Daniel and his cousin Isaac were fast friends and stuck together whenever possible. This was the first time they met since Isaac lives in Alaska. They were so sweet to watch...both of them are just really nice boys. They really enjoyed the slumber parties together!
The annual hike this year took us to the top of some mountains to a hidden lake. The trail crossed a stream, so the dads and uncles all made a chain of 5 men across the rocks to pass the little ones in our group. I believe they passed 20 children over this stream. It was so neat to watch them all working together to keep our children safe and dry! What cool dads we have!
This is at the top of the mountain we climbed. The lake was crystal clear and made from snow-melt water. It was breathtakingly beautiful! I'm so thankful we were able to see this place! It made me say a silent prayer in my heart to thank the Lord for this beautiful Earth he blessed us with.
Matthew and cousin Grace were the first ones in our group to the lake. We actually were there first by mistake. Grace was too hot and tired to hike much, so we were the 'cabooses' of the group, and we became lost. Luckily the rest of the group were hiking around the other side of the lake and met us here later.
What a beautiful place! I'm so happy for the quiet moments to enjoy God's creations! How generous of Him to give us grand beauties like this!
This is a family art project we did at the reunion. It's a canvas 4 yards long that everyone painted on to make one giant piece of art. It was really fun to see everyone's creativity come out. There were lots of clever ideas!
More circle painting. Leif Skarstedt, a cousin aged 10, said, "This is the best part of the reunion!"
Matthew working on his circle. I love the variety of colors he uses. He always incoporates a rainbow of colors in his art work. I love it so much!
We visiited the Provo paleontology museum for fun. There were large windows where you could watch the paleontologists at work cleaning fossils fresh from the field. Matthew delighted in the sharp teeth on every giant skull. He begged me to take a dozen pictures of him posing with big teeth.
Aunt mary Anns home has a rock climbing wall in the front entry (isn't that a COOL idea?!) Nathan's brother, Andy, harnessed all the little kids one at a time and let them try to climb the wall. What a cool uncle! It was fun to watch them!
Matthew loved the climbing until he was about 4-5 feet off the ground. But as soon as he was unbuckled, he begged to go again.
The children loved helping Aunt MaryAnn stone cherries in preperation for jams and other preserving methods. They stoned cherries for hours! It was definately a trip highlight for them all. It was like a game for them.
The cherry tree had low branches that the children could harvest without help. They really loved picking hte berries. It's much funner than harvesting hte blackberries full of thorns or the wild grapes full of biting bugs. This was a breeze to do and they'd run outside giggling in anticipation of the waiting harvest.
On our trip we saw the world's largest Van Gogh painting. In the middle of Kansas....we stumbled across it on accident. We were just looking for a bathroom and a park to play in. The kids thoguht it was awesome. Look at the bottom right corner of the picture...there's Nathan and the van to give you a sense of scale.
The annual hike this year took us to the top of some mountains to a hidden lake. The trail crossed a stream, so the dads and uncles all made a chain of 5 men across the rocks to pass the little ones in our group. I believe they passed 20 children over this stream. It was so neat to watch them all working together to keep our children safe and dry! What cool dads we have!
This is at the top of the mountain we climbed. The lake was crystal clear and made from snow-melt water. It was breathtakingly beautiful! I'm so thankful we were able to see this place! It made me say a silent prayer in my heart to thank the Lord for this beautiful Earth he blessed us with.
Matthew and cousin Grace were the first ones in our group to the lake. We actually were there first by mistake. Grace was too hot and tired to hike much, so we were the 'cabooses' of the group, and we became lost. Luckily the rest of the group were hiking around the other side of the lake and met us here later.
What a beautiful place! I'm so happy for the quiet moments to enjoy God's creations! How generous of Him to give us grand beauties like this!
This is a family art project we did at the reunion. It's a canvas 4 yards long that everyone painted on to make one giant piece of art. It was really fun to see everyone's creativity come out. There were lots of clever ideas!
More circle painting. Leif Skarstedt, a cousin aged 10, said, "This is the best part of the reunion!"
Matthew working on his circle. I love the variety of colors he uses. He always incoporates a rainbow of colors in his art work. I love it so much!
We visiited the Provo paleontology museum for fun. There were large windows where you could watch the paleontologists at work cleaning fossils fresh from the field. Matthew delighted in the sharp teeth on every giant skull. He begged me to take a dozen pictures of him posing with big teeth.
Aunt mary Anns home has a rock climbing wall in the front entry (isn't that a COOL idea?!) Nathan's brother, Andy, harnessed all the little kids one at a time and let them try to climb the wall. What a cool uncle! It was fun to watch them!
Matthew loved the climbing until he was about 4-5 feet off the ground. But as soon as he was unbuckled, he begged to go again.
The children loved helping Aunt MaryAnn stone cherries in preperation for jams and other preserving methods. They stoned cherries for hours! It was definately a trip highlight for them all. It was like a game for them.
The cherry tree had low branches that the children could harvest without help. They really loved picking hte berries. It's much funner than harvesting hte blackberries full of thorns or the wild grapes full of biting bugs. This was a breeze to do and they'd run outside giggling in anticipation of the waiting harvest.
On our trip we saw the world's largest Van Gogh painting. In the middle of Kansas....we stumbled across it on accident. We were just looking for a bathroom and a park to play in. The kids thoguht it was awesome. Look at the bottom right corner of the picture...there's Nathan and the van to give you a sense of scale.
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