Friday, June 29, 2012

Happy Birthday Dawn.... You "survived" another year.

Also want to give a shout out to all of the other June family birthdays.....

Dane
Ally
Jessica
Doyle
Julie
Nick

We love all of you to the moon!

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Cinco de Mayo Aye ye ye ye ye!


Our first trip of the year to our favorite get away spot.  Unfortunately, we made our reservations late and we ended up with a terrible spot on the street side of camp but sharing it with good company totally saved the day.

Gavin and his buddy Connor.

 



 MacKenna
 


Mac and her friend Alexis.

 

Colleen.
 


And what would Cinco de Mayo be without a piƱata and a ton of kids?

 



 



 



 



 

 

 

At last, the man is alone with his fire.

 



 



 

The boys are winding down after their sugar overdose.

 



 

The girls are waiting. They are ready for bed.

 



 



 

Short and sweet. A fun time for all.






























Sunday, April 15, 2012

Rabbits and Eggs


What’s better than pulling a rabbit out of a hat you may ask? God pulling out a perfect day from a bunch of rainy ones to celebrate the resurrection, so I think we’ll leave the Easter bunny in the hat for now and soak up the “Son” instead… at least for a little bit.



We did attend church as a family. The music was amazing, the message,  full of both sorrow and joy as they retold the stories of that epic three day event.  And as we piled back into the cars to head back to our house, you could just feel the unspoken gratitude we were all feeling and the joy of spending the day together.



The thing about babies and pre-teens is that though there is nothing biblical about it, the hunt must go on.



Grandma with all 8 of her grandkids.



Photobucket



Ready, Set, HUNT!



Photobucket



Notice how a wad of candy has ALREADY found it’s way into Gavin’s cheek?

Photobucket



Photobucket



Photobucket



Photobucket



Photobucket



Photobucket



Photobucket



Photobucket



Photobucket



Uncle Neil making sure none get left behind.



Photobucket



Photobucket



Photobucket



Photobucket



Nick’s girl Cyndi



Photobucket



Photobucket



Photobucket



Photobucket



Photobucket



We also celebrated a few of the Marthinsen birthdays (3)



Photobucket



Photobucket



It was a really fabulous day. I keep forgetting to make it to the other side of the camera but the purpose of this blog is to see my world through my eyes anway.



HaPPy Spring everyone.