Larry Boy #51

We celebrated Larry's #51 with the kids. We grabbed some dinner and headed up the canyon for some down time after spending time at our Pebbles booth in Provo for Freedom Festival. Kelsie sewed like crazy and made some cute t-shirts to sell. It's been a hot and sticky day and this was a great way to end it. We came home for presents and Larry's favorite Blueberry Cheesecake. Conrad had fun fighting us with his noodle swords...
-Brenda

Birthday Omelets

We started our day celebrating Larry's #51 birthday with early morning homemade omelets before everyone went off in all directions. Ransom, Paul & Josh had already started their day, so it was just Larry and his girls.We planned to meet for dinner up the canyon later. Happy Bday :)
-Brenda

David & Pip

This is a story about David, Ransom's younger brother that is too endearing not to pass on... Not long after David got home from Utah, he was hiking with his dog and rescued this baby bird he found stuck in a glob of sap on a tree. There was no nest or mama bird in sight and so he brought it home. I was sure it would die, but David cleaned it up, went hunting for grasshoppers to feed it and it is thriving. We named it 'Pip'. Pip is a mockingbird... we're not sure whether it is male or female. It is the cutest thing though. It perches on our hand while we go hunting for grasshoppers (definitely its favorite food). It will eat seeds, fruit and worms, but it definitely prefers grasshoppers. It eats constantly, so it is a family affair trying to hunt for food for it and keep it satisfied. It is almost ready to fly, so David is teaching it to hunt for itself. We wonder if Pip will just fly away, never to be seen again or whether she will stick around. We hope she sticks around. David is so cute with her, like a proud papa!
-told by Marian Bigelow (David's Mom)