Random June ~ 2011

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Aaron Jr hiking on Holbrook Trail.

Stella and Aaron Jr ~ Me and Aaron Jr.

John and Lisa's family.

The water had hollowed out this log and now the river flows through the log. I thought it was pretty cool.

John, Hannah, and Elise climbing this thingy.

Lil John John playing baseball.

The moon while sitting at the baseball game.

Tawnie threw an ice cream party one day while Spencer and Kristi were in town. It sure was fun. The kids had a blast. Here are the kids who were there. THANKS Tawnie!

Zach, Spencer, Lila, Benny, Aaron, Luke

Mom getting a ride back to her car.

Mom in front of the home she was born in and lived in as a child.

Mom sitting between the graves of one of her brothers, Doyle, and one of her sisters, Lila. This sister passed away when she was just two days old.
We stopped here after the family reunion.

Here is the group who stopped at the cemetery after the reunion.

It was a beautiful cemetery. Here is the line of cars filing out. :)

This poor little boy.
Aaron Jr was leaning out the car window to say goodbye to Grandma and some cousins and when he was done, he started to roll up the window and then he started to cry in pain. He thought his head was clear of the window when he was pulling on the window thingy, but his depth perception was off, I guess, because he got a fat lip from the window smashing it.
Poor little guy.
Look how cute he still looks though. SO precious.

Fathers Day.

There was a bird that Aaron Jr was trying to sneak up on.

Here are photos of his skills as he sneaks up to the bird and plans his approach.

Still chasing the bird.

Grandpa and Grandma and Aaron Jr on Fathers Day at Aaron's cemetery.

Aaron Jr and Me at the cemetery on Fathers Day.

This was Fathers Day #4 that we have drive out to the cemetery to spend time with Aaron Jr's Father. I won't talk about how unfair that is. :) It was a very tough day for me. I was glad that Aaron Jr didn't want to go up to the front in Sacrament Meeting to sing with the other kids to their Fathers. He has done it before, but that might have been too much for me this year.
We sure miss him.

My sweet boy.

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Family Reunion ~ 2011

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Back: My Mom, Aunt Louise, Aunt Percy
Front: Uncle Carol, My Dad
The youngsters out for a joyride. :)

Out of the 8 siblings in my Dad's family, these were the three that were able to attend the reunion.
Uncle Carol, my Dad, Aunt Tam

Paddle boating with Aaron Jr.

Aaron Jr and Luke

Aaron Jr, Benny, Spencer, Luke, Zach

Bottom: Luke holding the dead fish he found in the pond, John R & Me cooking flapjacks.

Randomness at the reunion.

Me on the BIG swing.

Me on the BIG swing again.

Here is a demo about how you get swinging so high on the BIG swing. You get going, then someone (my brothers) grab the ankles on your way down and shove you forward, then other brothers shove each side of the swing to propel you forward more... they get you going SO high right over the water. It is so much fun.

Top: Spencer & Teresa on the BIG swing. Bottom: my Dad on the BIG swing.

Here are a couple of shots from down below the BIG swing. These are both of my Dad. My brother Mark got these.

My Dad driving around the train.

Here are some of my brothers and nephews and sister in law cooking and preparing crepes for the approximately 150 people at the reunion. They began in the daylight and ended well after dark. What troopers.

Aaron Jr and Me.

John R, Hannah, Elise, Stella, and Aaron Jr.
Then Aaron Jr and Stella and John R. John looks pretty relaxed there while the kids paddle him around. I wonder if he wants them to feed him some grapes as well? :)

Lil Spencer and Aaron

Top: The lifeguard area... everyone took turns being lifeguard on duty.

My cousin singing a tribute to their Dad... singing a duet with a recording of a song he wrote and recorded. My Aunt Louise talking about Uncle David. He sure was missed this year... he would have been there for sure and we missed him so much.
The quilt tops were sold in this year's auction. These are quilt tops that my Grandma made. She was a quilter and made SO many quilts. We have an auction each reunion to raise money for the next reunion. Everyone brings something to donate to the auction. The auction is one of the best parts of the reunion each time. It is so much fun.

Preparing for the team canoe races.

Canoe races.

My team on our leg of the race. You can see that we are sitting in the canoe backwards... that is why it felt like we were not moving quickly. Oh well. :)

Aaron Jr's team on their leg of the canoe race. They were one of the finalists... but sadly took second place I think.

Aaron and cousins.

Me, Lisa, Julie, Linda
We have always been close cousins.
I love all of my cousins.

Another shot of us on the paddle boat.

Aaron Jr and Me as the reunion came to a close. (awful camping hair, I know)
It sure was a fun reunion. I wish a had a photo of every person, but that would be so many. :)
We have a great family and I love them all.

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Are You Happy?

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My sister posted this a while back and I remembered it tonight and it was a good reminder for me... so I thought I would share it.
It is such basic and simple advice...

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