The Porter's: July 2009

In Salmon with family

We had so much fun in Salmon over the 4th of July weekend! It was great to see my sister (Marcella) and her family! The four kid's got along pretty good and we all had fun doing some 'summer time' things in Salmon....the parade, picnics, the Sacajawea Center, the City Park, and walking around town! We took some family pictures by the river just outside the hotel where we stayed.

Marcella , my mom (aka Grammie to the kid's), and Tristan (8 1/2 yrs)

Paige (2 1/2 yrs) and Grammie

Me, Tristan (8 1/2 yrs), Marcella, Jasen (6 yrs), Paige and Hunter (both 2 1/2 yrs)...with four kid's it hard to get a picture with everyone paying attention and not goofing off!

Papa, Tristan, Hunter, Jasen, Paige, and Grammie

Marcella, my mom, and me

Paige and I also visited a good friend of mine (Mary Goodin, formerly Suarez), as she had a daughter, Sofia, that is about 2 weeks older than Paige and a daughter, Nevaeh, that is 5 months old. But, I forgot to take my camera in!!! I had it every where else we went (ending up with hundreds of photos!), but forgot it this one time! Paige and Sofia had SO much fun playing together - they played dolls, 'American Idol' with singing and dancing, painting, etc. Mary and I were also able to do some catching up as well. It was great to see them all!

Fun at the Salmon Park...

We all (me, Paige, my parents, my sister and her family) went to the Salmon Park for lunch and some play time before we had to head back to Boise. It was a beautiful day and not too hot yet. The kid's had a blast playing!

Hunter (I think he must be related to spiderman!) scales the rock wall in no time flat! He's 2 1/2 and has no fear....

Hunter loved the swings...Grammie is pushing him high!

Tristan on the monkey bars...

Papa pushes Paige and Tristan pushes Hunter on the swings...

Jasen shows me his climbing skills too...

Papa spinning Tristan on the merry-go-round!

Jasen up on the monkey bars...he is such a smiley boy!

Paige coming down the slide!

Hunter climbing up the slide! While Papa watches..and says 'is this really a good idea?'

Exploring the Sacajawea Center in Salmon

We went to the Sacajawea Center in Salmon with Tristan, Jasem, Grammie and Papa... we walked the whole path and had a lot of fun!

A view of the mountains outside Salmon....

Grammie, Jasen, Tristan and Paige in front of the Sacajawea statue.

Oh....sweet...Jasen giving Paige a hug!

Tristan....trying not to get wet ...erh too wet..after jumping over this swampy area to a bench...

Jasen and Tristan...exploring..

Jasen and Tristan sit down to learn how to make some arrow heads...

Grammie and Paige...playing on a log.

Yeah...a horse! The kid's got to pet & feed the horse. Papa helps Paige see the horse...

Jasen and the horse...

Me and Paige looking at the horse...

We went to see the live demonstration about Lewis and Clark history. There were not many peolpe there yet this day so, we basically got a private lesson! It was hands on for the kids...the got to see up close some of the medicine's, weapons, clothes, etc used by Lewis and Clark.

How does this smell??

Tristan tyring on some of the Lewis and Clark attire...

Jasen is al suited up...with a BIG smile too!

4th of July in Salmon....the parade

Paige and I went to Salmon for the 4th of July (Kurt had been on a business trip and arrived home just before we left, so he was tired!) with my my parents and we visited my sister's family (they were in Salmon for their annual visit). We had lots of fun!

Paige had her face painted before the parad starts....