Happy 2nd Birthday Luke...YOU ARE SOO CUTE!!

Luke Finishing Off His Birthday Cake..Yum, Yum!

Luke Being A "Cutie Pie" For His Mama!

Drew & Dane Loving The Cake For Luke's Birthday!!

Luke Diving Into His Birthday Cake...He Loves Cake!

Luke Nibbling On Just The Frosting....Suprised, No!

Luke - Going For It Head First!!!

Happy Birthday to You..!!!

Wow This Is For Me...Num, Num!!

Drew, Dane, & Luke Waiting for the Founder's Day Parade to Start!!
(Labor Day - candy bags ready and waiting)

Luke getting ready to open his Birthday Presents!

Luke caught with a sucker in his mouth.

He likes the sucker better than his presents.

Cherish, Memories, Priceless!!

Luke's Birthday was September 7th which happen to fall on Labor Day this year.

We decided to go up to Mendon on Sunday after church to spend time with the Baker's and also get a few projects finished up in the cabinet shop. We had a good time visiting with Mom and Dad and all the cousins. The kids enjoyed playing and riding on the four wheeler. On Monday morning we went over to the Founders Day Parade in Wellsville. It was a lot of fun for Drew, Dane and Luke. The best part for them was diving for all of the candy, seeing the fire trucks, the sirens going non-stop, and the cowboy and indians acting crazy on their horses. It was a quick trip but we all had a good time. I can hardly believe Luke is 2. Where does the time go? I guess the first 2 years is very busy for Mom and Dad. Luke does not say many words right now...just mama and ball. We are waiting for him to say Da, da...Daddy. I think he is close but is a lot less talkative than Drew and Dane were at this age. He knows a lot but is not very vocal right now. He just listens to all of us.

Making Our Own Fresh Apple Jucie!!

Drew - The Apple Of Our Eye!

Kent and the kids picking Our Apples to Juice!

Kent picking ours apples, to get ready to Press them.

Drew and Kent still picking and washing the apples.

Filling up the cooler with apples to juice them.

Drew and Dane with the neighbor kids watching us juice the apples

Kent and Dave our neighbor using his Apple Press.

Look at that Fesh Yummie Apple Jucie!

We had a fun experience using our neighbors Apple Press/Jucier that he ordered from New York. We got about 6 quarts of Juice which I canned. It tastes delicious and fresh. We had fun learning how to do it. The kids got a kick out of it especially since they love apple jucie. We will have to do some more soon. Here is some video of Kent and Dave using the Press.

Drew Looking So Pretty In Her Sunday Best!

Drew in her new white Dress and ready for Church!



Drew looking so cute and growing up too fast!

Drew at 7 1/2 and looking forward to her Baptism

Our Trip To Bear Lake was Burrr Lake!

The Kids Swimming At Bear Lake


Luke and Mommy Playing in the Water

Daddy and Luke watching the waves come in.

Dane and our Cozy Tent Trailer - It was better than a tent!

Dane Riding his Scooter all around Camp and Loving it!!

Drew getting ready to play baseball with all of the cousins!

Kent, Luke, and Drew, with Grandma and Grandpa Baker!

Our Family at Bear Lake - Getting ready to go home!

The Baker Cousin Clan - Drew the Lone Girl!!

The Boys Taking a Walk in Bear Lake!


Even though the weather at Bear Lake was cold and crappy we still had a good time. Kent and I never got in the water once-which is crazy to think, but the kids did. I guess when your a kid you don't care. Drew, Dane, and Luke love to go camping at Bear Lake because they love spending time with grandma, grandpa, and their cousins. Next year we will be hoping for better weather. I think we will go in July instead of August. Better Luck next year!!

Hill Family Reunion

Grandma & Grandpa Hill's Beautiful Posterity!

Beautiful Moose Creek - Island Park, Idaho

Nice Fish Drew...Way To Go!

Drew & Dane Fishing In Moose Creek With Grandpa!

Dane Caught His First Fish In Moose Creek!

Drew, Courtney, & Dane Splashing In Moose Creek!

The Bunk House - Our Sleeping Quarters!

The Annual Duckie Race Down Moose Creek!

The Baker Family
Drew, Dane, Lori , Kent ,& Luke

Family Pictures At Moose Creek!

After seven years it was finally time for another Hill family extended reunion. Wow! It is amazing to see how all of our families have grown and multiplied since the last reunion. The reunion was held in Island Park, Idaho. The gathering point was at my parents cabin in Moose Creek. My dad managed to set everyone up in many cabins that were close by. The reunion was July 18-22 and then you could stay longer if you wanted. This year we had an over abundance of annoying mosquitos which was not fun.

The grandchildren had a major blast. Some of the acitivties were playing in creek, fishing, the annual duckie race down Moose Creek, roasting smores over the fire, GPS hunts, and of course the traditional rafting trip down Big Springs.

We were only planning to stay until Wednesday because Kent had to be back for work on Thursday. Drew and Dane begged and pleaded for me to stay and send Kent home with Carl since they were having too much fun in the pines. It took a little time deciding only because Luke is a busy body at 20 months and I have to watch him constantly or he will end up in the creek or the fire. Well, I ended up staying and the kids had lots of fun.

We took all the grandkids fishing with Rick, Jon, Melanie,Tracey,Trenton, and Grandpa up the road from the cabin. Grandpa helped Drew and Dane catch their first fish since daddy wasn't there to help, and I for one don't know what I am doing when it comes to fishing. Dane was so excited to finally catch a fish...they were brookie trout. We packed them all the way home so they could show them to dad when they got home. After being gone for 7 days I was glad to be home and back to civilization especially after seeing all of Dane's swollen mosquito bites, scraps, and sunburn from all their rough and tough play.

Welcome to Whiskey Creek Ranch!!

Luke Exploring The Big Tractor

Dane, Luke & Mom Sitting in the Tractor Wheel!

Dane, Luke & Drew Having Fun At The Ranch

Luke Taking A Nap after Falling Alseep on the Four Wheelers!

Kent, helping the Girls Get Ready To Fish!

The Kids Watching and Feeding the Fish At the Grace Fish Hatchery

Petting The Cute Baby Pigs At Whiskey Creek Ranch!

Luke Enjoying His "PlayDough" Flavored Ice Cream On July 4th

Eating Ice Cream On the 4th of July with all The Fam!!

Dane, Kent & Luke Having Fun Before the Fire Works!

Luke Being a Silly Stinker!

Mommy Snuggling with Luke Before The Fire Works!

We decided to hook with Melanie and Jon for the 4th of July. We all went up to Grace, Idaho to stay at Jon's brother's Whiskey Creek Ranch. We stayed in their 5th wheel trailer and I was thrilled because this is my kind of camping! We had a good old time fishing, riding four wheelers, and messing around on the ranch. We took the kids to the Grace Fish Hatchery...they loved feeding the thousands of fish. The kids loved riding the four wheelers over and over and playing the Wii. They also got to see and pet new born baby pigs. They were so cute.

On Saturday Rick and his family came over to the Ranch and hung out and rode the four wheelers. Jon enjoyed touring the niece and newphews around the ranch on the "Bad Boy". In the afternoon we all drove over to Lava Hot Springs to go swimming. We weren't sure if we would be able to swim because we thought it was going to rain but we lucked out. We went later in the afternoon so it wasn't so busy. We made sloppy joes and lots of other yummy food for dinner that we were able to eat at the pool. The kids had a blast swimming and going down the water slides. After swimming we all went and got ice cream and then went to watch the fire work show in Lava Hot Springs. By end of the night we were all tired and ready to call it a night. Happy Birthday America and to Steph as well!!