Dual Birthday Celebration

In spite of upper 90 degree weather, we met in our patio on August 26th to celebrate birthdays of two special granddaughters Trysten Reynolds and Stephanie Rosenhan.










A general cleanup of Garth's projects, etc. and a few decorations set the stage for a fun family gathering.










Serena had sent Stephanie's gifts. Her 3 roommates look on as she opens them.










Drake, Liz (notice that new hair cut), Trina with Eve in front and Caleb, Sam, Marenda and Kalen standing and Trysten sitting.










Mellissa and Mitchell.




















Trysten with the card we gave her. Her mother gave her their gifts before they left for Columbia.










Stephanie with her gifts











The birthday girls - Trysten and Stephanie











The GIRLS - Kalen and Trysten Reynolds, Mellissa and Stephanie Rosenhan and Stephanie's 3 roommates.











And finally, the Happy Birthday song and candles to blow out.



It was wonderful having everyone over & we enjoyed celebrating two lovely girls' birthdays.

Weekend Family Fun

Friday, August 5th and Saturday, August 6th found Garth and me and 4 of our children - Deren & Liz, Kerali, Trina and Guy & Marenda and Sam - and their children at the Skousen Family Camp south of Manti.

The main purpose was to find out if this would work for our 50th Anniversary celebration in 2012 but it was wonderful to have half of our family with us during this time.



Kerali took advantage of the time for an early birthday celebration for Trysten who turns 20 on the 23rd of this month. We all enjoyed a very chocolate cake and ice cream sandwiches.


















Could Trysten be receiving a birthday "kiss" from Me Me Kalen? Taren and Mitchell are looking on







The rest of the pictures are pictures of the house and facility.




This picture was taken from the front door looking up at the loft that overlooks the living room area.








3rd level has just this loft area.

There are two queen sized beds in the loft but this area has no doors.











Looking from the loft down to the living room area and the front door.










2nd level or Main floor has a living room, kitchen, bathroom and this one bedroom.

This is the bedroom we stayed in. It was built after on part of the front deck/porch area. As you can see, it is just big enough or a queen sized bed and two small bedside tables.






The bottom level or basement has a game room, 2 small bedrooms and a bathroom.













I didn't get a picture of the 2nd bedroom.












One of the nicest things about the place is this Bunk House that was added later.













Inside of the bunk house looking from the door. This shows the bathroom and the door to the room in back








View of the bunk house from the opposite end showing the front doors. Each of the "bunks" has an extra mattress under it to be pulled out.








This is the room at the far end of the bunk house. It has two queen sized beds and has its own bathroom.










This is a view of the play area taken from the side road that goes up to the bunk house.












The little log cabin and the older trailer. We didn't use either of these facilities.













This bridge crosses a rather swift moving river to undeveloped property on the other side.








A view of the river in August. It will likely be higher in July.













In front of the house. The shade you see comes from the covered patio.









Another view of the house from the lawn side. I am thinking that we will move the table and use this as our stage area for the plays. (The little shed in back is just for equipment.)









Looking from the lawn area to the front of the house where the cars are parked.













By the front porch that goes up to the front door.









Vies of the house from the side you see first. The window is in the added on bedroom.













The "Evil Me Me" was waiting patiently for the older children to get their act together to get some filming done for the new version of "Crash Jordan".


I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED THE TOUR

Alec's Belated One Year Old Birthday Party

Before everyone arrived for the party on July 22nd, Kira found this cute costume and Trenton thought she was a good target for a little water.





























Done in true Kendra Halterman style, the table is set for little people with mini hamburgers, cups with French fries and Catsup, little cups with baby carrots, finger jello in alphabet shapes, melon balls and juice boxes.

The cake is a block with ALEC written on.





















Garth is cooking the mini burgers































The cake was impressive when cut.











The birthday boy thought putting my glasses on his head was the most fun thing to do.

Third Anual Play Day

This year's plays were held on July 18th, 2011 at the Harding "Theater" (back deck).











The first play was, "The Very Fractured Fairy Tales" with Kira Halterman as narrator, Taren Reynolds as Little Red Riding Hood, Kasen Brown as the Wolf, Mitchell Harding as Spiderman, Owen Reynolds as The Prince, Addie Brown as Snow White, Tessa Halterman as Dorothy and Nyah Brown, Eve Harding and Alec Halterman as the three little pigs.






Our second play was titled, "Anansi and the Talking Melon".

This was done with the older grandchildren.













The cast was:

Narrators- Kalen Reynolds and Sheridan Harding
Elephant - Drake Hansen, Anansi the Spider -


Tamlen Reynolds, Hippo - Marcus Harding, Lion King - Alden Reynolds, Zebra - Kira Halterman, Giraffe - Caleb Harding, Bush Deer - Owen Reynolds and Rino Trenton Halterman

Birthday and a Cherry Tree

It seems the summer has been "party time". We enjoyed joining the family at Marenda's place to celebrate Kasen's 4th birthday.

Here he is dressed in the Jake the Pirate costume that we gave him for his birthday.

The party was a success and finished up by a soccer ball pinata and birthday cake.

























A little side light- We had a hard rain storm that flooded the street and plugged the storm drain. While we were cleaning it out, Kira, Trenton and Alec Halterman had a great time playing in the water.

































WE WON A CHERRY TREE. One day we were shopping at Reams and Garth noticed a drawing and said he was going to fill out a form for it.

Well, We won one of the trees and it was loaded with many kings cherry candy. We "harvested" the cherries and shared them with our grandchildren who were at our house that day.