Day 4

Some more photos of the reunion...

We all took turns cooking a meal. So this was one of many moments where I sat behind the camera and watched other women cook. It was great! :)

The other women not cooking. :) I love to hang out with my family and listen to new stories and the same old stories.

my brother, David, and his wife, Lindsey (aka Um-D and Lala)

my Uncle Gary and Aunt Amy with Jacks (and Barney by Gary's feet)

Shanna, my youngest brother's wife and me

some of the kiddos

grandparents with all of the grand kids

Jaybo and me

my Gran

4 generations

my little prince

Addilyn with her mama

This is what we did most of the time. And it was all so good!

silly string war

Okay, now the following photos were taken by none other than Zach Dietz (aka Ashton)

I waited so long for the shot that I fake blinked.

yeah!

Okay, take it already!

ZACH! Me or the U-Haul!

chereese

ahahahahahaaaaa

I think she meant it.

Haha. Thanks, Zach. You were lots of fun to pose for. Oh, by the way, Zach actually took a lot of the photos on this post.

Day 3

We spent the 4th of July weekend with my extended family in Ruidoso, NM. We had so much fun getting to visit with everyone and watch the kids play so well together.

David (my middle brother) took the kids around the house on a 4 wheeler ride. They kept yelling, "GO SUPER FAST!"

Flying with Lala

relaxing with Um-D (my brother, David)

Ryan and Addylin (my niece and nephew) with Jackson.

loving being the center of attention

Addilyn took something away from Liv, and she's tattling to Granny.

My beautiful Gran

Day 2

We were able to spend our first couple of days at Jay's parent's house. The kids were so excited to have a backyard to play in. Jay and I were excited to just let them go out to play and not have to keep our eye on them. (We have a driveway that we share with 3 other families where our kids have to play.)

Josiah has a mosquito on his back!

water guns!

Papa and Olivia

Isaac and Uncle Matt playing fetch with Sunny

Olivia begging for ice

Josiah and his new buddy

Siah feeding Sunny ice (take one bite, give Sunny a bite...take one bite, give Sunny a bite...)

Olivia "steering" Sunny

Our Trip to Texas--Day 1

We headed out to Texas on July 1st. The kids did great on the plane trip down and back. Olivia was on a decongestant that we didn't realize made her hyper until 10 minutes before the flight. And oh my, was she having fun!

Waiting for the plane in Jacksonville, the kids rode on the fast walking thing. It kept them entertained during our delay.

:)

Oh what to do. I'm surrounded by boys.

Olivia says the word pink now. She LOVES this color.

painting time

Josiah's WATER colors painting

satisfied

Isaac, my artist

concentrating

the fun mess

Josiah made some ships at sea with the sun and moon

Olivia worked hard at picking up the pieces.

Josiah's "King Sun"

Isaac likes order...each ship has a sun and a piece of water.

Josiah's way of picking up (with his toes)...this amazing talent runs through his blood.

The annoying his sister talent also runs through his blood.