Halloween 2007

"Ov kouriss we luff Amerika....they huff demokrazy, freedom and candies!"

Bubbles

Reading Time

One of Charlie's favourite things to do is to read.

Playground

This was a magic night. Early Autumn. Rugged up and ready to have some fun. Who needs Nintendo, XBox or an IPhone? Beautiful.

Brekkie Time

It takes a village to raise a pancake.

Emory and Jude

In early October 2007 Jude and Emory came to Utah for a visit. They also caught up with Emory's mother, siblings, siblings-in-law, and other family members. They mostly live in and around Ogden. We had a fantastic time with them.

Josie

Sitting in the backyard on a coolish but pleasant Autumn morning.

Worm's eye view

They say that the early bird catches the worm....but the second mouse gets the cheese.

Forty Candles at Rich's Camping Birthday Party

Laura made this cake for Rich and opted to fire up forty individual candles. After the park ranger left and the camp-site was back to normal we agreed that next year we will get two candles for Rich's cake - one in the shape of a '4' and the other in the shape of a '1'.

Birthday Frock

One of Gracie's birthday gifts this year was this pretty summer dress that her Grandma Gayle made for her.

The next amazing installment in Laura's series of child-delighting cake designs is this beauty. Absolutely delicious, except the doll was a little chewy.

Bowling

There is just so long that you can resist the lure of a bowling alley in your neighbourhood. Charlie, Grace and Rich had a great time and all of them cracked the magical 50. No need for lessons with such innate talent. We won't mention the three warnings we had from the manager for bouncing balls and sliding on our tummies down the lane.

Waiting for the Mailman

Laura likes to buy things on Amazon and has even made some successful forays into the world of Ebay. Here she is waiting for one of her bargains to be delivered.

Little Cottonwood River

Charlie and Rich had an adventure in late July in the Little Cottonwood Canyon. We found a beautiful river with icy cold water. Very refreshing to dunk your head into after some hot hiking.

Camping

Rich's Birthday

Rich's love of camping is unquestioned. So to celebrate his 40th we all packed up the van and headed for Spruces' camping ground in Big Cottonwood Canyon, 45 minutes from home. We had a fun time.

Where's Josie?

Towel-heads

Grace and Jane making themselves bootiful.

Family Portrait

This was taken on Charlie's birthday, at This is the Place Heritage Park.

Two Blowing Out Candles Ceremonies

When you're seven you get to blow out candles on cupcakes and a Bionicle Mask cake.