Maylie's Blessing Day Fun Sept.16

Beautiful Maylie in her dress that Camille and Grandma Berg made for her. I made the kids sit on the couch for the cousins picture, it turned out good! Everyone is looking at me. After the blessing we went our to The Kolher Farm for the luncheon.The kids had a blast playing on the zip line and riding the man powered carnival ride. The kids conned most of the Uncles and Dad's to give them another push. It was a fun time.

Charlie riding the red rocket!
Carsten and Ray in the blue rocket. Carsten only stayed in for a little bit, but Ray didn't want to get out. You can also see Rebecca and Ellie in the pink rocket.
Weston in the red rocket and Bekah in the green one!

My kids keep asking when we can all go back to Uncle Brad's Grandma's and play again!
What a great day!

Love ya, Heather

rock cliff with cousins

It was a pleasure meeting Chad's mom, Christine, (sorry if I spell her name incorrectly). she is a wonderful grandmother and I really enjoyed spending time with her, Melissa, Charlie, Carsten, and Anneclaire. Amazing that it was the first visit for the kids and I to Rock Cliff on the East side of Jordanelle. What a beautiful area. It seems that other than Melissa's previous co-worker and naturalist, we were alone in the big wetland world. We parked, walked onto the boardwalk, and immediately Melissa spotted a deer in the tall grass. As she caught up with her friend, Christine and I I enjoyed watching the boys explore in the nature center. There were all sorts of animals to meet in there. Again on the boardwalk, another deer was spotted. Overall, the campsite and wetland was very well preserved and the trails really allow you to enjoy the area. We had plenty of opportunities for "rock breaks" which I'm sure were the boys' favorite stops. Anneclaire enjoyed the stroller ride. At the end, Charlie was ready to trade her and Christine was good enough to carry sweet Anneclaire as Carten and I took turns pushing Charlie in the stroller. Just at the end of the trail the boys excitedly observed what I think was their first live caterpillar. Pretty neat. As Carsten, Charlie, Anneclaire and I enjoyed the last moments together in the nature center, we saw several birds and a chipmunk scurry nearby, eating birdseed. A wonderful morning. Thanks so much Melissa!

Wasatch State Park

It's always fun to go feed the ducks...especially when you have wonderful family with which to share the experience! We're soo glad to have Melissa and Charlie around for a couple weeks. Maci, Charlie, and Carsten enjoyed feeling the large ducks at the pond. Charlie and Carsten chased the ducks and tried to scare them back into the water. Charlie had a sort-of "bread dance" that he would do each time he threw a piece in the water. The bread must have been good, because they were not shy. Maci was being cautious, staying by we ladies. We think one might have even bit Carsten. That didn't slow him down however. After a while the kids were ready to play on the playscape. Maci impressed us all on the monkey bars...first with help from Grandma, and then all by herself! Anneclaire was in heaven chilling on Traci's lap. Charlie and Carsten followed eachother all over the playscape...doing a fine job climbing. Soon it was time for something new, so off we went for a stroll down towards Warm Springs Road. Melissa pushed Charlie, and Maci and I pushed Carsten and Anneclaire...that is, until Maci was ready for a ride and Carsten was ready to get out. At this point Grandma was pushing the two girls, Traci was carrying Carsten, and I was pushing Charlie. What an adventure, and what a gorgeous day. We all enjoyed the air, sunshine and the changing of the leaves in the mountains.

Cowboy Party at the Library

Story Time at the Library had a kick-off Cowboy party celebrating a new season of stories. Heather and Ray came over and went with us, Rebekah joined us all after she was done with school.

Miss Sally and the Library crew truly outdid themselves: great cowboy songs, and stories, a real cowboy singing cowboy songs to his guitar, cowdog Banjo dancing and doing tricks, rootbeer floats, snake tatoos, cowboy paperdolls to dress from die cuts, sack races, and carriage rides (or climb-ins). There are no pics of Anneclaire because she was on my back during the photos. She also enjoyed the party...especially the staw h'ordeurves.

Charlie's first Sooner Festivity

here's a great email i got from Chad tonite...

This weekend was the first OU football game of the year. For those of you who have not lived South of the Mason-Dixon line, you'll have to experience it some time. All the festivities around the football game are loads of fun. One of the nice things about living close to OU is being able to enjoy the activities that occur around the school. Saturday we took a bike ride up to the school to enjoy it all. Half the fun is watching everyone else as they go to and fro. We watched the drum line perform before the game. Charlie really enjoyed it. We had to strip him away from it.

The picture of the three of us is the second one we took. The first one you saw the back of Charlie's head as he was watching the drum line. The Institute here has an activity on game days. They have the "Sooner Family Fun Zone". We go sometimes to hang out with friends. They have a bounce-house there fore the kids. Charlie had lots of fun in them. He's turning in to quite the little climber. He had no problem going up the front of the slide. We hope that you all are doing well. Have a great Labor Day weekend.

--Chad Kidder