Even a Poor Taylor is Entitled to Some Happiness: June Trip out West

June saw us take an adventurous trip flying with our two little boys and an expectant Elizabeth. We had an eventful few weeks. The boys just loved it - Joseph got right to his first priority on our summer vacation:

The boys had a lot of fun at this splash pad. They had a river of water that they both just loved to run through.

Elizabeth's brother Parley was married in Salt Lake, this is him and his wife Mackenzie.

Mackenzie loved all her neices and nephews, and Kenny just loved putting his arms in the air. If you look closely, you can see Joseph's arm just behind Kenny.

A date to Thanksgiving Point Gardens - great to have in-house babysitters!

Taking the boys to BYU was fun - we went to the Bean Museum to look at all the animals. Then we ate at the Cannon Center, where both Elizabeth and I ate as freshman in the dorms.

Cooking 'smores at a campfire at Moyle Park in Alpine. The tents didn't stay up for very long with lots of little boy cousins.

Elizabeth's favorite part of our trip was our late nights. This is Kenny at about 11:30 Mountain Time. We realized how wonderful that cribs hold kids in. At least they did.

Then we went up to Bear Lake for a Taylor Family Reunion - we loved it, even through the sunburn and rocky beaches.

If you can't reach it from the ground ...

Here's Grandpa Taylor giving horsey rides to the grandkids. I don't know where that energy comes from. The grandpa strength, I guess.

Swimming in natural hot springs in Idaho. We went to check out the water, and before we knew it, Elizabeth and the boys were already in.

Then we came and swam at a developed hot spring pool - and I experimented a bit with our camera.

Kenny learned some important things this trip - like going all out for the frisbee. "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it" (Proverbs 22:6)