Hong Kong with Rob Loved It

More Pictures from Halloween

I loved the holiday group but then I had just gotten off a plane and I wasn't feeling to cool about the crew from Delta that walked in (notice the suitcase that is Whitney's friend just in case you didn't recognize her) I loved Jordon and Hillary since Hillary is feeling much like a milk machine right now. The twins Sophia and Bella are so darling they are being blessed in our ward this Sunday. Trenton and Lauren were cute as Mr. and Mrs. Baker. Then off course we had the road crew with the long haired greasy and dirty Gregg Baker family. Little Grant was there Amanda's new baby. He is the cutest little redheaded boy. (really a boy in every way) Sorry I did not get a picture of Grandma she was a cow along with Laura's family who were animals from McDonald's farm. Notice Jon he was a loner because Melinda and the kids were down in SLC visiting with her sister Tenille from Florida. So Jon came without his companion and on the back of Preach My Gospel he wrote has anyone seen my companion.

2010 Grandma Baker's Halloween Party

A Few Places Since the Races

We went to see Susan and Andrew and of course Grayer in the state of New York where they now live. They live in Fairport a suburb of Rochester. They are there because Andrew is starting his Doctoral program at the Eastman school of music. We even got too see him in an opera Pirates of Penzazence. We went to Corning NY where the Corning Glass Factory is and they have a few cool musuem where we saw some amazing things made from glass. Sue and Andy also live very close to Palmyra. In fact it took us about 10 minutes to get to the temple and the Sacred Grove. They live very close to the Erie canal where we took a tour on the canal

The Races and Louisville Kentucky

Three posts for one trip. I need help I can't figure how to download with a lot of pictures in one post. And I can't remember how to label pictures with info about a certain picture.

A visit to see Megan and Susan

My blogging is like someone with thoughts out of order. I can never get things in the right order. Thus you have to see things that I was thinking about at first at the very end. The last shall be first and the first last. So here are some of the Louisville Kentucky pictures and then back to Bloomington.

A visit to Indiana and Kentucky

For serveral months I have had Megan on my mind and wanted to visit her and see the girls. Eva now 10 months old and walking and the last time I was with her she was 3 months old. So with the generous help from dad I went to visit and took along Amy and Emma. Well this trip turned out to be such a special one because I had all three of my daughters together with out their families which is very rare now. Not that I don't like the rest of the crowd but it is a crowd and the moms of these crowds are busy so we haven't had some mom and daughter time for awhile and not sure when it will happen again. Thanks to Justin we even got a night out with just us and no kids. Love you Justin for making that possible. What a guy to tend 4 under 4 in a hotel apartment with little to entertain. Oh wait there was his computer that all 1 year olds love. Especially when they can stand on it. We also enjoyed some very warm weather like 96 with 80% humitity. I am so glad for Idaho summers with the cold and everything. We spent most of the time inside with air conditioners or at the swimming pool that is available at Megan's apartment complex. We took the kids to the Children's Science Musuem and they loved being able to get out of the strollers and play in the hands on areas. Grayer loved the water area. Emma loved the grocery store area. Maggie loves the computers (wonder why) Me I loved anything that I could create. The little man is my adventure in the musuem. The other fun thing that I didn't really jump at doing but was glad that Meg and Justin encouraged was visiting Churchill Downs the race track that the Kentucky Derby is at. We visited the musuem and so some of the pictures are from that adventure. I was so amazed at the horse race that we saw. I have never seen horses travel that fast with such grace and smooth motion. One of the jockey's we saw race that day won the Kentucky Derby. They put the silks (jockey's colors and outfit)of the jockey that won that year on the little man that the kids are standing by until the next years race. Well I think that will explain some of the pictures enjoy. And to those I visited with thank you for a wonderful time with you. I love you all.

