Elsie is now 6 months old and she is so much fun! She’s rolling over some and can sit up by herself pretty well too. She grabs everything within her reach and chews on anything she can get. She has a very happy disposition. Her brothers really enjoy playing with her and making her smile and laugh. We’re so happy to have her in our family.
A few weeks ago we took a Saturday morning and hiked up a local trail. It is just above one of our local parks. It is nice to live in a beautiful place.
While vacationing at Bear Lake earlier in July, we took an afternoon and went to Minnetonka Cave just over the Idaho border. Some interesting facts: it’s a 9 room cave (it was huge), 444 steps down and up and down one way into the cave (that’s why we carried the two little ones), 40 degrees year round inside the cave (notice we have jackets on), 1/2 mile walk into the cave, Minnetonka means “falling water” (there is water dripping and flowing in the cave). It was a fun hike and the kids had a great time. (We took our nephew Samuel with us.)
Entrance to the cave.
Waiting for the tour to start.
Going down……
One of the long stairways inside the cave.
There are some huge rock formations inside the cave that have taken hundreds of thousands of years to form.
At the end of the pathway into the cave.
For the 4th we did the usual things: a parade in the morning, activities at the park after that (Duane was in/out of a dunk tank for an hour), BBQ, and back to the park in the evening to see Polynesian dancers and fireworks. (Enoch’s missing from the pictures because he was at Grandma’s house.)
On June 30th Enoch was baptized and Elsie was blessed. Here are a few pictures.
We are also blessed to live only 90 minutes from Bryce Canyon National Park. At the end of June, Duane had a two day conference there. So while he was in meetings I took the kids hiking in the park. (If you ever take four kids hiking by yourself, expect a lot of comments from others on the trail!) Other things we did (that I didn’t take any pictures of) were have a BBQ dinner, attend a rodeo, swim at the hotel pool, play at the city park, and attend a dinner and show at Ebenezer’s Barn and Grill.
Last week Enoch turned 8! He’s excited to be a Cub Scout now, and his baptism is coming up next weekend!
