Special Birthdays this summer

Randy turned 60!  Dinner on the beach in Laguna with the family and then to the Pageant of the Masters

Then a few weeks later Tammy turned 50!!! We had a great dinner at Old Spaghetti Factory in Newport (celebrating Terrys 67th too) and then went to Sea World on Saturday!  Having trouble bringing up pictures...best I could do...darn!



Best whale watching ever!!!

 Jen found a really good Groupon for whale watching so off we went with the Macbeths, Stewarts and us!  It was a beautiful Sept. evening and we didn't expect much...boy were we surprised!

 Cute Summer

 Pops bugging Ty as usual!

 And then there they were!!!  We were just a few miles off the coast of San Clemente when we were surrounded by at least 4 of the worlds largest animan, the blue whale.  They were enormous and we loved watching them for as long as we could.  Our captain called it a whaleapalooza!!!

Lexi and Aunt Jen ready to go

 Libby had Syd practicing the Shamu salute so guess that is why we were so lucky

Not only did the whales put on the best show ever but on the way back we were surrounded by hundreds of dolphins frolicking all around our boat.  Great night we will never forget!

Where do I start and where did the summer go?!!!!

 We will start backwards....Libby turned 3 on Sept. 8th!

 Mommy and Daddy planned a great party at Salt Creek Beach....Libbys Luau!

 Summer and Sydney took a break from moving into their new house to cool off at the beach ... it was over 100 during the move!!!

 Cute Lexi loved big sisters party

 Sunday, her real birthday was church and then dinner at Grammy and Pops

Happy birthday sweet Libby!!!

Reunion...Part 2...activities!

 Rafting

 The infamous slingshot...thanks Barney

 Volleyball

 Homemade dunk tank

 Trevor finally got Sydney on the slingshot

 Mark and Jessica demonstrating the Dutch Kiss!

 Max loved the cotton candy

 Libbys first sparkler at 10:30 pm

 Good shot Summer

 Amy and Becky get a ride!

 Cute cousins

Ty's family tree...back to the farm!   See you all again in 2 years for the 100 year anniversary reunion!

Idaho Family Reunion Part 1

 These poplar trees were here when my grandfather bought the farm 98 years ago

 This shed is all that is left of the farm I lived on until I was 8

 The Barendregt Clan - this was taken after some people went home!

 Some of the fun toys on the river

 Mark and Jessica gave us a Dutch history lesson!

 Our family was well represented...hopefully we will get husbands to join us in two years

 The cousins with Aunt Lois

 I spent many a Sat. afternoon at this movie theater in Rupert

 The Fourth of July parade around the town square in Rupert was so much fun and full of cool old farm equipment

Becky and girls in the field by the old farm house

Summer is here! First stop...Stewart Cabin in Cedar Breaks

 The quads were very popular!

 Church in Brian Head

 Hanging in the meadow

 One of many hot games of Monopoly

 The fishing hole...Syd was the only lucky one!

 We took some great hikes!

 Grammy still has it ...a bullseye!  Too bad she rarely hit the target!