Golden Annversary

Love seems the swiftest but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married {half} of a century. ~Mark Twain


Grandma Rain and Grandpa John 50 years later.


Some grandkids, some great-grandkids


The grandchildren.

The Men

and Ladies


The cookie thief caught in action.

Aunt Katie and Lyric


Jace and Tatum, spinning themselves sick.

Uncle Erik and Lyric

Smiley Girl

Ryan, Tatum and Carina


..being silly

making music

Rained out at the Ranch

My grandparents made plans to take everyone horseback riding at the ranch, followed by a hayride and a BBQ, unfortunately, it rained all day, flooding most of the ranch. We ended up having a great time with our BBQ under the barn enjoying each others company.





The barn almost scared us into vegetarianism.





Trying to keep dry



Our little cowgirl

Aunt Chelle and Luke

Constantly terrorizing the dog.



Spoting the gnome panchos

Grandma's House

Tatum and her cousin Carina were instant best friends. Carina lives in Guam so, this was their first meeting. They were attached at the hip the entire trip.

Playing with cousins.


Carina and Tatum.

My little girl getting so big.

Lyric-lu walking home from the park.

and getting distracted

picking a flower for Grandma Rain

A little game Lyric calls hop on Papa.

Davis and Lyric tag teaming Papa

Aunt Whitney and Lu

Davis, relishing the his alone time with Grr and Papa

...literally, attached at the hip.


Daddy-back rides

Ryan continued playing with this digger long after Davis lost interest and left.

Picking Whitney up at the train station.

Glenwood Hot Springs Pool

We had quite the adventure at the hot springs pool... it rained most of the time and even hailed on us. Davis and Tatum braved the giant waterslide with their daddy, but mostly we just stayed in the water to keep from freezing.

Zion National Park

We got to enjoy the beauty (and the heat) of Zion National Park last week.



Lyric and Daddy all set to go.





Waiting for a wild animal to jump out.





Happy hiker Tatum



Pulling mom along.



Taking in the views.



Emerald Pools



Davis, holding to the iron rod.



Cooling off under a waterfall



A secret cave fit to rest in



More emerald pools



Cooling off in the river