THE BAXTERS: July 2009

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Kirwin Mines

While Mom and Larry were here we took them up the Wood River. We went all the way to the end of the road to Kirwin Mines. There is old abanded buuildings. In 1870 it was started up. They had over 200 people in the town. It closed in 1907. We saw a moose when we got up in there to take pictures.

Four Generations

We got a four generations picture already with Tevyn since Grandma and Grandpa Anderson showed up this weekend. It was good to see them. I had to go to Billings since Clayton went there by ambulance on Wednesday. They got to come to Billings and eat with me.

The New Baby Boy

Jamie had her baby boy on July 8, 2009. They named him Tevyn Wayne Bates. He weighed 7 lbs. 6 oz. and was 19 inches. He is so cute. Syrus was so excited and kept saying, "My baby." Jamie and Tevyn are doing really good.

Swimming and Boating

We took the kids to the Rec Center to swim, and also went to the Reservoir boating, fishing, and tubing. Everyone had fun. Eligh, Jayden, and Syrus fished with their little fishing poles from the shore.

4th of July

Kim and the boys came to visit for the 4th of July. We went to the kiddie parade and the big parade. They had fun. It was hard trying to get four boys to sit still though. We tried to go to the park, the museum to take pictures in front of the teepee, and we went to the Rocky Mountain Sheep Foundation museum. The boys did not cooperate very good. I did not get many pictures and they would not sit down. Just think, next year if Kim comes back to visit we will three more kids to worry about.

Yellowstone Opening Day

Dennis and I drove through Yellowstone on the opening day this year in May. There was quite a bit of snow on Sylvan pass. I took some pictures on the Fishing Bridge with the snow. At the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone had so much snow that you could not climb all of the stairs to get up there to see the top.

The grandkids are geting older and so are the kids. Jennifer turned 29 this year and Wayne turned 22 years old. Ryan played a trick on Jennifer and took all of the cash out of her safe at home for their payements and gave it to her in her birthday card. She was excited at first to see all of the money, and was mad when she found out that it was her money for bills. The grandkids have grown Saundra is 10 years old and will be in the 5th grade this year. Jayden will be 3 years old on August 29th. Syrus just turned 2 on April 13th.

The Carnival

The carnival came to town. Wayne and I took the boys. David, Jannica, and Saundra also went. Saundra has missed the carnival and fair for the last 4 years. She goes to Idaho to see her Mom and misses our fair and comes home before the fair in Idaho. She had a blast and rode one ride nine times in a row. Wayne watched since he does not like the rides and I took pictures.

In May, Jennifer, Jayden and I went to Idaho to visit Aunt Sherry. We had a good time. Jayden got to feed the Geese and ducks. He did like it. We got to see all of the baby geese. On the way to Sherry's we saw one of the biggest grizzly bears before we got into Yellowstone Park. He has huge claws. Jayden liked the elk crossing the water.