Spokane in August!

We were so excited to take Thayne on his first trip to Spokane. GG came with us and Thayne loved having her in the backseat with him. We decided to break the trip up a little and stopped at Uncle Clyde's over night. It was so nice to spend time with his family.  It's really nice to see both sets of Grandparents in one trip. This time we started out at the Miller's for a Miller Family Reunion

Huckleberry Picking

 Picnics

I love that he posed for this

And this was posed as well

Camping on Priest Lake

This was our campsite. It was wonderful to fall asleep listening to the waves

Soon after setting up camp we all changed and headed to the water. I got Thayne in his little swim shorts and waded out to my waist. Next thing I know, I look down and little Thayne was completely zonked out. I guess that's what happens when you put your baby to sleep with sounds of the ocean.

Hiking to the natural waterslides

Pictures never do this waterfall justice

Anna going down the slides

Trying to take pictures

Sisters!

Thayne's Blessing

Watching the Kids Play

Then we headed over to the Southwick's and thoroughly enjoyed spending time with Grandma and Grandpa, GG, Auntie Siri, Uncle Chris and Yukio

Dropping in to see Anna at work before heading back to Utah

After spending the whole day in the car with only 2 hours to go, Thayne was still a happy little guy

He's Blessed!

On August 21, 2011, Thayne was finally blessed. He was considerably larger than the typical Blessing Baby, but it was well worth it to wait until we could drive to Spokane and have both sets of grandparents present.

All the men in the blessing circle

Grandma and Grandpa Miller

GG, Grandpa Scott and Grandma Jana

A really cute picture of Thayne

Four Generations

Another really cute picture of Thayne 

He Can Roll!

His very first roll caught on camera. He's rolled many times before, but I could never get the camera out fast enough. I love how once he plops his huge head over, and the rest of his body just follows after it

Mirror Lake

A few weeks ago we joined the Millers and the Washburns on an adventure to Mirror Lake. It was absolutely gorgeous and we loved it!

Thayne wasn't very amused by our efforts to show him the great outdoors

And I don't think Colter appreciated it when I accidentally pushed him in the ice cold water (I was trying to keep him from falling, oops!)

But he did thoroughly enjoy trying to walk Tucker once he had dry clothes

Tyler and I didn't quite have the right footwear, but it was still worth it

The water was so high and there was so much snow that we couldn't walk the trails around the lake, but Tucker didn't mind

It was the perfect trip to escape the heat of Utah Valley

Bathtime

Thayne loves his bath time!

And he loves being cozy warm in his froggy towel afterward