Mitt

Ashley took these breathtaking photos of Mitt.  I can't decide which one to get printed to hang on my wall with my photos of the other grandkids.  They are all amazing!

 

 

 

Holly is the most beautiful mother!

Brothers.

Not only is Holly a beautiful woman, she is an amazing mother!

Perfect in every way.

Camping

We took Dave's dad with us on a quick little camping trip.  He loved getting out of doors and enjoying the fresh air.

 

 

We had intended meeting Scott and family at Smith and Morehouse.  But he had left before us to go up there and called us to say the campgrounds were full.  We all ended up camping off the side of the road, not in a campground.  But it was really a lovely spot.  Wild flowers were blooming. We could hear the sound of the river not far from us.  And all of us were able to camp next to each other.

 

 

 

 

 

Some very handsome Grose guys.

Lisser and Riley

Carter and his friend, Shantz.

Alyssa and Riley brought some friends.  Their little boy, Jax, looked so much like Shad.  He was a sweetheart and a great little camper.  We never even heard him cry.

We were very excited to try out our new kayaks.  We had camped about 10 minutes away from our favorite lake, Washington Lake.  So we drove over there and spent about two hours, while the others' hung out with Dave's dad.

I like how easy kayaks are to maneuver.  Much easier than our canoe.

 

 

 

We even caught a few fish before heading back.

It was a quick, but rather pleasant, little trip.

Gram and Gramp Camp 2014

 

We started off this year's camp in our backyard.

It was all the kids could do to eat their dinner, they were so excited for the activities to begin.

I took off work an hour early to fill up these babies.

 

One, Two, Three, Four, let's have a water balloon war!

Liv and James sporting their new goggles.

The water temperature was 86.  Sweet.

 

 

After everyone had showered off and put on their jammies we made smores.

 

 

 

 

 

Then we sang camp songs

 

 

We had planned on watching Nemo outside, but it got cold and windy, so we watched it down in the family room.

The next morning after a delicious breakfast of chocolate chip pancakes, the kids all decorated treasure boxes.  We talked about the scripture that says, "Where your treasure is, there will be your heart also" and what their real treasures are.

The kids all made a Father's Day card for their Great Grandpa Grose and we took them to him.

Then we drove down to Salt Lake to the Aquarium.

 

 

 

 

We were all starving afterwards.  We found an Arctic Circle with a play area. 

The girls' table.

The boys at their table.

I think this year's camp was another success!