We started off week two with a family birthday party. We have a lot of August birthdays, so Ezra was completely overwhelmed by all the people. He was super whiney the whole time, but we still had fun. Before the party really got going we did a little photo shoot though. Dayna had bought the boys matching shirts (they didn't have them in Zane's size) and since they are all the grandsons together for the first time we snapped away.
Zane was the only one I could get to smile or look at the camera.
Talya felt left out, so she joined in at the end. She was only slightly more cooperative though.
Some of the birthday folk.
We are missing a few, and Keian's birthday was actually in July.
Ezra went for his first motorcycle ride around the yard with Grandpa. To say he loved it would be an understatement. Grandpa taught him how to honk the horn, so every time they turned right and the horn came within his reach he would honk it. I think this really helped Ezra warm up to my dad.
We also went camping later on that week. They are redoing a lot of the camping spots at Pine Valley, so we got stuck in the Equestrian Campground, which basically means sagebrush and cedar trees with no stream, instead of the nice and cool pine tree area. We still had fun though. Ezra was just happy to be outside all day. We played games, relaxed, and ate food, there was a little "hiking", but mostly games and food. It was a very transient camping group, with me and Ezra being the stable ones. We had 21 people and 2 dogs, but never everyone at once. We didn't mind though.
If you click on the picture it should get bigger and you can see the baby dear
poking his head up. The mama's rear is to the left.
This concludes the wildlife portion of camping.
Ezra loved to play with the trailer rigging. I think he was trying to pull it here.
Check out my game face!
Ezra zonked while eating licorice. You can't really see it but he has a very messy face.
Thanks for the good times everybody!
2 comments:
Great to see your family again (vicariously through the pictures of course, but it reminded me of your family monthly birthday parties that I attended freshman year... ah the good times) :)
Oh that looks so fun. I'm so glad you were able to get some good family bonding time. That birthday picture with all those desserts was calling my name though, especially the chocolate ones! Ezra, as always, is growing up so fast. I loved the pictures with him and his little boy cousins. So cute. Glad you can enjoy camping whether it's in Vermont or in southern Utah. Thanks for keeping us updated on what you've been up to.
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