Fun at Flaming Gorge

John,Vicky and our son in law's parents Connie and Richard went camping at flaming gorge over the weekend. We had so much fun together catching fish, swimming and having camp fires each night. We really enjoy spending time with our good friends. All of us caught a Kokanee Salmon and many more. We had a lot of fish to bring home. They are a very good fish to eat. While we were there they had antelope and chipmunks all over the camp site which was fun to watch. On the way home we had all these sheep that would not budge out of the road. Utah has so many neat fish and animals as well as all the states. God bless the
USA......

Baltimore Inner harbor and Aquarium

Dolphin and trainer saying Hi to everyone
dolphin under water
Stingray tank
Patrick in front of submarine
Dawn and Patrick
Vicky and Patrick
Patrick looking at fish
Big bird and Patrick

Dawn, Patrick and Vicky went to the inner harbor in Baltimore Maryland. The harbor is on the edges of the city and is a very pretty place to visit. They have lots of old ships and submarines that are there for people to tour as well as this really neat aquarium that even has a dolphin show. It has about 5 levels of fish,rain forests,sharks,children's touch tanks, frogs, birds,bats and a really cool 4-D movie that unfortunatly scared Patrick too death. He spent the whole time under my shirt. They have special effects like something comes out and pokes you in the back, water squirts out at you,When they show these mice and snakes they have something under your feet that feel like they are really there. The movie is a nature movie about the ocean and animals so they have special effects with each one. When they showed the whale blowing water out of its top they had hundreds of bubbles fill the room it
was the coolest movie Dawn and I ever saw but I don't think kids like it to much because you never know what will come out next. Dawn and I laughed our heads off while Patrick stayed under my shirt not looking at any of it........

Our favorite things about Maryland

My Mom and Abby hit it off big time.
Tyler at park near Jason's condo.
Abby at park
John's mom and Tyler and Abby
Abby sitting in front of flowers at Great Grandma's
Our favorite food, cheasapeake crabs
this is what they look like before cooking
we use to catch bushels of them and cook them

A crab boat out on cheasapeake bay
Lots and Lots of Trees
My mom(granny) walking her dog Macy

with Tyler and Abby

We always enjoy going and visiting Maryland but it is so hard on my lungs that I am very blessed to live in Utah. We love visiting all our family and going to the beach and eating the Maryland blue crabs which turn red when they are cooked. (yummy) We miss the beautiful parks and mostly the cheasapeake bay and Atlantic Ocean. We love Utah and all the beauty it has too. We live in a beautiful country and love America. God Bless the USA..........

Fun at Assateague Island Maryland

Ponies getting friendly with the people
Ponies near Ocean
Abby loving the beach
Burying Papa in the sand
running from the waves

We love this beach at the ocean in Maryland because of the ponies running wild on the beaches and the nature with many beautiful birds and lots of ocean. This is what
I miss most about Maryland besides my family and friends. we always went to the beach
every summer and enjoyed the ponies. Sometimes you have to whack them on their backside to get them away from your stuff. The lifeguards seem to do a pretty good job of getting them under control but I love having the ponies running wild on the beach. There was lots of waves to swim in and we all had lots of fun. This was Abby's
first time at the ocean and she loved every minute of it. Tyler loved planting his feet in the sand so the waves would not get him. The water was just right for swimming and we had a wonderful time. The grandkids enjoyed playing in the sand and covering Papa John up with sand. Only they can get away with pouring water down his back. As grandparents we had so much fun seeing the grandkids enjoy the ocean as much as we have through the years.........

Butterflies in Maryland

Grandma Vicky,Tyler and Abby went to this beautiful butterfly place in Maryland to see the butterflies and beautiful flowers. We use to go alot when we lived there. They have butterflies from all over the country and show the kids how to treat them and handle them. So many fly on you and we all had them fly on us. Abby and Tyler laughed so hard when one flew on my nose. Tyler had them fly on his head and shirt. Abby had one go down her shirt which made her laugh and laugh. We had so much fun visiting the butterflies that I can't seem to appreciate them as much as when we are in Maryland and can have them land on you. The people who work there show the kids how they are started from caterpillar to cocoon to butterfly, then they show them how to be gentle with them and what kinds there are from all over. Tyler really liked the big blue ones, Abby loved them all as
well as Grandma did...........