Monday, November 24, 2008

Summer of 2008

Paige and I at the campground. She's not just my baby, she's a perfect ten.

At the Great Sand Dunes National Monument when the disappearing river was out - not deep, but tons of fun for kids. In fact, if the river isn't out, the Sand Dunes aren't near so much fun. It is awesomely beautiful there.

This was taken downtown Manassa.


Nick, Chance, Kyra, Kyle, and Colton in the "Queen's Suite" in Aunt Cindy's and Uncle Gayland's new home they built. Kyra's room is larger than my mother's whole house. Serious! It's great. Kyra is my buddy all the way. She is great.




Brittney, Tyler, Annikah and Reagan at the Mormon Pioneer Days parade in Manassa, Colorado.

Annikah, Makenah holding Jagger and Reagan. This was taken by the cabins in Magote - you can see Keeley's and Mike's tent in the background with Colton's smaller tent too.





It was the first time there has been a Fred and Callie Mortensen reunion in July of this year. We rented cabins at Magote (near Manassa) and between those and some tents, we had a great time hanging out. Shela and Valden put together all the old super 8 movies from when I was a kid and gave each family a CD of them, with Fred and Callie singing in the background. Priceless. Shela and Valden were the main planners and it was a wonderful and fun event.

I drove there with Paige and Chance's Tyler plus I took Ryan's and Annette's two girls, Annikah and Reagan with me, since Ryan and Annette stayed home with Trevor. The girls were so sweet and good, a joy to have with us. These cousins love each other and they had so much fun at the campsite, in the river, at the parades and carnival, Sand Dunes, etc. It was a wonderful time and trip.


Paige went home early with Colton, so on the return trip I was with the same little girls plus Chance and Nick. It was awesome. I never drove one mile going home. Chance drove his 200 mile leg, Nick took over for his leg, and instead drove the last 400. Being Nick had just returned from driving all the way to NYC, it was a piece of cake for him. I appreciated it so much.

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