The Hamburg Steinway that you've heard about

We finally got the piano on the stage of the Barrus Concert Hall and it is beautiful. It is so shiney it is like looking into a black mirror. We had an wonderful inaugural concert and Corrine being a piano performance major was one of the 12 that got to play it for it's first concert. I presented it to Pres. Clark and felt pretty special to represent the people that so generously gave to the piano.

What a wet spring !

We have had a very unusual spring with rain from the first part of May into June with very few sunny warm days. We have not yet made it to 75 degrees. The garden is very slow in coming if at all but the spring flowers have loved this cool wet weather. We are however ready for some sun and warm. Believe it or not we still wear jackets and sweaters.

We also had the Baker family reunion and that day it rain so long and hard that the lawns in low places were as if they had been flooded with irrigation water. We did all our activities in doors. Eating in the garage and cooking on the camp chef stove. We then went and did our baseball game at the church inside with a nerf ball and bat. Then Jeff played King Jethro with the kids just of memory sake. We had a good time.

Just to shows those who have not seen the most recent favorite grandma toy. This is the bouncy house we purchased for the family reunion. It is now in the basement and is pretty fun according to the grandkids that have tried it. You should see Daniel clear the top of this jumpy toy and land in the middle it is pretty awesome. Great for future high jumpers.

Carolina trip part two!!

Bea and Sarah celebrated while we were back with them. Sarah of course was baptised and Bea had an early birthday celebration. Please notice the couple of macho men posing on the beach. They looked a little familiar. I loved watching the girls playing at the beach . Maddie acquired a Carolina sweatshirt because I forgot my jacket and tried to buy a Walmart special that was way to small notice her in the picture with Rob. She looked a whole lot cuter with the brown sweatshirt than her grandma did. Notice Bea' s slippers. We loved being with the Christensen girls in celebrating such special times together.

Trip to Rob and Flori

We had a great time in North Carolina. We loved being with Rob and Flori and the girls.

Everything was in bloom and beautiful like the Garden of Eden and I almost moved there on the spot but remembered why it looks like that. Most of the time it's like a green house in temperature with no cool air just moist hot air. This time however the temperature was perfect.

Trip to Mexico

Ok! we went to visit Wayne and Marlene in Phoenix for about five days. Dad just felt we needed to get away for a little while and Wayne and Marlene have been asking every year since the first time we went to visit them to come down. Wayne called and said to come and they'd take us to Rocky Point Mexico where they have a Villa. It was a very nice place but very few people were there because we went during the middle of the week and because they have been feeling the effects of the economic down turn. All building has stopped and the places finished won't sell so it's kind of like a ghost town of a resort. It was fun to have a resort all to ourselves. We played on the 18 hole putting green. Swam in the pools and went to eat in the little Mexican town that has only one paved road and a million skinny dogs running around. We had shrimp and flounder the nights we went out to eat. We walked on the beach and talked alot to Wayne and Marlene. They are the kind of people that when you've spent a few days with them you really feel good about yourself because they love you to death. We think they treat everyone like that but sometimes you feel that you are their very dearest friends. Just a note dad and Marlene got holes in one the day we played the 18 hole putting green. We promise we will tell you when we leave the country again. Jon and Melinda knew where we were so when in doubt call them.

Look what I can do with a little help from my friends!

Love is in the air!!!

Snow Fun and Snow Bunnies

A Few Pictures from Christmas and Beyond

Time with the Christensen side

Happy Belated Birthday to Megan

It has been a little bit since I have recorded anything in the blog from Idaho. I even missed posting and celebrating in a few pictures from the past Megan's birthday. I felt so bad when I realized it was way into December and I hadn't posted her special page. So she knows I am late and very sorry but better late than never. Megan was born Nov 29th on a cold night in Detroit Michigan. She was the first of our children not delivered by her Grandpa Baker. That made us a little nervous and homesick for grandparents that had been there with our others. We did well and Grandma Baker came out for the blessing of Megan. Here are a few pictures that showed how much we loved having Megan in our family and still do. Happy Be.........lated Birthday. Love Mom