave him. He better have it up in his room. :)
We had so much fun getting know Brynlee. She smiled and waved hello to everyone. She was perfect in every way. I don't think Nicole and Devin know how good she is. It might take another child to find that our.
We look pretty ragged. This is Gettysburg, our last stop, and we look like we are worn out. Gettysburg was one of our favorites. The battle fields have a reverence about them. This is the new visitor center that we all loved. Jameson wore his beloved star fanny pack the whole trip. People didn't know how to take him. This picture caught Brynlee with her scowl. She only did that the first day we were there and then she warmed up to us just fine.
We all loved Washington DC. What a beautiful city with so much to see and so little time to see it. Can you tell we ran through a down pour to get to the Lincoln Monument? It was bigger than I remembered as a child. That doesn't happen very often.
This was Jameson's and Braiden's favorite part of the trip. The tour guide couldn't believe this was their first time on a Segway. They were naturals. He could believe it was Nicole's first time though. Caleb, Brynlee, and I stayed home and watched a DVD. We'll do it next time when Caleb is 16.
Nice photography Nicole!
This was our first stop, Philadelphia. It was full of history but I'm afraid we will remember it for it's heat. It was 100 degrees and 100 humidity. Don't worry, we watched "National Treasure" the night before we left.
We attended another successful Eagle Fun Days. Everyone got wet that wanted to except Kelly. Caleb and Jameson got way into it. Braiden said he couldn't get wet because he had to work. I don't knnow what excuse Tyler had. I forgot to ask. Here are the dry folks enjoying the dry portion.
...And then it broke loose. The Kerrs bring garbage cans every year to fill. Smart!
Poor Caleb only had a cup. We have got to invest in some better guns.
Dad remain dry so Jameson had to fix that.
