Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Great Times in Cheektowaga!!!

Collin was so excited that we came to visit. We had a wonderful time in Western New York with Travis, Stephanie, and Collin. Thank you so much for the great tours, the entertainment, the food, and the good weather. We had a really marvelous time. We so enjoyed visiting and getting to know Collin better. We loved the road trips.

On the way to Letchworth State Park. It is suppose to be the Grand Canyon of the East. Well, I think we have it beat as far as BIG. But they by far have us beat in the GREEN department. Also the waterfalls weren't too shabby either. We saw lots of wildlife and some wilddead (due to a little misshap with a squirrel in the road).

Everyone smile!

The Upper Falls

Everyone is having a great time!



We enjoyed the beautiful parks around Buffalo and Cheektowaga. We also enjoyed meeting people from the Buffalo Ward as well as other dental students and their family.

Outing with Collin in Delaware Park in Buffalo. What a nice day and picnic lunch we had. Collin had a good time also.

This is Cheektowaga Park and we are there to have FHE/BBQ. When good weather comes everyone enjoys the out-of-doors. It was lovely weather


Travis and Ryan Carter enjoyed keeping the seagulls away from the food while practicing their football throwing skills. Good thing they are going to be dentists and not quarterbacks.

On to Palmyra! What a wonderful trip that was. Our first stop was the Hill Cummorah. We had to stop for some photo opps and to speculate on where the plates were buried. We also checked out the visitors center.



What would be a trip to Buffalo without visiting Niagra Falls. This is the view from the American side.

There is Canada in the background and the horseshoe falls. It was our first rainy day besides the day that we flew in. But when you visit the falls who cares if it is raining because there is so much mist created by the falls. Good day to go!

Travis and Stephanie on the Canadian side with the falls in the background. They got kind of wet as they parked the car and came to join us.

Magnificant! It is amazing the feelings you have as you look over and and realize the power there is right beside you. There are certainly a lot of wonders in the world and this is a great one.

Of course we had to go check out the gift shop there in the background. And as if it wasn't chilly enough, we got ice cream.

But this little guy was the reason we went and we surely enjoyed spending time with him. Oh, and it wasn't bad spending time with his parents also.





And they are great parents!

Friday, June 19, 2009

Almost June Wedding

On May 30th our niece, Taryn Salmon, married Russell (the Love Muscle) and became Taryn Cowley. They have been backyard friends forever and have liked each other off and on forever. When Taryn was on, Russell was off and visa versa. They finally got connected again after they both went on missions and he was at West Point. They found that they really did love each other and couldn't live without each other. We had a wonderful two days with the family festivities.

At the Groom's dinner in the Cowley's backyard, Russell and Taryn are trying to see how well they knew each other by answering questions about each other.
Megan and Karen

Reddin and Carrie (enjoying a comment from the Brimley table)

The Brimley's (So glad to have the Utah Brimley's here)

The Salmon Table (Great to have Scotty and family from Michigan)
Syrell and Tate soon to be married in August! Lucky Aunt Jeanine gets to do another wedding this summer!

Mr. and Mrs. Russell Cowley


Tiffany and Savannah

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Sleep Over at Grandma's

Okay, I'm a little behind with my blogging and I was in the process of catching up when I lost my pictures of the sleep over at Grandma's. Sorry, you will just get to hear about it. The Tuesday night after Memorial Day I had a sleep over with the four oldest grandchildren, Sawyer, Ruth, Neil, and Payton. Yes, we are kind of top heavy in the girl persuasion. Everyone arrived by about 7:30 and the children played while the adults visited for a bit. I had talked with Sawyer earlier in the day about having an Evan's Theater. Where we would rent a movie and get candy. So by the time the adults left it was about 9:00 and all five of us went to Walgreen's and got a Red Box movie. It was a hard decision but we ended up with Bolt since there were people behind us looking not so patient. We also spent some time in the candy selection making that hard decision. Sawyer got Sugar Babies, Ruth got Mike and Ike's, Neil got Good and Fruity, Payton got Dots, and Grandma got Red Vines. We all got in our jammies and got the pad for the floor and settled down for good munching and the movie. When the movie was over Grandma told a couple of stories and they were all asleep, soon to wake up WAY too early the next morning, 6:00 AM to be exact. I thought they would sleep in for sure since they went to sleep at 11:30. No, not my grandchildren. However, Sawyer did a nice job of organizing some activities until Grandma was able to get out of bed. Fun times--need to do it again before school starts!

Monday, June 8, 2009

Memorial Day

Food and Fun on Memorial Day

Such form

Brendon checking it out

Fun with noodles and tubes

Collin not sure it is fun

It is a definate NOT fun

What is going on here?

Liam hanging out in the tube

Abby doing her thing with the noodle

Everyone enjoying the sun
More fun inside

Uncle Reddin passing out the suckers

Look Dad I can almost walk

Aunt Megan has my binkie and I want it!

Everyone wanted to hold Collin

Collin sometimes didn't want to be held

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

What a Grand Time We Had!

Travis and Stephanie came out to visit over the Memorial Day weekend. They brought the little guy so that he could be blessed with many family and friends there to lend their support.

We were glad to see Stephanie and Travis

But this is who everyone really wanted to see.

Trav and Steph enjoying the shorts and sandals. Oops those are not sandals on Trav's feet! We all enjoyed getting together and enjoying each others company.

Here is Kayda enjoying a dart!

What a hansome little guy!

What good parents I have! They just adore me.

Proud Dad and Son

The Reddin Evans minus Payton on the day of the blessing

The Evan's Family has grown.

The Evans and the Lindbloms on Collin's Blessing Day
The Moms and Dads

Just hanging out

Matty just hanging out.