Reunion!

So my family held the first ever Reunion this summer at Bear Lake, ID!  It was really awesome to have everyone there. It was the first time all my siblings and Mom and Bill have been in the same place, probably since my brother, Thad's, funeral!  Ann brought her boys, Jeff brought his family and Dave brought baby Henry, and of course us and our huge crew.  We stayed in condo's and it was relaxed, and chill and we all hung out for the most part. We didn't see a lot of Jeff's family but we did get to visit for a bit and that was fun.  It was just cool to see everyone and be able to have fun together. I think my favorite part was renting the speed boat and tubing.  :)  Anyways, here's some pics, I will probably break this up into a couple posts.

Beach Day!

Fun Beach Day!  I love our beach. I love just hanging out with the kids down there. Even if I don't get in the water, I love to see them swim and play, and just enjoy the warm sun.  I remember when we first came to look at property here at the lake.  Lane was a baby and we sat and played at the beach for a minute. I watched him play in the sand and I remember imagining our future and imagining bringing my kids down to the beach summer after summer. It was a such a fun daydream, and I couldn't wait to make it happen.  Well 10 years later, it's HAPPENING, and it's every bit as fun as I imagined it.  We are SO blessed :)

Temple Trip

The kids have been saying they want to see the temple for a long time. So we decided to take a little field trip and go see the temple!  I need to take them more often. It was nice to just sit on the temple grounds with them, and just BE there.  I love the temple. It is one of my very favorite places to be!  I love the peace and love I feel there, and can't wait to be able to go with my kids. I hope that they love it and feel the amazing spirit there too.  One of my dreams is to one day sit in the Celestial room with Scott and ALL of our kids.  That will be an amazing day. I can't wait. :) 

lane concert

Lanes concert 4th grade...it was awesome! They sang about Washington history and culture. it was so fun! I was so proud of lane, he had a part doing rhythm on cups and he made a mistake and got mixed up. You could see he was frustrated but instead of stopping and giving up , he waited and got right back in!  Great job lane!

Where's Eli!?

The kids were playing hid and seek before dinner one night.  Dinner was ready and I called them all up.  We didn't know where Eli was, but figured he would come up in a  min and so we started eating.  After a while, we decided to go check on him and see what was going on. We figured he fell asleep somewhere.....we were right....this is where we found him!  Curled up in the oven of the play kitchen! HAHAHA.  He had stolen joey's bottle and taken it in there to hide, and fell asleep :) Silly boy....he cracks me up!

Silliness

Joey found my sunglasses :) cuteness ensued

First Tooth!

We have loose teeth over here!!!  

Lockers!

I found  my lockers!!!!! I love them so much!  Nick's brother Chantry actually found my lockers, and I begged him to let me buy them from him, and he said YES! YAAY :) Got them all painted and ready to put in the mud room 

Happy Father's Day!!

I got a couple pictures on Father's day!  Sure love this guy! Thanks for being a great daddy!!

Macy's Concert

Macy also had her concert, and it was adorable. She was a little bummed this year because she did not have a special part to do up front. But she did her best to sing with the group, and I loved it! :)

Lucy's Spring Concert

I really love the kids school concerts. They are just so cute!!  Lucy had hers and they did great.  She got to play the little tiny xylophone, and did awesome :)