Wednesday, July 15, 2009

I LOVE SUMMER!

Oops - these 2 pics got out of order!


The Woodlands in Paradise (Kelsey, Oliver, Jonas, and Lindon at the reunion)

3 little beauties at the reunion: Alissa, Ella, Lana


I am having way too much fun this summer! Between traveling and just doing summer things, the summer has flown by, and of course I have not blogged one bit of it. So be prepared for a lot of pics :) Of course they are not necessarily in chronological order, I can never seem to get it to do that. And of course, the summer isn't over so they'll be more to come. And here we go. . .






Lana's Birthday - She just turned five July 6, what a big girl!




4th of July weekend in Boise

The kids hardly got out of Brad & Melissa's backyard pool the whole time. Calvin & Lana had so much fun playing with Sam, Jake, and Elizabeth



Lana & Elizabeth - cousins and best friends equals nonstop giggles














Lana loves her Aunt Melissa




Sam the pyro was obsessed with the fireworks!









Who needs a firework show when you can text?









Hike on the Provo River Trail




We were sitting there eating our picnic lunch at Vivian Park when here comes the Heber Creeper. It was awesome until Bri threw Lana up on the train and she got covered in soot!




She was so dirty she had to take her clothes off and wrap in a blanket, so sad!





Parks Reunion in Paradise. . . .


that is Paradise, Utah!


My parents rented out this awesome reception/reunion center for our whole family (only my parents and siblings), 18 adults, 20 kids! It was gorgeous! We had so much fun! The following pics don't do it justice but it was so much fun all being together, my entire family!




It seems like most of our time was spent in the kitchen preparing and cleaning up meals!




The tech crew



Is this enough Jello to feed 38 people?



Cal's favorite part was playing Lego Star Wars with Andrew




Ryan & Heidi!

We never get to see our long lost brother from New Mexico, I'm so glad they made the 16-hour trek!





We had a dance party for all the kids! They learned several couples dances, square dancing, and the Boot Scootin' Boogie





Daxton & Lana, the perfect couple!




It was fun, but not nearly as fun as the spontaneous 3-hour dance party the adults had the night before (which I don't have any pics of, I was too busy shaking my booty :)



Tawny & Dustin hosted another 2-mile family race. It was awesome to see everyone run - that's my Mom behind Tori! And of course, I was super proud of Brian for winning once again, but I couldn't believe some of the times everyone else got (Kelsey, you're a maniac!) Of course I don't have pics of them at the finish line, you can guess why (still running :)



The boys always have to go shoot their scary guns when we all get together. Heber, you're the man!



Lora, Alissa, Lana, Ella, Lindee, Addy



Like last year, Brian tried to distract everyone from running with his tiny outfit that belongs to Dustin and should be burned!



And here's me! Yes, I ran too even though if you look close you will see my big ol' pregnant belly! Of course my 9-month pregnant sister creamed me. (If you've lasted this long into the pics you deserve to know that yes, I am pregnant, and we will be having another girl in September)


Jonas, Weston, Calvin, Kade, Logan, Andrew


I spent a week at Holly's in Idaho Falls, it was a blast! We celebrated Lindee's 11th birthday, I can't believe she's so old!



Kelsey made this cake! I have such talented sisters!



My first time at Big Judd's near Rexburg



My kids got to experience rollerskating for the first time at Lindee's birthday party!







My girls in their rollerskates



YUMMY!

3 comments:

Kelsey said...

I LOVED looking at all these pictures! We had so much fun with you guys! Jonas is always talking about his cousins. Can't wait until baby when I get to come take care of you! :) Love you Jo!

Matthew said...

Congratulations on your baby! September is so soon..I guess you posted a while ago. I'm so slow to catch up on blogs. You have such beautiful girls I'm sure this one will fit right in with the others.

Matthew said...

That last comment was from Summer under Matthew's email.