Birthdays, Continued {Celebrating with Blanchards}

Covid is causing all kinds of changes to our lives and plans, but we were able to figure out a workable solution for Callie's birthday date on June 3rd with Grandpa and Grandma Blanchard: fishing on the Ogden River! I think they all had a fun time!

Decked out and ready to catch some fish!

Grandpa found the perfect spot along the
river behind the rodeo grounds - gentle
slope, shallow water, plenty of shade!

Knowing that fishing isn't always the most
thrilling activity for an active nearly 7-year-old,
Grandma and Grandpa brought along
plenty of other enticements to keep her
smiling.

Grandma and Cal made a little visit to the
park across the river for a hunt.

And thanks to Grandma's strategic planting
of spare change, she was victorious
and profitable in her search!

There are a lot of colorful murals
painted on the back of the rodeo
stands, so Cal and Grandma also had
a fun photo shoot walk while
Grandpa held down the fort at the river.

They got back from their walk just
in time to help net a catch!

Meanwhile, one of Gregg's birthday wishes was to play a couple new(ish)-to-him disc golf courses in the Ogden area. After we dropped Callie off at the river with the grandparents, we drove to Harrisville to play a couple rounds on the course there. And then, since we still had time to spare, we checked out the course at the entrance of Fort Buenaventura. It was a fun morning for us, too!

We snuck up on the birthday daters.

And Sam got a turn to hold the rod for a bit before we packed up.

Gregg's parents ordered and picked up lunch for everyone from No Frills Diner (a place we've been wanting to try forever, and probably will never try again - a bummer, but at least now we know). There were, of course, also presents and cake to celebrate the birthday folks.

A pretty new dress and a subscription to a
magazine about science and art (most perfect
gift ever for Callie!).

Disc golf t-shirt, fire tongs and Raisin
Bran Crunch for Gregg.

Grandma always makes a little birthday cake for birthday dates
with grandchildren.

And she offered to make Gregg's favorite trifle
for him (which was a big reason I opted for
the cookies the day before - we certainly didn't
need two cakes in two days for the four of us!).

Thanks Grandma/Mom and Grandpa/Dad for making the birthday week fun continue for our Junies!