God Bless America! Independence Day 2020

 Sam took the kids to Grandma's house this weekend. They made this giant patriotic cookie with their Aunt Kate.

 Douglas, Kate, Penny

 Decorating their bikes with Grandma.

 Penny and Kate

 In this photo Penny is saying, "Go America, POW!"

 Small bike parade. Spencer, Jori and their children joined in the fun.

 What do you expect for a princess? Princess Diana rode in the carriage.

 Douglas and Penny riding down Grandma's road.

 Beautiful ladies! Diana and Sam

 Spencer (providing the water), Schofield, Penny, Douglas

 Spencer, Kate, Nate, and baby Harrison in the pool.

 Grandma asked Douglas, "What's on the end of my flag?" Douglas replied, without hesitation, "A bat."

Douglas and Schofield enjoying some ice cream.

Grandma playing with Harrison and Diana.

Kate and Diana

Camping out in Grandma's back yard.

Penny and Diana playing in the tent.

Penny

Schofield, Douglas, Diana, Penny

Nate, Kate, Clayton, and Spencer playing Spikeball.

Kate, Spencer, Jori, and Clayton playing Spikeball.

Penny, Douglas, and Schofield ready for the movie and fireworks.

Clayton brought his projector for the outdoor movie night.

Fireworks! Grandma helped Penny with her sparkler.

Douglas cautiously enjoying his sparkler.

Sam and Douglas

Jori and Spencer

Kate and Clayton

Jori, Harrison, Schofield, Spencer

Spencer

"America!"

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And here are a few other photos from this past week:

 Douglas, Diana, and Penny watched caterpillars transform into butterflies over the last few weeks. This week they released the butterflies.

 Diana and Penny eating cheese sticks.

 Douglas with his prize (a LEGO Gup-A - from Octonauts) for reading 30 books.

Douglas lost his first tooth.

Joseph, the cabin, laughter

 Joseph (my brother) showing us the big truck he's driving these days.

Brothers

 Last Sunday we spent a few gorgeous hours in the Sundance area at a cabin where Jarem (my brother-in-law), Sara (my sister) and their children are currently residing. The children had a great time playing in the cabin and surrounding forest.

Jarem made some delicious kababs for us.

Because it was the Sabbath, we held a brief meeting where we received the sacrament and had a spiritual thought. Jarem's parents (Todd and Louise) were also there.

 Granny playing the piano with her grandchildren.

 Diana and her Granny

I saved the best for last. My beautiful wife on a tree swing in Sundance, Utah.

Swimming

More swim lessons with Granny this week. Penny loved jumping into the pool.

 Diana didn't enjoy her first lesson.

 Diana quickly got used to the water.

Diana with her Granny Ogden

 Ready to swim to mom!

Diana takes a break from the water.

My sister, Sara, and her children joined us for a few of the swim days.

Penny jumping

 Meanwhile, Diana is throwing everything into the pool.

Penny learning to float on her back.

Peer pressure can be a good thing. Penny had fun doing everything Gideon was doing, including falling into the pool backwards.

Penny takes a break from the water.

Ari (on the bottom), then Jude, then Maxwell

 Douglas showing us how many bugs we removed from the pool one morning.

And then Diana threw the strainer to the bottom of the pool.