The Good Ol' Summertime

This weekend we had Mathan's family reunion. It was great to have all the siblings there! We were only missing Mckay who is on his mission. Mathan was the camera guy so we have a ton of pictures. Here are a few of the best. There were so many good ones. We'll have to make a cd to send to everyone. Maybe I'll post some more later.

Everyone squinting...It's way to hard to get a good picture of everyone!

2009 Babies

The one and only 2008 baby

Liefde was asleep and missed the 07 shoot

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003&2002

2000 & 1998??

Happy Father's Day!

Our stake accidentally put Father's Day as the 14th on the stake calendar so we had Father's day speakers this week and last week. Someone said that's okay because Mother's day is to honor mothers but Father's Day is to remind the men of their duty. Poor guys! It's like when they come home from the Priesthood session feeling chastened. May got up on the stand to sing with the primary but she wanted to stand by her cousin and didn't get to so I took her out crying. She missed singing for mother's day because she had to go to the bathroom. Maybe next year. It was so funny, when the kids finished singing on mother's day my little nephew piped up and said "Mommy I need to go potty!" and everyone laughed. It's funny how sometimes kids are so self conscious and sometimes they don't care what they do or say in front of a hundred people. Anyway, we love you all you wonderful daddies!

Happy Birthday Ellen!

Our sweet Ellen is two years old today. What a sweet addition she has been. I can't believe how fast these two years have gone and how much she has grown! She surprises us every day with new things that she has learned. She is so full of laughter and fun, and thankfully she still loves to be wrapped in a soft blanket and rocked. I'm grateful for the quiet moments that we can sit and cuddle. I'm glad that she can be my little baby for a while each day even though she is fast becoming my big girl. We love you Ellen!

This post is almost a week late because of technical difficulties and I was so mad that I didn't get it up on her actual birthday. Oh well