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.