Happy 4th of July

Lydia's first sparkler.  She lit off quite a few last night.

A Few Poses

This is how Lydia like to eat her Popsicles. I put her in her chair and she refuses to le me put on her tray  so this is how she ends up.

All fancy.  This one was for Grandma.

Swimming Everyday

We go swimming almost everyday. Although dad doesn't always go with us.  We have so much fun soaking up the sun.  Lydia really likes the hot tub.  She likes to jump from hot to cold.  I am not sure why.  She even likes to splash cold water on herself in the bath tub.   She can kick her legs really well and she likes to jump in to mom or dad.  She loves the water.  It is fun to hear her talk about the swimming pool and life jacket

Family Reunion

Lydia jumping with cousins Ethan and Kira

Ethan and Lydia

Hot do roast.  James, Cody and Mckay

Mary and Rhet

John and Lydia

Cora

Joseph

Joshua and Lydia

Grandpa and Lydia

Grandpa and Lydia

Papa and Grandma

Dad and Lydia

Basketball

Ben getting his game on

Rally for the ball

Bubbles with James

We had an Erickson Family Reunion the weekend of the 22nd of May.  It was a blast.  Lydia and I went up on Monday before the reunion and stayed through the next week.  It was fun for Lydia to get to know her aunts, uncles, and cousins.  She also met Joseph whom she has never seen before because he just returned from his mission from the Czech-Republic.  All the siblings were able to make it.  It was so much fun to see my sisters,  whom I haven't seen in a while.  I am not sure when I will see them again either.  After the reunion Ben flew up and spent some time with my brothers and family.  He has so much fun with them.  He plays basketball and football and completely wears himself out.   We also were able to see Ben's parents.  They came over for the afternoon on Thursday.  It was fun to see them and for Lydia to recognize them from the webcam chats.

Twin Falls.

 

On your way down the canyon there is a waterfall.  I tried to take a picture from the bottom.  You can barely see it but it was a beautiful that night.

We had a cookout that night at the park.

Lydia and I are here at the table enjoying a fruit salad, pasta salad and hot dogs.

Funny Face

After dinner we went on a little walk to the bridge.

There were some neat waterfalls along the way.

Lydia having fun in the pack.

Another neat waterfall

The bridge. You cross this to get into the Twin Falls.  People also jump off this bridge with parachutes.

Shoshone Falls

 Cave up close

Up River from Twin Falls

One happy family

 I have been horrible at posting, but I have been taking pictures.   As the weather has been warming up so have we.  We have been exploring all the parks.  We went down a little trail that walks under the Twin Falls bridge.  We went to Shoshone Falls and Twin Falls.

Slide, Slide

Lydia will point  at her cheeks when you say, "Where is your smile?"

Lydia absolutely loves the slide.  She can go down and down over and over again.  Gives me quite a work out.  She enjoys the swings equally.  On Sunday we went to the park as a family.  With the two of us, we were able to give her lots of slide rides.  We also took a nice walk around the park.  It was new to us.  It is called Rock Creek Park.  It  has a little creek running through it and people actually fish in it.  I hope to plan an activity with our sunbeam class and take them fishing, but that might be a little ambitious.  I will have to figure out the details.  It is not too far out of town, so it is kind of unusual setting.  There are businesses surrounding it.  It would be a fun place for a quick get a way hot do roast.  Anyone want to get together?

What a Weekend!!!

Cute Aubrey

Lydia enjoyed coloring she starting to make her own creations.  I'm sure she will be drawing bugs soon. She always wants me to draw them for her.

Dad and Lydia

 What a cute Family

All together

Playing Ball-- Aubrey has quiet a grip

Lydia loves the slide and gets so excited

Lydia and Mom

   

Lesley and Lydia

Loving the swing

We had a fun get a way to Les and Cameron's in Ogden.  We realized we are only about two and half hours away. It was so fun to see Aubrey she is growing so much.  Lydia enjoyed swimming and playing on two different playgrounds.  She liked coloring and also getting together with the Aunts and Uncles and Cousins.
It was fun for us to relax and just enjoy the freedom from our obligations.