In late June, Sam and Grandma took the kids to the mobile tabernacle, a replica of the ancient Israelite tabernacle.
Lizzie and her boys came into town the week before Independence Day. Here they are with Sam and the kids hiking to Stewart Falls.
The traditional "grandchildren on a log" photo.
Front row (left-to-right): Jesper, Karsten, Maxwell, Paggy, Diana, Penny, Douglas, Denali
Back row (left-to-right): Gideon, Jude, Oskar, Anders, Ari, Soren
Diana, Douglas, Penny
They returned to Granny's house after their Stewart Falls hike. Here they are playing on the front lawn.
While they were in Utah, Lizzie and company had the opportunity to attend the Freedom Festival's annual awards ceremony. In this photo, Soren, Joseph, and Anders are getting ready to head over to the event.
Soren, Ari, Anders
They met Miss Provo at the event.
They also met Dave McCann, a KSL-TV news anchor and host of BYUtv's True Blue sports program.
Dave McCann invited them to the BYU studio the next day where they received an in-depth tour.
Ari, Soren, Dave, Anders, Joseph
Joseph, Soren, Lizzie, Ari, Anders
Joseph with the BYU truck.
July 3rd: Baby blessing for little Kendrick Coombs
Back row: Grandpa, Grandma (holding Diana), McCall, Seth, Stacie, Sam, Spencer, Jori (holding baby Kendrick)
Front row: Krew, Jarren, Charly, Harrison, Douglas, Penny, Schofield
Sam and the kids participated in some fun Independence Day activities on and around July 4th. Here they are at a parade in Cache Valley.
Playing at Grandma's house
Penny on the trampoline
Douglas playing Rook with Grandma
Diana tumbling on the trampoline
Diana eating patriotic chicken nuggets
Sam and the kids went with some of Sam's immediate and extended family to the "redneck water slide" where they had a blast zooming down to the bottom.
Once again, YouTube won't let me embed the following videos into my blog post. So, if you want to see videos (including slow motion videos) of people coming down the slide, click on these links:
For some reason, it WILL let me embed this one:
And I can't embed these last two:
These two photos are examples of the types of photos Diana takes when she gets Grandma's phone.
Diana's close-up photo of "Foxy"
Playing with cousins at the home of Spencer and Jori
Krew and Schofield
Nate playing with Charly
Penny on the slide
Harrison, Diana, and Penny playing with the bubble machine
Diana taking a bubble bath
Harrison taking a bubble bath
Douglas, Penny, and Diana playing in the sprinklers:
Douglas, Penny, and Diana drying themselves on the driveway.
A Facebook message from Douglas's piano teacher. He continues to excel in his piano lessons.
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On 8 July I drove from Washington D.C. to Philadelphia where I spent two wonderful, uplifting days in the Philadelphia Temple doing work on behalf of our deceased ancestors.
One of my favorite things about Philadelphia is the amazing art on the walls of many of the large buildings throughout the city.
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