Here's our boy Aidan. He turned 8 in December but actually waited to be baptized in the Salt River until it got warmer. Brave soul. It's a cold river even in August. It was an extraordinary venue even with the visiting horses. Aidan's paternal granparents came up from Orem, his dad of course and then us (Jaclyn, dad, mom, Carolyn, Jason, Merissa, Sam, Dave and me.) Gramps (as Aidan refers to him--bob) baptized and his papa (Mikes dad) confirmed him. Merissa sang and Dave and Sue gave short talks. It was a perfect day. It really was.
Here we go.......
Pre baptism BBQ
The uninvited guests that were most welcome.
I hesitate to post this picture because I should have cropped me out of it. However, I wanted to show this picture of Mike with Aidan. He does love his dad (AND mom!)
Proud PapaBesides the big Baptism at the ranch below are other activities Aidan enjoyed while at the ranch:
Trout never looked so good
Another great activity for Aidan was riding a bike 1/2 his size down to see the Elk. 
He caught the big one up at Murphy's lake. Well maybe not THE big one--but one anyways.
He was a great sport and rode the ferris wheel with Aunty Lisa at the county fair. The good news is we saw the whole valley and fortunately spotted the star on the mountain side.
This was a GREAT ride. Bob, Dave, Aidan, Sam and I rode our bikes 6 miles to Thayne. Sam took a break or two but Aidan rode sans break. He earned a huge milkshake. The picture above is the end of the ride. I had driven the truck to the end point and allowed the boys to ride home in the back after their super ride. We all slept well that night. Below is picture of Aidan and Uncle Jason going down a fall in lava hot springs (they are the ones in the white raft) That was just one of many falls Aidan went down.
When I was a little girl and we were visiting my grandparents we would go to the "mountain" on Sunday. That was out idea of keeping the Sabbath day holy I guess. How I loved it. While at the ranch we decided to keep the same tradition. We made some ice cream and brownies, took the four wheelers and up we went. Mom was terrified and ended walking down most of the way but Aidan and Sam enjoyed sneaking in their own ever so slight drive of an ATV.
Aidan was so darling his entire trip at the ranch. He would go out an explore almost everywhere. Another favorite activity was climbing trees. It doesn't look like it here but he's quite high in the tree which overlooks the gorgeous valley below
Aidan also couldn't believe he could see two states from where he was. Here he is pointing to Wyoming, standing in Idaho. This was very exciting for him
Walking with Mom
When in Rome or rather---Wyoming--one must have a rifle and a cute cousin that will hold the frisbee.
Aidan loved exploring around the ranch. He especially loved going out past the metal building and looking for bones--cow bones that is. Well he found a rather good skull, he cleaned it and from what I've heard he plans on displaying it in his room. Good luck with that Jacks.
When I was a little girl and we were visiting my grandparents we would go to the "mountain" on Sunday. That was out idea of keeping the Sabbath day holy I guess. How I loved it. While at the ranch we decided to keep the same tradition. We made some ice cream and brownies, took the four wheelers and up we went. Mom was terrified and ended walking down most of the way but Aidan and Sam enjoyed sneaking in their own ever so slight drive of an ATV.
Aidan was so darling his entire trip at the ranch. He would go out an explore almost everywhere. Another favorite activity was climbing trees. It doesn't look like it here but he's quite high in the tree which overlooks the gorgeous valley below
Aidan also couldn't believe he could see two states from where he was. Here he is pointing to Wyoming, standing in Idaho. This was very exciting for him
Walking with Mom
When in Rome or rather---Wyoming--one must have a rifle and a cute cousin that will hold the frisbee.
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