This is amazing costumes and idea this year

Halloween 2009 (what a crack up this year was)

Family of the renown Baker Family Halloween Party

I can't even compete in what goes on with these costumes and the younger generation gets more creative as they join the family. I did have to say dad and I laughed so hard when we saw Jon and Melinda come in as us. Emulation they say is the best compliment. I am not sure I would dye my hair for this kind of compliment. Then of course there was the Wally Baker family that came one hour after the party was to start but all was forgiven when we saw the amount of costuming that was done in order to comes as the Jackson Family. They had really done there homework and had everything down to represent a very famous few. Have fun looking at this very fun but time consuming tradition.

Baptism, Blessing and More Blessings of Seeing Who We Love

We had such a great week last week as we had the chance to see all of our grandchildren and children that do not live in Idaho Falls. We started out in Stansbury Park and met Amy Mike and kids at Gardeners' Mill for the Halloween opening when we first got there about 7:00. It was a fun little activity. The next morning we got to see Sam and Dan's soceer games. Then at noon we went to the church and got to see Sam be baptized. It was a very special meeting and confirmation. Dad and I talked at the baptism and Ana sang a song. Jon and Melinda and family came down for this special time and Mike's three sister's and families were there also. Amy did a nice pasta bar lunch and there were a ton of people in and out of her house. Then we left for the airport and flew to Indy to see Meg and Justin and be there for Eva's blessing. It was good for dad to be able to see Eva. Meg kept her up until we got there late that night. She is a cute little one but I didn't get very many good pictures of her but of course we had a few of the big sister when she would hold still. We had a nice Sunday lunch after the blessing Justin's parents and sister from Minnesota came. Also some very good friends of Rob and Flori's came to the blessing. Ann Marie and Jim. They are not members but they loved Rob's family and now they love Meg's family. They then invited us to come to their home for dinner Monday night. What a treat that was to talk to them. They have questions about the church adn it was fun to respond to them. We then rented a car and drove 5 hours to Knoxville to be with Susan Andrew and Grayer. We had a great time getting acquainted with the 9 month old Grayer. He is responding so much more now. We enjoyed the italian ice cream the tours of campus and Knoxville the shopping and the out to eat in Gatlinburg. We were blessed to drive to the famous apple orchard and meet Rob and family in Hendersonvill. Loved seeing the girls and being able to imagine the orchard bathed in sunlight as you can see it was rainy. Thank you everyone for letting us be with you and stay with you. So here are a few pictures.

Potatoe Picking Time

As the days turn colder and a little shorter it is time for potatoe harvest. This year Amy and kids were up visiting and she remembered that it was about time at Grandma's farm to glean behind the harvesters. This year we went out and found the field which was a miracle because you don't get GPS signals with cellars and gravel roads. We took the directions from Grandmas Baker so we weren't even sure we could follow her direction. When we got there it was out past Shelley on the other side of the highway. We went to a row and the potatoes were just laying in a row. We couldn't see the harvester or tractor close it was way off. So the girls just thought they must have left a little in a row. So we just started filling boxes and bags then I thought this is way to easy. Why did they leave this little part of the row then I looked down the row and found the whole row was left and way off in the distance the harvestor was coming slowly eating up the potatoes in the row and bringing them up and away. We just happened to not understand the method of doing the rows and so we helped our selves to some very nice spuds. We didn't even have to search or dig for them. Lucky!!! Here are a few pictures of the dirty adventure!

