This weekend capped a two-week adventure where Meemaw and I hosted Ram and then Viana at our house in Colorado, and then we drove Viana home to Monroe via a camping trip! It was great good fun to camp with Viana, and we also had a marvelous visit with the Carter family as we were privileged to be a part of the blessing of CharlyAnn Jill Carter by her father, Eric. It was a perfect weekend. Well, almost--we forgot the best part of camping (according to Viana), which is marshmallows. Oh well, that's a good excuse to do it all again!
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| Viana and her dogs, Doug and "Sit-nee" (Sydney). This is one of the best pictures of our dogs I've even seen--usually they're camera shy, or we can't get them to look at the camera at the same time. Good job Viana! |
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| We also packed the car full of Summerque's stuff for college. We'll store it at CJ's house until Summer arrives in August. We'll miss Summer! |
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| Here is our campsite at Island Acres, near Grand Junction, CO. Viana was a natural camper! But dang, those bugs sure liked that sweet Viana! |
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| We had a great campfire. Unfortunately, we forgot the best part of camping (according to Viana): Marshmallows! Still, it was a magical night on the Colorado River! |
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| Viana and Meemaw by the light of the campfire . . . . |
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Meemaw cooked an awesome camp breakfast of bacon and eggs. That little blue blob on the picnic table is Viana trying to stay warm.
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| When we arrived home (Monroe City, UT) everyone was glad to see each other, especially Viana and her sister, Brooke! |
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| Here we are with CharlyAnn, who is now almost three months old! CUTE KID! |
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| On Saturday afternoon we took a hike to the hot springs near CJ's house. Boiling hot water bubbles from the ground--so interesting and beautiful. |
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| The beautiful Carter family: Brooke, Eric, Viana, CharlyAnn, and CJ. I reckon Ram was off exploring cliffs or playing in the boiling water! |
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| Vick and I sneaked into this picture--so fun to be together! Including Ram, in the stroller. |
In this video, you'll see Brooke in the tent. We "camped" in CJ's back yard on Saturday night. The first thing she did when she woke up was start singing "the rain came down and the suds (floods) came up, the rain came down and the suds came up." Not sure why, but so cute. We also took a walk to the hot springs, and a walk after church on Sunday. Great fun!
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| Ram at breakfast--he's a good eater! |
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| Eric looking handsome before CharlyAnn's blessing. Thumbs up! |
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| CharlyAnn always has big eyes . . . and such a cute baby. She usually has a big smile for everyone. |
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| Carter Fam. |
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| Vick and CharlyAnn during Sunday School. They were both good students while CJ taught the class. Lovely! (I wonder where CharlyAnn gets her big eyes???) |
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| At breakfast before we returned to Colorado Springs. We'll miss the Carters. :( |
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Here we are at a rest stop on the way home. Gorgeous drive from Monroe to Colorado Springs, and only about nine hours.
Now Vick will focus on Girls Camp (she's the Stake Girls Camp Director) which is 20 - 25 June. Summer is working as a nanny this summer, and then she'll leave for BYU Provo in August. Krista had an adventure in San Francisco/Hawaii/Guam/Fiji/Tonga/Japan the past two weeks, and will visit Jamie in San Jose and then come home for a day or two before going off to see a friend in Texas, and then back to work in Utah. Charina is about to finish her internship and then go to Girls Camp with her ward, and Jimmy is doing well in his clinical portion of his Physical Therapy schooling. Jamie and Ladon just went to Washington to welcome home Ladon's brother, Jonas, from his mission in North Carolina, and that's a pretty busy snapshot for the Roy family in the past week. Oh, Summer also returned from a week-long rafting trip with some high-school friends, and now she is at Jamie's house also.
And I'm loving semi-retirement, though a couple of job prospects are looming . . . .
Hope your summer is starting as well as ours has!
Love,
Dad/Grandbill |
3 comments:
I have to hurry up and write a comment because Dad says if no one likes his blogs he's not writing anymore and who write better blogs than Dad? (well, Jimmy is a close 2nd) So GREAT BLOG DEAR!!!! I love the videos and what a great trip!
That looks so great and fun! I sure do love those Carter people, and camping is joyous! That was a great blog Dad!
Dad! We all love your blogs!! More than you like seeing comments!! (Remember how we are bottom feeders, so it is easy to read a blog, but to have to log in to leave a comment!! Know that your blogs are always anticipated and enjoyed!! Especially when they contain such good subject matter!)
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