Father Melon

Here's a picture of me mindlessly enjoying Father's Day -- special greeting card (wife), downing yummy chicken enchiladas and rice crispy treats (Hanyon), with the added encouragement and humoring from Luke/Hayley, and in my new grey sporty shirt (Clint/Cassie).

Antelope Island Cuties.  Hayley is busy checking off her bucket list.  Can you believe that on that list was camping on Antelope Island with Bison, mosquitoes, and biting gnats?  Also swimming in the Great Salt Lake with Brine Shrimp?

Max, Mavericks & Melon

Eight days of Cole and Max!  What do you hear about being a grandparent?  It's great, spoil them and send them home!  But, what if you can't send them home?  Luke and Ashlie spent a week boating in the Caribbean.  Shauna must be completely worn out (she doesn't know it yet).  But, it provided plenty of moments for me to play with Cole.

Mavericks Win!

Miscellaneous Memorial Melon...

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Melon at Disneyland1

Family vacation at Disneyland by Shauna.  While Luke talked some into going to the Conan Show I took Cole to Walt's theme park on day 1.

Pooh Pots

On our way to Adventureland we got side tracked when Cole saw this!  And we had to go there.

Cole with Grandma in tea cup

Max n Cole managing a toon town fire engine

Max taking 5 in shade

Happy people on bus to themed park!

More happy people on bus.

Excited babies headed for adventure (in Mater shirts)!

Melon Tours the U

Grandpa Atkin took this Picasso-like family portrait at Hayley's graduation.  It is one of my favorites, no one can say that they don't look good!  I guess I forgot that Grandpa Atkin's vision is a little blurry.

Hayley with her wonderful nephews

Luke and the benefactors

Grandma and Cole pulling funny faces

Hi Vince...

and Max...

and Bo.

Melon, Bowzer, and Easter

How do you spell your full name Bo?  Wow, I like it

 But, can you stack it?

Bowzer came up with Hanyon to look for work and a place to live.  Luckily they stayed for Easter week (and we set out to figure that out too).

We actually split time celebrating the Holy Week (last week of lent) -- the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Christ (Special Services at our ward) and celebrating Easter (or Eostre ancient pagan Anglo-Saxon goddess of around April?) -- anyway... Hanyon colored eggs, I bought malted robin's eggs, Reese's peanut butter eggs, Cadberry eggs, and little marshmallow chicks.  Canyon and Shauna also made some yummy dinner (doing most of the work as usual).

Melon at the Eden Roc

Spent a few days in Miami Beach at the Eden Roc Resort Hotel.  I think Shauna would have liked the weather, reading on the balcony overlooking the Atlantic.  Much was wasted on me, but I did get a nice run in on the board walk which runs 3 miles along the beach.