Greta's Super Fantastic Birthday Celebration: The Party!

After an exciting couple of days Greta's actual birthday party finally arrived! She is already such a cheese for the camera. This was her smiling face that day.

Posing with the cakes.

Blowing out the candle, with a little help from her brother and cousins.

Here she is eating her cake, it wasn't very exciting because she did not smash into it. Everytime she got close the crowd would cheer and she would stop.

I love her little happy dance and how she poses everytime a camera is in front of her.

Happy Birthday Greta We Love You!

August 25 2010

I knew this day would come too soon.

only 1 1/2 weeks early grandma.

Greta's First Super Fantastic Birthday Celebration. Day 2, The Parade, Carnival, & Rodeos

Greta's Birthday started off with a parade. Here we all are waiting for it to start. Norm reserved us a great spot in the shade.

The birthday girl! This year she did not get to be in the parade.

Here is Holden taking pictures with his camera. It must have been something exciting because Harrison and Wesley look pretty happy.

Here are a couple pictures Holden took. Luckily Greta and I were not riding in one of these this year.

And a real Ferrari!!!! How could a true "Cars" fan pass up the chance to photograph a real Ferrari?

Reese and Lane on the Fautin family float, it was wild west saloon themed this year

Rylee was part of the Piute County Royalty (she is the one in pink with her arm covering her face)

Hunter and Hadley were Marysvale Rodeo Queens

So those were the highlights of the parade. It was fun and exciting per usual.

Following the parade was the kids carnival and rodeo. Greta took a nap during those so we missed seeing Hunter and Hadley barrel racing.

Holden participated in his first fish rodeo.

He had fun splashing around in the water but was not sure about catching a fish, someone gave him one to hold, then he quickly put it back in the water. He was pretty upset when he didn't have a fish at the end because he wanted to eat fish for dinner that night.

Greta and I came down to watch Holden in the fish rodeo. Noah took her out to get her feet wet, but they sprayed everyone with the fire hose just as they got out, poor little girl.

Greta's First Super Fantastic Birthday Celebration! Day 1

Greta is so lucky to have her birthday on a holiday.

This year we spent the weekend in Marysvale with Noah and My families. The weekend started on Friday when we ran the Sevier river.

Here is Noah going through the Deadman's rapid

 

and here are my brother Bret and brother in law Andrew going through Deadman's.

Andrew and Bret on a calm stretch.

And Noah

My sister Shauna and husband Andrew

Bret and wife Angela (this year they stayed in the boat! Good job guys!)

Me

And finally an action shot of Noah.

That night Hunter had her 16th birthday party.

Happy Birthday Hunter!!!

The Property

As part of our Fourth Of July weekend we went up to my parents property near Price UT.

We left in the afternoon so we pretty much just had time to make and eat dinner then we went to bed.

The next morning we had omelets in a bag. Greta loved sitting in the little kid camp chair.

We went on a nice little family hike around the property, we forgot the baby backpack so Greta got to sit on dad's shoulders.

Holden found a hiking stick! (surprise, surprise!)

Greta & Noah in the woods.

Greta trying to escape from the tent!

Our family in front of our tent.

My sister Shauna and her husband Andrew came with us, but I don't have any pictures of them on my camera and the pictures I have from them don't seem to want to download, which is sad because they had some really cute ones of the kids. It was a great weekend and a beautiful trip.