The Pushups

Grandpa Baker, Lucas and Liam do their pushups

Jonathan Sings

Roger Sings

Roger showing us his singing exercises

Ryan's Stanford Graduation

It's official!

Father and son/s walking across beautiful Stanford campus.

Congratulations to Ryan who received his Phd in Philosophy from Stanford June 15. It was a very fun graduation. Oprah Winfrey was the speaker and gave a great talk - teaching gospel truths about faith, hope and charity although she called it "feelings, failures and finding happiness." Jackie, Jonathan, Lucas, Jackie's parents and Dad and I were all there to cheer for Ryan. Of the four pilosophy Phd recipients, Ryan is the only one with a job!

Ryan looks very regal is his Stanford regalia.

Ryan, Jackie and the boys rented a van and drove with Jackie's parents to the graduation. After graduation they are headed to Yosemite for some great sight seeing on the return trip to Utah. (Dad and I did the boring thing and flew.)

Brooklyn's Baptism

Brooklyn's baptism went really well. She was SOO excited! I'm glad that the day turned out well for her, despite the rough road getting there. She was baptized by dad and confirmed by her grandpa Allison.

Of course the day wouldn't be complete without a few crazy things! In the morning while I was running around trying to get myself (and a talk) and the kids ready, I threw cinnamon rolls in the oven that the filling spilled out and smoked up the whole house!! And, right before the confirmation, Liam was sitting on a chair and I turned for a second and he fell face first on the wood floor. Like our unicorn son?

Brooklyn in her cute dress that Mom got for her.

Beautiful Ballerinas

Cori, Nikki, Katie and Brooklyn gave ourstanding performances in their dance recital tonight in both tap and ballet.

Cori graduates from Itineris High School

We enjoyed Cori's high school graduation which was held at Thanksgiving Point. Cori graduated with honors and after a very intense two years is now going to relax a bit before beginning classes at BYU in the Fall. Congratulations Cori!

Seeing the World through Disney Colored Glasses

How can you not just love this face?

Beach Babes

Having fun in the sun.

Adventures in California

Here we are outside of the California Adventure park and on a California street inside the park. Can you tell where the real street ends and the fake one begins?

Zack's Dream Come True

Zack has always wanted to eat at the Blue Bayou. Since they say that Disneyland is a place where dreams come true, this time his did. These are our fantastic desserts. We're still not sure HOW we ate them after all the great food we had, but somehow we managed. Mine was a creme brulee trilogy with chocolate, vanilla and passion fruit. Zack's was a giant chocolate chip cookie with a big scoop of ice cream. And get this--the treasure chest and the sail are edible!

California Dreamin

Here are a couple of classic Disneyland pictures: One in front of the gardens at the main gate and the other in front of the castle.