Barker Family: HOME

It's good to be home. Sleeping in our own beds in our own little house. Enjoying some lazy summer days in own backyard. Catching up on a little weeding and mowing. Playing with our lonely Fred and Duce. Filling up our empty fridge with a trip to the grocery store. And of course time to look through all the pictures from the last few months. Lots and lots of pictures of a very fun-cram-it-all-in summer. We have really enjoyed the places we've seen and friends and family we've spent time with. Now hold on to your hats and glasses 'cause this here the wildest ride in the wilderness...that means lots and lots of pictures.:)

Last trip to the Bean Museum before they close it to remodel. In the mean time I'm sure we will all be missing this little guy...

Mom let the kids each pick out a little something from the gift shop, this took a good half hour, it seemed to be one of the most important decisions those kids would ever make in their lives.:) Ava ended up with a very beloved lion named Lie and Luke has now framed his own very cool sand dollar. Afterwards we stopped by the BYU creamery for ice cream and fries. It was a really fun afternoon together.

Tractor rides!:)

I can't tell you how much I love these pictures.

Swimming party at the Heaton's pool.

A trip to the Carter Creek cabins before Papa John had to head back to Virginia.

Such fun memories there. I just loved being all together enjoying that cool mountain air and beautiful scenery.

First stop was the beautiful Provo Falls for lunch and family pictures.

Hiking the loop by the cabins and finding tiny little wild strawberries...oh and getting the crap scared out of me by dad! I was really stupid and watched a creepy Bear Attack documentary with Jeremy the day before we left for the cabins. Bears might have been on my mind when I stumbled upon dad hiding out behind a tree. Unfortunately we didn't get to see any wildlife on that hike because I'm sure my ear piercing scream scared anything away for miles. But we did find some cool tracks.

Papa John made the kids snap grass necklaces (or what was that grass called mom? ;)) and the girls looked just lovely in their twig headbands.

We played Skip-Bo while dinner cooked. And now that is Luke and Ava's most favorite game ever and it is played at our house after dinner on most nights.

We enjoyed a big beautiful full moon on a night hike.

Jeremy and Luke fishing at Mirror Lake and Papa John and Brittany and a few of the kids out in the canoe. They had pretty good luck this trip, we ate fish two nights in a row.

Ruthy loved Brittany and I love the "little old lady" look Ruthy has in this picture as she holds on tight to those wild flowers.:)

Hanging out in the camper playing games, watching movies and eating crap.

I stink at throwing horse shoes but Sarah and I did come pretty close to beating Scott and Dad.

Happy 4th of July! We had a BBQ with the Barker Family and then came over to to watch Papa John and Uncle Scotty light off the canon and other cool artillery things and the kids battled some tanks.