Bearizona!

After the Reunion Weekend, we pulled the trailer up to Flagstaff to do some things around there.  First stop - BEARIZONA!!!!! Lafe's brother, Brian and Melinda and kids came too!  You stay in your car and drive through with a GPS box for a guided tour.  It was really fun to see them so up close - they would come right up to the car.  Here are some of the animals:

White Bison - baby!

We loved the signs - they made it VERY clear not to roll down your windows!

We were expecting to be lucky if we saw one or two bear (they're always asleep at the zoo and we never see them!), but they had LOTS of bears!!!  It was SO COOL!  They were all around us just doin what they do!

We loved how they sit - it looks so funny.

One of the kids caught this bear coming down the tree

Um, hello.  Excuse us please.....

This black bear was more brown, but sure was pretty.

They also had an area where we could walk around through the animals and this was a neat bird show they put on.  They would fly literally inches from our heads - in fact, I think one clipped Jamie's head.

All the kids with the Bearizona Bear 

Cute beavers

Porcupine

Here they had younger bears.  These two were in the "preschool" area - SO FUN to watch these little cubs play!!!

More little ones playing

We just love their paws and I finally got a picture

Here we are looking at all these cool animals and Talin is mesmorized by a leaking hose.....

Bobcats, I think?

We drove through a second time because it was so fun!  Big Horn Sheep

This time they were feeding the bears - CUTE!!!

Loved their sign out front.  L-R:  Dawson, Audrey, Autumn, Jamie, Laur, Kelcie, Erin, Ethan, Talin, Noah

Our crew at the sign

FUN DAY!!!

LeBaron Family Reunion

Every year we have a LeBaron Family Reunion up at the Family Cabins.  We had a great time!

Ethan making "Wayne's Breakfast" on a #10 can - tradition!

The games - I love Laura's face!  "Do I really have to hit someone?"  

Talin playing another game

Family Balance beam while getting water balloons chucked at them - Lafe was thrilled!

Talin playing at the cabin - the boys played here for at least an hour!

Classic Cabin Face!

The "BIG FIVE"
L-R: Jan and John Carroll, Michael and Chris LeBaron, Milo and Donna LeBaron, Cheryl and David Cummard, Sally and Neal Nelson
Neat picture of really neat people - Love them!

Swim Team and Lessons

Laura was our only one to do Swim Team this year - but it made them shorter :)!  It was so fun to watch her swim!

Getting ready for her first race.....

Freestyle

2nd Place!!!!!

Take your mark....

Breaststroke - love this picture.

Talin was our only one in Swim Lessons this year - yeah!  And, he's a swimmer!!!

Talin - floating....

Wish I had more pictures - he took off this year and is officially a swimmer!

Cabin

While Erin and Ethan were at EFY, I took the younger four up to the cabin for the week.  It was "cooler" and fun to just relax and hang out in the trees.

Chillin' - They must be trying to get me to do something....

Jamie....well......being Jamie!

Kelcie

Since we couldn't actually have a fire and roast marshmallows, Laura  used her imagination :)

EFY

Erin and Ethan went to EFY this year up in Flagstaff!  We've never done this before and neither Lafe or I went when we were kids.  I drove up to drop them off and I totally wanted to stay - it looked SO FUN!!!  I think they had a great time and made some good friends.  And, it was fun for me to see them be on their own for a week and have an AWESOME time!!!

Ethan's Group - well, him with the girls :)  His group was lucky to escort 2 girls' groups!

Erin's Group

Ethan is 15!!!

Yes, he's 15 now........wishing he was 16!  He keeps asking us to take him driving, and planning dates for the future :)

New watch! 

CAMERA!!!!!

See how happy he is!  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Ethan!!!!!!!  You are so much fun and such a great teenager!!!  (Stay that way, ok?)

Painting

While Lafe and Ethan were away at Scout Camp.......the rest of us had some fun.  We (I) decided to organize and paint Lafe's office at home since we've been here 3 years and it's been unusable except for a storage room - I was done!

 

 He wanted a red wall - he got it!!!  I went searching for curtains first, so that I could match them with the paint before committing - and then I finally got brave and picked a color!  Red is hard!  But, he loved it and it is MUCH more functional now!  AND, he actually uses it as an office!  go figure....

Kelcie's Baptism

 Today was Kelcie's Baptism!  It was simple and simply beautiful...

The girls practicing the musical number before.  Kelcie sang the first verse of "I Like to Look for Rainbows...." and then the girls joined her on the second verse with a little harmony.

Classic picture in the foyer.  Kelcie and her dad.

Our Family - some of those kids are a LOT taller than the last baptism!!!

Kelcie with Mom and Dad

Ready for the Baptism...