Hanging out after bowling

 We love to read in our family.  Charity is reading to Weston above and Ashley reading to Paisley below.

 Balls and cars seem to be the favorite boys for Spencer above and Benson below.

 My adorable three oldest granddaughters!  They had so much fun together!

After pizza and bowling, we had more pizza.... (below)

 Elijah was so cute - he kept telling us he could ride this bike and then he tried to find someone that would put the training wheels on it.  He is a smart boy!

 The kids had a great time playing in Casey and Jenna's backyard.  Weston above was writing on the concrete with chalk and his hands prove it!

 Brielle above and Adalei below were both riding around in the backyard having a good time with the scooters.

It was awesome to have my whole family together!

2012 Family Reunion - Bowling Activity

 For our annual family reunion this year, we decided to get together the weekend of the baby blessings for Audrey and Allison so that was the focus of our time together.  We did have a chance to go bowling before the rest of the extended families arrived.  It was a fun time and the kids loved the balls!

 The kids loved their time bowling and I'm grateful no one got hurt from dropping bowling balls.  The bowling alley was great to let all the kids bowl in one lane.  They just kept taking turns and I really enjoyed watching them.

 Adalei and Paisley hadn't seen each other in some time so it was cute as they were getting reacquainted and sliding down the wall together at the bowling alley.

 It was quite dark in the bowling alley so my pictures didn't turn out as well as I would have liked and you may notice, like in the picture above, that movement resulted in some blur with my pictures.  I still wanted to include them to capture our fun memories.

 Adalei above and Weston with the ball in the picture below.

 Paisley above and Elijah below.

 Benson above and Spencer below.

Unfortunately I didn't get a good picture of Brielle or of the new babies.  We had pizza and bowled and it was great!  I'm so grateful we could all be together.

Memorial Day in Sunny California

 Charity, Jason and family, and Casey and family spent Memorial Day together.  The kids had a great time playing at a big park in Rocklin.

 Allison was dressed so cute for the day!

 Spencer peeking out....

 Paisley enjoying the slide above.

Below, Jenna pushing Paisley and Benson on the swings while holding Allison.  Paisley and Benson were having such a good time.  They didn't want to stop when it was time to leave.

We made a quick stop at the Fountains to say good-bye to Ashley's parents.  I took Paisley and Spencer for a little ride in the train before we left to go to the park.  It was a fun day.

Allison's Blessing Day

 Allison was blessed at the church in Roseville.  After the blessing, we took some pictures outside the church.  I just loved this picture above with Casey, Jenna, Weston, Benson, and Allison.

 I got to hold Allison for a quick picture.  She was just lovely in her blessing dress.  I didn't get more pictures like I wanted to so Jenna will be sending me some of her pictures which I will post later.  I was grateful to be able to attend this special event.

This is cute Allison after the blessing in her new outfit.  Charity gave her the lovely dress.  She is such a good baby.

Audrey's Blessing Day

 Audrey was blessed in the church by the Sacramento Temple.  

This is a picture of Jason, Ashley, Paisley, Spencer, and Audrey right before the blessing.

 Time was limited but I got a picture of me holding Audrey and one of Ashley holding Audrey.  I'm so grateful that I could be there for this special day.

 This is a picture of Audrey when attending Allison's blessing.

 After church, Ashley dressed Audrey up in her blessing dress again so we could take some pictures of her in the beautiful dress.

 Audrey went from awake, to crying, and then to sleeping while we took pictures.

 She is just so sweet in every picture.  I loved this picture with her little foot sticking out from under her dress.

 Just a couple of pictures showing Ashley above and then Jason below with all three kids at once.  They are doing great!

Audrey looks so beautiful in pink also.  This was taken the day after the blessing.  Ashley's mom bought this beautiful dress for Audrey.

The Last Strawberry and Random Shots

 Adalei just loves to color!  She does a great job.

 Elijah and Brielle were enjoying the freshly picked strawberries.  Elijah kept saying, "This is my last strawberry and then I'll eat another one."  He made me laugh.

 Nate was busy at church meetings when I got this picture of Misty and the kids right before church.

 Adalei made this shirt in school. 

 This is a picture of Adalei's kindergarten classroom.

Cute Elijah!  He made me laugh! 

 (Brielle was sleeping in so I missed getting her in some more random shots - next time.....)

The First Annual Kids Dash Sponsored by Dr. Tanner

 I was so excited to attend the first annual Kids Dash in Grants Pass.  Nate had over 80 participants.  Here's a picture of Elijah, Adalei, and Brielle all excited for their races.

 Elijah's race for 2 and 3 year olds was the first race of the day.  Here he is crossing the finish line and eager to get his popsicle for completing the race.

 Brielle ran fast and was also excited to get her popsicle.  She was in the race with 3 and 4 year olds.

 Adalei's race was third and we were thrilled that she was the winner of the race and the first one to cross the finish line with the number two runner not in sight.  She did a great job!

 Nate did a great job as MC for the race.  They were able to raise approximately $500 for several charitable organizations in Grants Pass.  Nate did a super job with the organization of the race.  It was a very successful event and everyone had fun.

 Elijah resting after his race.....

 This girl won $100 for creating the winning design on the t-shirts for the race.  It was $5 to enter the race and each participant received a t-shirt.  (She is wearing the t-shirt with her winning design.) 

 Dr. Tanner had a 3k Challenge race where he challenged the racers to beat him.  Anyone that beat him would share in $50 of gift certificates to the Yogurt Hut.  This picture above shows all of those that accepted the challenge.

 I got this cute picture of Misty and the kids while Nate was running..... 

As you can see below, Nate was the #1 finisher of the challenge race with the #2 runner not in sight.  Since no one beat him, they ran a second race and all participants received $5 gift certificates to the Yogurt Hut.  Here he is crossing the finish line.

This is a picture of his flier that resulted in a successful event.  I look forward to attending next year.  Maybe I'll be in good enough shape to enter the race myself.  But then what would they do without my photos if I was in the race.  I have a whole year to decide.  

Congratulations Team Tanner for a great event!  I enjoyed myself very much.