Summer Update

We have had an adventure-filled Spring and Summer.

Hudson played basketball this winter and Rick was his coach. They only went 2-6 for the season but they had a lot of fun and did a great job.



School finished up in May. Here is Landon with his well-loved kindergarten teachers Mrs. Paul (l) and Mrs. Hugley (r). Special bonus that Mrs. Hugley will be moving up to first grade this year and again be Landon's teacher.



Just a shot of Kathryn and her boys
Kathryn and the boys tried to have a good adventure at least weekly this summer. Here they are at the zoo up in a "treehouse" at girrafe height and at the children's museum.



Kathryn accompanied Rick to a meeting on Oahu this April while Grandma watched the boys back home. Here's a shot at dinner overlooking the lagoon.


Landon turned 6 in February and had fun party with his brothers and friends at an adventure park in Scottsdale.


And Keaton turned 4 a little later in the month and had a fun party at the railroad park (his favorite place). Here he is blowing out the candles on his train birthday cake made by Grandma Gray.


Landon played baseball this spring and took to it very well (he's a natural). It was a coach-pitch league. They went undefeated (we think - no one kept score) and did well enough that the coach tried to line them up to play the 7-8 year-old age group teams but had no takers. Here he is enjoying a beverage after a game...
And with many of his teammates (Landon is third from the left) and his coaches (head coach on right, assistant on the left)

Rick and Kathryn got dressed up for a Mayo Clinic black tie event this spring.

In July, the whole family spent a week in the San Diego area, mostly going to Legoland California. Hudson spent the weekend before at a church camp for 3rd and 4th graders and had a great time. We picked him up from the bus and loaded him for the drive to San Diego! We spent a day each at Legoland, their waterpark, and their aquarium. We also spent a day at the ocean and on the final day sampled our favorites.

Here are some pics at Legoland...



And at the water park...

Lunch for the stair-step boys...

The whole family in 3-D glasses before a movie...

Riding one of the favorite roller-coasters (Technic)...

Our boys built an incredibly cool castle out of legos: OK, actually it was 99% built and glued together and they just let kids add on to it.


At Legoland


A day at the beach for Landon...


And for all of us...

At "Mini-land" where they've built several cities out of Legos including New York, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Washington D.C., and more.



In August we went to Michigan to visit Grandma and more family. Here are the boys with second-cousin Madison and Marti and Mark's dog Gunner:


Keaton at Hardwood lake on the ranch in grass about as tall as him.


Landon threw a tennis ball for Gunner to fetch about 100 times and exhausted both of them.

Grandma read a lot to them, especially at night.

With the Harmons: Ed, Cathy, Hannah, Faith, Eddie, and Donnie.

Lunch on a chilly day with cousin Callie and Grandma

Hudson liked going with cousin Caleb shooting targets

With cousins Callie and Caleb

We built a fort in the woods tucked behind some trees. All was done with Landon and Hudson pounding many nails (and no fingers).

And we spent a day swimming at heart lake




We've been very blessed. Best quote from these seasons:

Landon after Rick heated up the hot tub on a chilly spring day, lying back in the warm water with his head back and eyes closed: "This is my life...and I LOVE my life."