Saturday, July 5, 2008

A Belated Fourth of July!


We want to wish y'all a belated Happy 4th of July from our crew now in Washington. Loren the Birthday Boy turned 36. We had a birthday gathering for him and my brother Chris who turned 18 at my Grandpa Don's home out on Diamond lake. Loren was happy because he got in a mile swim on his special day. Denton is beginning to think it is a Happy Birthday every day since we have 5 of our family members with birthdays within a month and a half. Every time he sees a cake or a candle of any kind he says, "Sing Happy Birthday?"




My Grandpa is getting rid of this old boat and decided it would be a great birthday sign for the Birthday Boys, Loren and Chris.
Here is Aliyah, 3 weeks old now, sporting her 4th of July outfit.

Great Grandma Jody, Aliyah's name sake, gets in a much anticipated love.

Great Grandpa Don gets caught catching some cuddles as well.

Even Grandpa Mike's heart is stollen by little Aliyah.

Logan having some fun with his new snorkel gear in the lake.

Haley gets to ride in the boat with uncle Christopher as driver. It was not a mild ride either. When the boat lifts a foot off the water chomping over the waves it can't be too safe. But the kids thought it was cool.










The highlight of Denton's day was getting to play on the Bobcat.



All the kids love their Opa (G'pa Carl). Logan gives the best hugs.


Haley loves her Grandma Maryann very much. She told my mom she was so excited to be at her house that she did not know which room to go into first.









Sandra got her blue eyes from G'pa Don.


Happy Birthday Daddy! We love you!!

6 comments:

maryann said...

we are so happy you are here.

Doris said...

Looks like you guys are having a great time! I'm excited to see you next week. I hope you had a happy birthday, Loren.

The Barado Family said...

Hi,
Aliyah is cute! Congratulations.
Looks like your summer in Washington is going great. It's fun to see all your pic's on your blog.

Seth & Courtney said...

Hi Sandy & Loren,

So glad to see that you are having such a fabulous with your family. It's so nice to have an extended vacation and be able to catch up with everyone. Looks like little Aliyah is keeping everyone happy in the cuddle department.

We went to the High Priest Quorum meeting last weekend and decided it was just not the same without you! That goes for playgroup too! You are greatly missed. See you soon.

Seth & Courtney said...

fabulous time :)

Jef said...

Sandra,

Nice pictures...will you please send me a disc with all your pictures on it from the reunion, so I can put them up on the web for everyone to download/whatever...I missed having you come in to the studio with your card. Please...