Christopher's B-day/ BYU football

 This post is kind of ... well, late-coming.  It happened in October, but lazy, lazy me didn't want to post until we found the lost photos to ... well, kind of, help tell the story.  And I've found them.

                                Kids get their picture taken with Cosmo Cougar, the BYU mascot.
                                                    Steven, Jared, Cosmo, Me, Adam

                                                             Parents couldn't resist!
                                                              Mom, Cosmo, Aunt Mary

                                            " Steven and the birthday cupcake",  can he eat it?

                                                        Lunchtime before the big game!

                                                              "Yum.  Cupcakes!!!"

                                              Family picture taken by some nice passerby.

                                                                    Happy Me

                                                The two sisters... Laura Beth and Mary Cate!

                                      Sanford and Christopher: Big Brothers, Best Buds!

 

                                                                                                                                                                                "BYU against OSU,"  says Grandpa.  "2 horrible teams.  Now we'll just find out who's worse." 
                                    Wisdom of a beloved Grandpa just cannot be denied.        

                                                  The BYU cougars won, by the way.           

POSTED BY THE COUGAR FAN, DORATHY DOTSON!!!!!!!!!!!

Vacation Part 1: Yellowstone

We went to Yellowstone for vacation.

Day 1:
We drove all day.
We arrived at the KOA Campgrounds in Idaho at 11:00.  Grandpa Dotson arrived, too!!!


Day  2:
We stayed at the campgrounds for awhile, then went to Craters of the Moon.  I almost got lost!  
Then we hiked in a lava tube and had lunch.  I bought a cute little fox finger puppet that I named Phoxy.
After that we went to my Uncle Jared Dotson's house.  He had a daughter named Caylee.  We had fun playing, then we went to bed.

Day 3: 

We went to church and  I went to Caylee's class.  We had a lot of fun.  Then we went home and played.  Caylee had a toy dog named Alpha, but she spelled it Alfa.  He and Phoxy soon became fast friends. We made little nests of grass for them, and taught them how to climb trees, and they even went to a pretend spa.  We did the spa by taking  them to the upstairs bathroom, getting them wet with a washcloth, combing their fur and blow-drying it.  Then we made them collars and played some more.  After that we ate some dinner and went for a walk.  We came by a playground and played there.  There were 4 springy horses named Champ, Lucky, Jumper and I don't remember the other one.  I got on Lucky.  Then me and Caylee went on the swings.  Then we walked home.

Continued in part 2

Grandpa and Grandma's beach resort :)

Grandma and Grandpa Blanchard rented a beach resort for their anniversary! 


They invited us over for an afternoon because Grandma wanted to do something nice for us.  She wanted to because Mom had been stuck at  home with no car, and that was because of Dad's car accident almost 3 weeks ago.  


We went to Winco to get some snacks.  First we went to the fruit aisle and got cantaloupe, Golden Delicious apples, grapes and fresh apricots. Then we went to the bulk aisle and got: gummy peach rings, gummy  grapefruit, gummy butterflies, gummy-like dehydrated apples, dried papaya, dried mango, Trail mix, chocolate and vanilla wafers, chocolate-covered pretzels and 
yogurt-covered pretzels- treats to celebrate the beginning of summer. 


Then, after a 2 and 1/2 hr drive, we got to the resort.
We looked out on the balcony.


And then, we went swimming in their pool. 

First, I swam with Grandma in a zebra floaty.  Then Grandpa caught me.
I told him I didn't want to swim, but Grandpa insisted, so he taught me how to kick by saying: "Kick like you're mad!  Kick like you're mad!"  So I kicked and he said: "That's great!  Linda (Grandma), come see how Dorathy kicks!"
And then I said,"That's because I was mad!" and Grandpa laughed.


Then we went in the spa because I was old enough!  


Then we went to Mo's (An awesome seafood restaurant) for lunch.  
I ordered off the kid's menu.


I got the "Shrimp Basket"- 4 pieces of breaded  shrimp and French fries. Julie couldn't finish her lunch, so I finished her "Clam Strips"- pieces of breaded clam.


Then we went to the beach.


Christopher, me, and Grandpa built a sandcastle and tried to protect it from the waves, but the waves got the sandcastle (even with our large protective trench) in the end.


Then we went home, eating lots of snacks on the way.


POSTED BY DORATHY!!!