A Life of Charity

Hot summer!

This is by far the warmest summer I've ever had to live through. Hattie loves water though, so she's had fun :)

Downtown Ogden. She got soaked!

See? Why not just sit down in the waterfall? It was a super hot day, I'll give her that.

I had to remove all her soaking wet clothes for the car ride home and we stopped for some lemonade on the way! She wouldn't put it down.

Hattie also has fun playing in our little pool out back. Isn't her ladybug swim suit adorable?

Watch out!

Hattie's first pony tail! It didn't stay in for too long, but it was absolutely adorable.

One night, at about 12:30am, Kurt and I were woken up by a pounding on our door. I can't tell you how terrified I was for a moment. It was our next door neighbor. She wanted to let us know that the hill behind our homes was on fire! And indeed it was. There was lots of smoke, emergency vehicles, and flames. It was surreal. Didn't seem like it was actually happening. Luckily, they got the fire under control and we didn't have to evacuate. Only a few homes were required to do so.

A few days later Hattie and I took a walk up to see the damage- it as right along one of our usual routes. As we were walking up I thought I smelled someone smoking, but then realized it was just the burnt earth, still smoldering.

I'm glad it didn't reach the houses! It was a crazy night.

Photo Shoot

Megan organized a photo shoot! I'm glad she did.

The whole group:

G&G with the great-grandchildren! At least they're all in the picture :)

Four generations! Hattie has a great legacy of women that came before her. And apparently she finds that terrifying.

She looks a little happier in this one :)

Roasting

We went up to the hills for a hot dog roast!

We also had a puppet show! Each of us had to make our ourselves. The big kids loved it!

Hattie had fun for a moment...and then she fell off the chair. Whoops!

Bear World

We went up to Rexburg and visited Bear World! I was pleasantly surprised. Not only were there bears, but there was a petting zoo and little carnival with kid friendly rides as well. It was awesome!

Driving up- three generations in the back seat!

White elk!

Buffalo!

Bears!

This bear was scratching his behind on the post.

Gus and Ole!

Waiting in line for the roller coaster!

In the spinning bears.

On the roller coaster!

Petting zoo:

Together Kurt and Hattie are as tall as a grizzly!

The three little Biehls! I love that Kurt is the baby bear :)

Daring to touch the goat.

One last ride on the train before heading home!

Bear cubs!

Iona Reunion

The Roths, Pollocks, Franks, Mom, Clarence, and the Biehls gathered at my grandparent's house in Iona for a little reunion! It was fun (and crazy with all the little kids) to see everyone. All the kids are getting bigger and we adults are just getting more awesome :)

We spent a lot of time in the backyard!