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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Top Ten...

Caleb Tracy Petersen was baptized in June.  Sara did a wonderful job of planning everything.  She and Jamie were the speakers and Milly sang a solo of "I Am A Child of God" that was so precious.
The annual visit from the Lake family was such a treat.  We had the carnival, went to Bear Lake and vegged at home.  We took the Petersen boys and their mama camping up Blacksmith Fork.  Sara also turned in a great time for her half-marathon.
My brother, Paul Griffin, came for a short stay and Trace and I enjoyed going in BettyWhite with him to see Old Ephriam's grave.  Lydia and Emma loved on him as much as possible.
Bundys invited us to hike in Big Cottonwood Canyon and we had a lovely day with them and the girls. 
A favorite pastime of mine this summer has been to do lots of walking in the Logan Cemetery....no dogs and the atmosphere is peaceful : )  So I've taken some of the kinder with me to hike up the 124 steps to Old Main, walk through Utah State to the cemetery and then journey on to Lee's house for cookies and a ride back to the car.  It's about 2 miles and the punks really enjoy it.  Especially the "playing dead" part!!
Bundys went camping with us too,and Ryan and Emma drove with me to the grizzly grave as well.
Paradise TROUT AND BERRY DAYS just can't be beat for cheap entertainment.  Six of the grands brought a trout to our fish fry that they had caught with their own hands.  Lindsey and Ryan C. had to help Lydia and Milly, but from 5 on up the parents weren't allowed in the water.  The kids were sure thrilled with their fish.
This captures many events with the Caspersons over the last few months.
And finally, our summer consisted of me traveling to Oklahoma to drive back to Utah with Lindsey and the girls.  Notice the lovely FLAT landscape of Kansas.  And last but not least, we went to Denver for a wonderful  celebration for Trace's retirement. 

8 comments:

Lee said...

Great recap of your fun-filled summer. You and Trace look great @ his retirement party, and you look super skinny in that pict @ Big Cottonwood with you giving the peace sign. Good times.

Lindsey said...

Oh me oh my! You have had a FUN FILLED summer. Glad I got to be apart of some of it!

Jessica said...

Looks like you had a very fun summer! I can't believe those kids walked all that way from campus to my parents house. I can barely do that and that's without doing the old main stairs. ;)

Jord said...

What a fun summer! It looks like you had a great time with each girl and her family in turn and I'm sure they loved being with you whenever possible.

Vonnie said...

It looks like a great summer for your family! Loved the recap and the pictures.

tutus n bowties said...

Loved the Summer recap Annie! I hope you and Trace have a fun time in Oregon this weekend. Just wanted to thank you for offering your home for the shower. You will be missed!! I saw a cute pumpkin idea and thought we might need to get together for a fall craft! What say ye?

Jamie Jo said...

Phew! I was begging to think we weren't going to make your Top Ten. I'm glad you could squeeze us in! I need to go to Old Ephraim again. It's been years!

Kylee said...

Annie! Where have you been lately?? No posts in a month! I miss you and want to hear what you are up to. Please do an update, for me :)