Fourth of July 2008

We had a wonderful Fourth of July. On Thursday, the third, I persuaded Guenther to take me to view the fireworks put on at Granite High. I learned to love the fireworks displays when I was young, and my folks took the family to the Cotton Bowl stadium to see the fireworks each year on July 4th. Guenther doesn't care to be in crowds, so he really didn't want to go, but he relented. The fireworks display designer/technical-engineer attends our ward, so I got to tell him today how very much I enjoyed the show.

Then, on Friday morning, we went to West Point early so that we could sit out in front of the house and watch the Big Parade with Lindsay and the kids.

Ellyn's all set. However, when the marching bands and loudspeakers came by blaring music, she wanted me to put my hands over her ears.

But she loved the candy that the marchers threw out. And she enjoyed the horses.



Ema's wondering how long it's going to take them to get to us.

Here we are. I gave all of the flags to Lindsay after the parade. On her computer, she has a photo of her as a teen holding those little flags while she saw the parade during one of her summertime visits to West Point.

Guenther got a kick out of the tractors.

Lindsay takes a photo of Kai.



And here he is. What a darling little chunk.






Some video clips..very, very, short.. of the parade.

Bob and Genie and the kids came up later in the morning.

Here, Bob is helping Guenther load some branches into the bed of the pick-up. Why the frown, honey?



Sue sent some fun photos of the kids to Guenther for Father's Day, thanking him for their good genes.


Shots of Lucy and Maxwell. Sue's right...they do have good genes. I adore the Stoll mouth.

Cousin fun in West Point

These shots were taken in West Point on the corner of 300 North and 2000 West. I don't recall if I have already posted some. It just looks so different with Burt Johnson's house moved.

Last week we drove to West Point on Monday and got all the lawns mowed, and then on Friday we went again, intending to put sealant on the deck. However, it turned out to be way too hot an afternoon. So we just relaxed in the shade in the back yard and watched Summer play with her little cousins. We were tending her for the day while Drew and McCall went to Youth Conference.
Summer asked me to snap this photo of her hanging on the bar.

Lindsay listens to...er..correction..demonstrates her new MP3 player.

Another wonderful baptism

Summer was baptized by her father on Saturday, June 14, 2008 in Sandy, Utah, and it was a very special day.



































After the baptism, Nancy invited everyone to her home for dessert in the backyard.
























Lindsay furnished this lovely centerpiece.





























Lindsay wanted a photo taken of their family, but the kids weren't in the mood

Snowbird Time for the Stolls

Each year for the past thirty years or so the Stoll family has gone up to Snowbird for the first week of June. Guenther and I went up on Sunday and joined the rest of the family for some good visiting and wonderful food. Jeannine brought her delicious rhubarb dessert, we love Tiffany's broccoli salad, Jackie served great barbecue on buns, and, I believe, the strawberry pie came from Genie, and the chocolate cookies from Amber...but I'm not too sure. We took a cake with marzipan frosting from Schmit's Bakery. It was all good.
Emma's fussing because she's a little hungry. She felt better when Jackie picked her up.
Tiffany and Richard and girls are headed for St. George for the week.
This is a lot of snow for June.


Ella is trying to steal some of Emily's food.
We are so thrilled. Krissie and Kyle are expecting!
David gave up the fight.


I like this shot of Rich and Emily.
Garret bumped his head on his little sister's shoe.

This is a rare shot. Most of the time little Ella Marcelle is a whirl of movement..exploring everything.

More Family Milestones

On Sunday, June 1st, David was ordained a High Priest by Tami's dad who gave him a beautiful blessing along with the ordination. A shot of Dave with Tami's dad and the high councilman assigned to David's ward.
We were all there in David's living room, and it was a memorable spiritual experience.

Summer turned eight years old on Friday, the 5th. She had her birthday party at David's house, and the kids enjoyed watching "Alvin and the Chipmunks" in the Theater Room.

These two boys who showed up for the party. Summer invited her whole class.
A cute shot of Drew. She brought some friends to help if needed.
I like this shot of Summer. She was a really cute little hostess to all her friends...great social skills...lucky girl.



A little video of a game they played.