The love of my life............

my family! This picture was taken at Whiskeytown Falls with my camera. I would have liked to have taken a family picture with Jason's camera - perhaps at Christmas or the next reunion!

From left to right, me, Nate holding Elijah, Brielle and Adalei on Misty's lap, Ashley holding Paisley, Jason holding Spencer, Charity, Jenna holding Benson, and Casey holding Weston! These people are the most important people in this world to me! I am so blessed and love my family so much! I cherish all our times together and wish we lived closer! I look forward to seeing them again soon.

Random Shots from the Family Reunion

Pretty Paisley in her flower girl outfit after just attending a wedding with her mom. She was all ready to spend the night in a tent with her dad but I found her sleeping on the couch in the morning.

This was so cute... Elijah was having a pre-breakfast snack of cheerios. Benson came along and decided to help himself to some cheerios. They were so cute together. Elijah didn't even cry or try to stop Benson from eating the cheerios!

Spencer with his Aunt Charity....

Weston wanting his dad to wake up...........

My three granddaughters - Paisley, Adalei, and Brielle. They had fun playing "house" together!

Adalei posing by the turtles at Turtle Bay Exploration Park.

Weston up high.........

Nate, Elijah and brave Brielle with the parrots at Turtle Bay.

Jason, Paisley and Malcolm with the parrots....

Jenna attracted two or three parrots to her arm but this picture just shows her with one.

Weston feeding the parrot.

More Random Shots from the Family Reunion

Elijah walking on the railing with Nate..........

My 3 youngest grandsons playing together - Spencer, Benson, and Elijah! They are approximately 18 months old.

Nate put a lizard on Elijah's shirt sleeve. That lizard stayed there a long time even while they were hiking. Do you see the lizard below the orange stripe on his sleeve?

Paisley and her Aunt Charity hiking to the falls.

A picture of Nate, Misty, Adalei, Brielle, and Elijah at Whiskeytown Falls.

When we arrived at the falls, Weston got a snack. He looks so cute in this picture.

Here's a picture Charity took of me at the falls.

This was just so cute - Weston sharing his snack with Adalei and Brielle!

Adalei and Paisley having dinner together on the double camp chair.

Here's Spencer - I didn't get many pictures of him. He looks really tired in this picture.

Minute to Win It!

Casey and Jenna put together activities for this Minute to Win It game. As I heard each challenge, I said or thought "impossible"! Boy was I wrong, time after time! It was so fun and I took some pictures. In the picture above, Misty stacked 5 apples and they stood that way without her touching them. It looks like she's holding them but she's not - she just had her hands close in case the apples fell but they didn't! She did a great job!

In the picture above, Jenna moved that cookie to her mouth without touching it with her hands - amazing!

Casey balanced 4 dice on a Popsicle stick.

Malcolm stacked 4 chapsticks. If you think this is easy, you'll have to try it!

Nate successfully "fanned" eggs across the finish line without touching the eggs.

Charity threw ping pong balls in the air and caught them with the trash can on her head.

Misty stacked 5 ding dongs on her forehead. This was incredible! She made it look easy!

Here's Jason getting ready to shake his body to get the ping pong balls out of the Kleenex box on his back without touching them with his hands. I did this too and it was hilarious!
What a fun game this was! I think Misty was our winner! I'm hoping we can play more of this game at our next family reunion!

Family Reunion surprises!

We were pleasantly surprised that the house had a ping pong table in the garage! There were too many ping pong games to count. I'm not sure who was the best at ping pong. Weston had a great time standing on the ping pong table hitting the ping pong balls. Casey would hit the ones Weston missed. It was fun to watch. Weston was really good at hitting the balls. He has great athletic skills.

Another surprise was Malcolm coming to the reunion with his 4-wheeler. The kids had a great time getting rides. You'll notice that Weston is in the picture above and the one below - he especially loved to ride. Adalei and Brielle wanted slow rides.... (Malcolm is my nephew.)

Family Reunion - Wonderful meals!

Teriyaki chicken burgers - Charity's great idea! We may make this a tradition for future reunions! It was so good. Casey did a great job grilling the chicken for us.

Jenna made a really yummy breakfast - orange rolls and egg/ham casserole. (Jenna, what's the title of that great dish?) I could have eaten a dozen of those rolls - they just melted in your mouth.
Somehow I missed taking a picture of Jenna's wonderful dinner - she made BBQ pork with coleslaw, corn on the cob, and peach crisp. It was awesome! I think the meal was so good that all I thought about was eating it and forgot to take a picture. (Sorry Jenna....) The pork was superb and I loved it with the coleslaw!

Misty and Nate made scrumptious puffy pancakes with apples, blueberries, and strawberries. Misty made maple syrup that was nice and warm on the pancakes. We really enjoyed this breakfast!

This was our only meal out together - lunch at the Turtle Bay Cafe at the Exploration Park. We had a huge order and waited quite awhile but the food was pretty good! Jason was sitting at the table even though you can't see him in the picture - we was between Nate and Casey.

Misty and Nate made a great Mexican meal - some had quesadillas and the rest of us made burritos! It was really good and so healthy.

Charity had another great idea - making smores! The kids had a great time and we enjoyed that activity too. Jenna suggested using Reese's peanut butter cups in place of the Hershey's chocolate and that was great.

Ashley was sick with a bad cold but she still got up early to make us a super good breakfast - light and fluffy buttermilk pancakes made from scratch.

Ashley made strawberries with cream topping for the pancakes - it was divine! It went fast!

Ashley had a burger bar for dinner - that was really fun and we enjoyed choosing all the toppings we wanted for our burgers! Great idea Ashley!

Jason did a great job grilling the burgers. I think Casey was inspecting...

Our final dessert for the reunion was made by Ashley - the best ever brownies with ice cream, strawberries and blueberries. It was so good. I could have eaten the whole pan of brownies! Yum!

Swimming at Whiskeytown Lake

Weston loves the water.

Benson was so cute running along the beach with his sticks playing in the water.

Another cute shot of Weston - see how happy he is?

Looking at all the tadpoles - Weston, Jason and Casey. Casey was even catching them and trying to get me and Charity to hold one!

Family time swimming - Nate, Brielle, Weston, Casey, and Adalei. They had so much fun!

Paisley was so cute in her swim suit. You didn't need to worry about her drowning in the lake - she never got in higher than her calves but she was so cute to dry off in a big towel anyhow!

Another parting shot from the beach - Adalei in the front and Nate with Brielle in the distance.