Just Singin' in the Rain (or Dancin')

A rain storm came through last weekend. What do my girls ask? "Mom, can we put on our swim suits and play in the rain?" "Sure. Why not? It's warm outside." I commented to Dave that I wanted to be young again and have the thrill of wanting to play in the rain.
Nicole didn't get her swim suit on but she wasn't going to let them play in the rain without her!

First Day of Second Grade

August 19, 2009

Today is Hannah's first day of second grade! Man, how time flies. I still think she should be in kindergarten!

It is amazing to see how Hannah is growing. She is turning in to quite the little lady. She is quite the teaser to her sisters but she is also quite the caretaker of them when needs be.

Hannah is still attending at Edith Bowen. For second grade, she has the same teacher as she did in first grade. I'm hoping this relieves some of the worries she had last year. Only time will tell.

We love you Hannah!

Welker Reunion

The Welker Reunion was held August 3-6 at the Monte Cristo camp ground. Janee and Bryce were in charge of scheduling the reunion and a wonderful job they did! The only thing missing at the reunion was our Valiant Missionaries, Grandma and Grandpa Welker.

We were at the campsite for about 2 hours (or maybe even less) when Ashley took a spill on her scooter. Yea, we were going to bring the helmets but left them sitting in the garage. Aarghh! Thanks to Aunt Wendy for patching her up. Thanks to Aunt Linda for making her feel special by giving her the FIRST piece of birthday cake. These pictures were taken the next morning of her injuries. Man, am I thankful to have so many medical professionals in the family!





Hannah needed her picture taken by the tree too. As you can see, Hannah has a bruise on her forehead too. This occurred a few days earlier when a bar stool fell on her head. I should never say that I want to have family pictures taken. Next time I'll learn!


and you can't forget Nicole. She needed her picture taken too!

Tuesday morning, we loaded on the back of Dave's snowmobile trailer and headed up the road about a mile so Uncle Glade could do his annual nature hike with the kids. How lucky they are that Uncle Glade is willing to teach them about flowers!

This picture is most of the Grandkids lined up from oldest to youngest. I think the only one missing is Eme.

here's Wendy, Janee, Dave and Bryce catching some rays....

Upon returning from the nature hike, Kendal had the Amazing Race set up and ready to go. Dave and I helped Glade make lunch, which was yummy hamburgers and hotdogs, but Hannah and Ashley participated. One of the challenges was face painting. Here's what they looked like when they returned.....


Ashley and Delaynie........

Sam, Ashley, and Delaynie......

Rachel and Hannah......

Wednesday brought us to Bear Lake for a day of water. Bryce and Janee were very kind and brought their boat, tube and wake boards. Hannah went on two boat rides and Ashley had one LONG ride. I believe my girls are part fish. Accept for Nicole. She did not like the water at all. She was perfectly Happy on the sidelines playing in the sand.

Wendy and Kevin......

Janee.......
Dan and Linda........
Uncle Glade doing what he loves best.....

Ken and Garrett (Jacob in the background with the life vest)........

Glade and Nate.......
Erin and Roomate Nicole......

and the best for last........Dave........

Aunt Erin was such a sport and put on the life vest and went WAY out in the water to play with the kids. You're so awesome Aunt Erin!

Here starts the pictures of my fish. Hannah is the second from the right. Good thing she has a life vest on!



Here's Ashley..........


and Nicole.....perfectly happy with the sand.......

Everyone was tired by the time the water day was over. Dave had to work Thursday morning so we were not able to head back to camp and stay one more night with the others. We headed home after Bear Lake. This next picture shows how exhausted Nicole was. She was playing with this Bug Juice bottle and fell asleep with it in her mouth. She was humming into the bottle and I believe fell asleep in the middle of her tune!

A good time was had by all at the Reunion and we love that new memories were made!

Sisterly Love

Oh man, can they fight.....but when it's all said and done they want to be together. We were getting things pulled together for the Welker reunion and pulled out our air mattress. The girls decided to "camp out" on Hannah's bedroom floor.
Now this picture........I can't tell who's on top. This is Nicole and Ashley doing some wrestling on the floor or "sisterly love" as I prefer to call it.

24th of July Parade

Hannah's TaVaci group rode in the 24th of July parade in Logan. She was so excited to be riding in the parade. She rode in one other parade a couple of years ago with her dance group and she loved it! So, when asked if she wanted to participate the answer was YES! What a lucky girl. She's only 7 years old and has been in two parades!

Me, Dave, Ashley, Nicole, Grandma Peterson, Kendal, Bridger, Sam and McKenna were on the side cheering her on as she went by!

Here's Hannah and one of her good friends, Lydia....

Ashely was totally bummed that she wasn't able to ride in the parade so we made sure and put her on the trailer so she could have her picture taken and feel important too if only for a moment. After all was said and done, I think Ashley preferred being on the side lines because she "scored" in the candy department. One of my high school friends was in the parade and one of his co-workers husband works with Dave at Mt. Crest. When they saw us, they dumped a whole bag of salt water taffy in front of us. The kids were in HEAVEN!