Highlights from the lives of Grandma and Grandpa Idaho

We have been a little neglectful in blogging and have a ton to tell and show since our last blog. Now that all the August and September birthdays are past we can blog what we have been up too.
First was the couple reunion we had with my brothers and wives and Grandma Baker It was our turn to decide what to do. I had wanted to have a cabin outting for a long time. It is one of the favorite places we all have as we grew-up so I couldn't think of a better place to bond again as a family. We went up on a Sunday evening shared memories together that night. Had delicious lemon and banana cream pies that Aunt Barbara made for Uncle Gregg's birthday that happened to be that night. The next day we had a work project where the guys fixed the sagging dock and the women deep cleaned some things in the cabin. Great time in working and talking together. Then we had rest time and some took naps while others talked or read. That evening we had a steak and shrimp dinner and a family home eveing of games like pounce and charades games we played as kids growing up. We did some fishing boating and lots of visiting. I had to frequently tell my bossy brothers that I was in charge when they wanted to change the schedule. We took a family picture and Aunt Lorraine has the pictures still so I can't post those but sometime soon will get them done. We had a very long cabin meeting to organize and set rules for the use of the cabin. Whew it was long. Here are a few pictures from this time of fun.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMY

On Sept 8th Amy Ruth came to earth and surprised her mother because she was a girl. After all brothers and then two sons she thought she might be surrounded by guys but Heavenly Father knew that Amy needed to come and break the streaks of boys. Grandma Baker was also delighted. We hadn't had a girl in the Baker family side for over thirty years.

These pictures take us back to that time. Of course it was football season when Amy was born and dad would tell the two great pieces of news that we had a girl and BYU beat Texas A&M.

That might be why Amy is so BYU through and through. We have a few memory pictures here.

She came just 18 months after Jonathan her brother and they were great little playmates all through the growing up years. Then Amy had a big brother Rob who always made things fun.

Amy has been a great addition to our family and we love her and want her to know that she is a bright spot in our family tapestry

Happy Birthday To Susan

Since we have a few birthdays right in a row my blogging skills are getting better because I have had to blog these so close together. At least it is not quite so hard to figure out what to do when I sit down to work on this. I still am a dumbey when it come to making it cute and functional with pictures stacked and videos and such. You'll just have to be glad I can get pictures on the blog. I even figured out how to get them from old slides. Now that is hard but with a little help from Sam's club I did it. So here is the few I picked out of Sue's first entrance to life. Now she is a mom herself. As you know she is the baby of the family. It is fun to see the siblings watch over her in these pictures and remember that as an actual thing that happened. They though it was so fun to have a new baby. We all enjoyed Susan so much because everyone was older and could appreciate a baby and help with her. A little like Emma and Bea are in their families.

Happy Birthday Rob

We want to wish Rob the best birthday. He is getting pretty old now and so we have to remind him that he was once a child. Here he is the first born of the children of Kay and Cecile. Just a few highlights of his arrival. He was delivered by his grandfather Dr. Drostan Baker in Idaho Falls but we lived in Provo Utah. He decided not to come on time and was 5 days late when Grandpa decided he was a big enough baby and induced labor. He was definitely a big enough baby he was 9lbs. 10oz. almost full grown. Since it was my first delivery I decided that he would be an only child. He was very hard to deliver I was about ready for C section when my dad said give it all you got and then Rob came. He has been a great first born. The best big brother example we could have for the rest of the children. We love you Rob.

Wedding Anniversary for Kay and Cecile

Just Married 36 years ago!

This post is dedicated to the one I love! Most of you know that I had my eye on a cute dark haired cub scout way back in 4th grade. Little did I know that we would one day celebrate the same wedding anniversary. Here are just a few facts about us and how we became married.
1. we lived in the same ward
2. we were in the same grade in school
3. his best friend lived next door to me
4. my father was his doctor
5. his sister was my church softball coach
6.my first girls choice date was with him
7. my second date he asked me
8. he was funny and smart I liked that
9.we had a good time talking and I could talk to him about many things
10. he was kind to others
11. he was not afraid to express his belief in the gospel
12. he wanted to go on a mission
13. he went on a mission
14. I wrote to him and dated to make sure I knew what I wanted
15. he came home and I wanted him
16. he asked me to marry him on the Provo temple grounds
17. I said yes
18. we were married in August on the 16th
19. we went on a honeymoon to California
20. we had five wonderful children
21. we are living happily ever looking forward to more days with each other

Steps from Home

More of the Western Reunion

These are some cute pictures of the girls from the cabin steps and then from the steps at home just before they were ready to leave and go back to SLC. We sure loved having this reunion and missed the rest of you.