Tuesday and Wednesday after July 4

On Tuesday after the fourth of July- Ron and Micah took the Christiansen kids and went to Bear Lake. Micah's family was there for a few days of camping. The Simms and the Petes joined them on Wednesday, for a day of swimming and fun. Alison, Ashton, and I stayed home...except for a few shopping trips and lunch with Quin ;) (We began shopping for items for a birthday party for Hailey. I went to the Mikarose office to look at some clothing. Quin was driving through Utah on her way back to Colorado from CA.) The photos that I have for this post are from Annie and Ashley.

A Full Day of JULY 4!

An all day family fun fourth of July. Including FOOD, SPLASH PAD, PICNIC, BUBBLES, MORE FOOD, GAMES, and FIREWORKS.

Baby Ashton

Ashton was born on June 26...while we were in Canada...perfect timing. We arrived in SLC on Thursday evening, June 30. We spent Friday and Saturday preparing for his baby blessing and a family gathering on Sunday, July 3. (The Simms arrived in Smithfield on Saturday.) The Simms and the Petes showed up for dinner on Sunday evening and then the baby blessing was at the church, also Sunday evening. Ashton was only a week old, but taking after his mother- she was blessed when she was only a week old too. Dinner was chili Frito pie. Lots of Micah's family was there for the blessing and then popcorn and cookies, in the neighbor's yard.

Last Stop in Canada

We spent several hours on Sunday helping to clean up the community center. We hung around on Monday, but Mike and Enola still had other friends there and a RV to return, so we didn't see much of them during the day. On Monday evening, we took everyone to Boston Pizza for dinner. On Tuesday, we got a late start leaving and arrived in Edmonton, with only about 30 minutes to get cleaned up and get to the temple session. On Wednesday, the Simms stayed in Edmonton all day- we went on to Calgary. Our last night in Canada was in the "prairie dog hole campground"- lol. Not very nice at all and right next to the highway. Ron thought the cars and trucks were running over him all night. Thursday- we turned the RV in. (nothing good to say about that- ha) And then flew to Salt Lake City.