Hope rides a trike

We pulled the trike out of the shed and shoed Hope how to make it work.  Of course she doesn't pedal yet, just pushes with her feet.  She learned how to steer quicker than I thought she would. She love riding down the street but coming back up is hard.  She will go about 200 feet and them climb off, point to the bike and say,"mom" and head back to the house to wait for me and the bike to catch up so she can do it again.

Summer fun

These are fun drinks that I make for the 24th of July

 We got together with family for a BBQ and fire works---in the rain.  But it was still a blast.

 Hope actually held a sparkler.

 My niece Kristi, sitting on the ground, just got into Allen. The guy sitting next to her.

 Grandma, trying to stay dry.

We spent 3 days camping at Strawberry reservoir. The kids were so excited to go fishing that they couldn't wait, so we rented a boat in the heat of the day and went fishing. Loren caught one.
We watched squirrels, chipmunks, and ground squirrels play around our camp ground. Hope feed them crackers.
One night we fished from shore and Parker and Ethan found that if they just dropped the end of their pole into the water, crawfish would climb on to them.  We caught dozens of those. However, we don't eat them so they went right back into the lake.

Summer catch up

We celebrated my parents 50th Anniversary at Mill Hollow.  My father worked there during the summer for many years.  I believe that all of my siblings including myself spent a week or more there while growing up.

                                                  The grand and great grand kids.

                                                            Deer in the meadows

                                                          Party for Mom and Dad

                                               The stream that is normally low and shallow

                                                                 Mom and Dad

                                                                         Hiking

                                            Dad telling us about the trees and how the grow

                                                       Me, Braden and Chris

It was fun getting together with the whole family. We hiked, played games, roasted marsh mellows, had had a party for the happy couple.

Adventures in the rain

Wednesday we decided to hit Raging Waters.  We left after lunch. It was bright and sunny on our side of the mountain but as we rounded the point of the mountain there where all kinds of rain clouds.  It wasn't raining yet, so we keep on driving.  The whole time I was praying that it would just be cloudy so we could swim when we got there.
We were about 3 minutes from where we needed to be when we encountered a train stopped on the train tracks and no where for us to go.  We finally turned around to find another route to our destination.  It start to pour on us, not little drops, huge drops blowing sideways, hard enough that it was difficult to see. Then it started to Hail, yes hail, and then came the lightening. I asked how many wanted to still go swimming. Most replied, "ME". So on we went.
When we finally arrived an Raging Waters, the were kicking everyone out, I went to the desk to find out if they were closing. Yup, for 20 to 30 minutes to see if the lighting would leave.  We decided to hag around and see what happened. The sun came out and we were able to swim.  The wind would pick up every now and again but it was warm.  After 2 1/2 of play it started raining again so we decided it was time to make our way home.  We were all worn out and had a great time.
No pictures because aI didn't want to rent a locker just for my camera or phone.