Thanksgiving (It’s never too late to be thankful)

I was going to post pictures of Christmas, which I already thought was a bit pathetic since that was over 2 months ago, but then I realized I had pictures from Thanksgiving when Art, Jenene and Sophia came to visit and they haven’t even seen those pictures. I don’t know if I’ll ever catch up with this blog, but that’s ok. I post them for my own records and if they’re months late, c’est la vie. My 3 munchkins There was a house being built behind our’s last fall and the kids liked going to play on the big pile of dirt A beautiful sunrise The kids watching a movie with their cousin My most favorite picture with Art :) Jumping on the bed Sharing chips with cheese dip and being silly Trying out a sleep mask…it looks like I have a bra on my face…or I’m part alien. Art always ends up with all of the kids piled on him It was very hard to get a picture of the 2 of them…Sophia never wanted to look at the camera :) On their last day we took advantage of the gorgeous weather and went to the park. Having fun on the spinning things Crazy wind hair He conquered his fear of climbing :) Looking back at these makes me smile and reminds me of happy times spent with family, so that alone is worth it to post them 5 months late. ;)

The Rest of Summer

This is more for my own record than anyone else’s, so that’s why I’m posting summer photos right before Christmas. That, and I have to remind myself that we did indeed have summer. ;) I caught her sleeping in her sundress Dressed up for church I caught her pouty lip…ha ha! Getting creative with his shirt, a plastic pipe, a pail and stool

We surprise the kids every summer by taking them to their favorite place with rides

Holding hands…SO sweet! They went on the spinning apples for the first time and they liked it!

They went on this ride over and over that drops, goes back up, then drops again

We took them to our favorite crepe restaurant after and I saw these flowers nearby The kids enjoyed having the sprinkler under the trampoline and Blake was adding soap in this picture Haley turned 3 in August and we had an outdoor party at a school playground

They were so cute trying to play velcro ball

The kids had 2 weeks of VBS, one at a different church in July and then at our church in August.  This was their final performance and they were making a presentation to local emergency medical services workers and police We went to the park a couple of times after we were done at the splash park We went to the beach with friends which was super fun We had a wonderful summer together and I really enjoyed the weather with my family! :)

My Cousin’s Wedding

I figured I would dust off the ole blog today, since this post (and some others) are WAY overdue. My cousin from B.C. got married to a girl who was from this area at the beginning of December and Blake was asked to be their ring bearer. :) My sister and brother-in-law weren’t at the wedding, since they live far away, and I forgot to show them pictures when they came out for Thanksgiving. So now I’m finally posting them, 2 months later. The grounds were very pretty that they got married at At the wedding rehearsal, Blake and Haley found a dog while they were waiting for the rehearsal to start. Kiera played with my cousin, Eden (the groom’s youngest sister) and the bride’s youngest sister The entrance of where the wedding was in

Inside the tent

From left to right: my cousin’s husband Shawn, my cousins Ezra, Elisha (the groom) and Emmanuel, and the bride’s youngest brother, who ended up fainting during the wedding I think he is SOOOOOOOO cute!!!!

My cousin, Elisabeth, with her husband (both in the wedding party)

Blake got pulled in a wagon with the flower girl by the bride’s sister Handing off the precious cargo Whenever the bride comes down the aisle, I always like to look at the groom’s face. In this case, the bride ran down the aisle! My handsome man with my beautiful daughter

My Grandpa led them in their first communion together

My dressed up munchkins

Elisha and Elanna at the reception

Blake and his 2nd cousin found a tractor to play on

Maybe I’ll get around to posting pictures of the first day of school and Thanksgiving some time before Christmas. We’ll see! ;)