Family Reunion - August 7, 2014 (Day 2)

 Day 2 started with the Weston, Benson, and Adalei playing games. 

 Brielle and Elijah were playing a game of pool.

 Paisley was playing the piano and doing a very good job.

 Misty made scrambled eggs and bacon for breakfast.  Charity was kind enough to help her.

 Then Jenna taught the kids how to make puffy paint pictures.

 They really had a good time.

 The pictures turned out great.

 Casey and Nate played basketball and the kids rode around the court on their bikes.

 This little bench was the perfect size for the kids and they were so cute all sitting together on it.

 Can you believe I found the kids all sitting together just perfect for a picture?  Of course, I had to take advantage of the opportunity and take that picture.  (Spencer, Weston, Brielle, Benson, Paisley, and Allison)

 Audrey just loved this dog.  She hugged him and patted him for quite awhile.

 Benson, Spencer, Paisley and Brielle had a lot of fun playing in the tree.  Adalei was up there some also.

 Elijah and Audrey sitting together on the little table.  I think this is the table Audrey fell off of later and hurt herself.

 Thursday afternoon they played a game of kick ball and had a great time.

Adalei was the pitcher for awhile.

 Elijah loved the dog also.

Even Ashley who was almost 9 months pregnant played.  She is in the red shirt at first base in this picture.

 What a beautiful smile from Brielle!

 Here I am holding two of my grandkids - Dalton and Allison!

 Elijah is always making funny or mean faces so I was excited to catch him smiling.

 Paisley took this picture of herself.

 Audrey playing with her mom's iPhone.

 It was another hot day so we went back to the swimming pool.

 Having lunch by the pool

 Allison floating in the pool

 Casey jumping off the diving board.

 Spencer on the slip-n-slide

 Then Adalei

 Then Weston

 Next they had a game of badminton and that was fun for everyone.

 I'm holding Dalton and Audrey.  I just love holding my grandchildren and spending time with them.

 Thanks to Jenna for helping me prepare this dinner - pulled pork sandwiches, coleslaw, baked beans, and corn.

 Allison loved the corn.

Again, we ended the second day with playing games after the kids went to bed.  I think we had pie and ice cream for dessert.

Family Reunion - August 6, 2014 - Newcastle, California (Day 1)

I rented a 4 bedroom house with a cottage this summer for our family reunion.  It also had an unheated pool.  It was really hot so we went swimming for our first activity.  We checked in at 3 pm and went swimming after getting settled.

Charity pushing Benson on the tree swing.

Paisley was posing for me.  She's growing up so fast.

Cute Audrey

Ashley made a delicious dinner our first night - barbecued steak, salad, and watermelon!  It was awesome!  Jenna was so good to help Ashley with the meal.

Paisley on the tree swing.

Although the orchard at the rental house didn't live up to expectations, we did get a few pieces of fruit.  Only one peach was ripe.

Here's our delicious dinner - steak, salad, carrots, watermelon.

Cute Allison playing on the glider.

Little Dalton was so adorable.  I love this picture.

We ended the first day playing games together after the kids went to bed.  It was a lot of fun.

Painting House (August 2014)

I have a wonderful brother.  Randy's helping me paint my house.  We're doing the south side this summer and will do another side each year until we get it done.  We hope to finish the south side next weekend.  Last summer we did the porch and the trim on the north side.  I'm so happy he enjoys painting.

Visiting Casey's Family (July 26-27, 2014)

 After my visit to San Francisco, I spent the next two days with Casey, Jenna and their family.  We went out to breakfast on Saturday morning.

 The kids enjoyed Mickey Mouse pancakes.

 Then we ran errands.

 Dalton was so good.

 Weston was having a fun time putting together some Legos.  I think he has some potential to be an engineer.  He's only 6 years old and he was putting together a set for age 9 and above.

 Benson loved his Ninjas.

 Allison playing with her toys.

 Casey and Malcolm having a good time.

 Allison loves her little doll.

 Dalton is only 8 months old but he was walking along the couch.  I think he may be walking soon.

 We went swimming and the boys were jumping in the pool and doing flips in the pool.

 Allison was having a good time.

 Dalton loves the water.  Weston was playing with him.

 Jumping in the pool

 Cute Allison!

 I was so excited to get to hear Weston give a talk in Primary.  He did a great job.

 Allison playing with my lip gloss!

 I love this picture of Allison laughing!

 I was so lucky - Casey, Jenna and the kids let me take a family photo after we got home from church.  (Thanks for the great picture.)

 Allison's cute expression

 Weston can walk on his hands.

Charity and I were so excited to be able to attend the annual celebration of Casey's mission to Brasil.  Jenna made a fabulous meal - chicken pasta, cheese rolls, salad, limeade.  It was so good.  The chicken pasta is a recipe she got when we were in Brasil so it brought back some great memories.  I had a fun visit!