Happy Birthday Jaxson!

These two are such good buddies! Love you Jax! Hope you had a GREAT DAY!

Leprechaun Lateover

I am always looking for a reason to throw a party.... Hal came up with idea of a Leprechaun Lateover! It was so fun! We played Shamrock Bingo and ate GREEN STUFF.... Then we all watched "Darby O'Gill and the Little People". Fun night!

Green hats and leis for everyone!

Our Leprechaun... (sorry Levi..I couldn't resist:))

Audrey

Macie playing Shamrock Bingo

All the treats were green! Here are the cupcakes!

Grandpa telling the story about the Leprechaun Trap!

Macie licked the frosting off 4 cupcakes! She loved them!

Mason going after his...

Here are the three little ones... Mason and Audrey trying to pour their Capri Sun's into their cups????

They aftermath... my favorite part....

I LOVE FAMILY GET TOGETHERS!

Becca and Levi came into town and Lizzy and Preston had a birthday... so lets make the Miss Pl Grove judges books... makes no sense at all.... wish our beautiful Amy had been there...

Becca and Baby Brig! No one but Hal and I had met him since he was born... so that was fun too!

Lizzy and Angie

Oaks... he is challenging himself to no sugar! He wants Rock Band... and since no one really thought he could do it...they agreed. He is one determined kid! No sugar for at least two weeks! Way to go Oaks!

Just hanging out...

Ryan ~Heather and the girls...

Cake and icecream for Mason

Macie had about 3 servings... she kept wanting more..so whats a Grandma to do???

Dallas with Audrey and Hal

Matt and Angie

IT'S GREAT TO BE EIGHT!

Happy Birthday Preston! Hope you had a wonderful birthday! We can't wait for your baptism! We sure love you! You are such an important part of our family!

Happy Birthday Lizzy!

We love you so much and we are so grateful that you are our daughter! Have a wonderful day!

Our trip to Seattle

Our kids surprised us with a trip to Seattle for my birthday! My mom and I share the same birthday and since it was her 90th the kids decided that we should go! What a great surprise that was! Thanks so much to everyone! You are the best kids in the world and I am so grateful to be your mom!
Levi ~Becca and the kids drove over from Spokane for the weekend. It was so fun to see them! We hadn't seen Baby Brig since Oct! It turned out to be a family reunion...because all of my brother's came too! It was so fun! The last time we were all together was at my dad's funeral 5 years ago! So it was awesome!

Audrey and Abby were glad to see Grandpa! They immediately decked him out with a lovely flower in his hair!

Here is Baby Brigham... he was born in Oct and we haven't seen him since! He is a darling baby and so good and sweet as he can be!

My mom was really excited to see everyone! She can't remember anyone's name for long...but she really loved the company! Especially the tiny ones.

She doesn't see little ones very often...so it was a real treat for her! These kids snuggled and loved her good!

Me with the two little girls...

Audrey really took to Grandma...

Big kiss for Granny Great.

Abby is so gentle and sweet with her.

Hal got her in the living room and sat down to read to her! She could remember a lot of old things...not so much recently!

Happy Birthday to Us!

What a fun weekend! We had EVERYONE there at the party! So unusual for our family! It seems like someone is always missing. Here we are! All seven kids and Mom! (actually these pics comprise two nights of fun)

This is a photo of our beautiful mom... back in the early 40's.

B: Craig ~ Hy ~ Lane ~ Todd and Scott
F: Alan ~ Mom ~ Me

Since it is so rare...another picture for posterity!
Alan and Scott with Mom

Great minds think alike...

Lane with Abby and Audrey

Scott ~

Roses for me and Mom from Lane and Todd

Mom and I ready to blow out our candles
59 and 90... Dang scary!

Hy and I

Craig and I

Lane and I

Scott and I are 3 months apart...

Alan was always my little brother!

Todd was always our baby brother.. Not so much now!

Lane ~ Todd and Hy with me

My adorable nephew Brett- Todd's son and his new fiance Kristen! They got engaged on the Friday night we got there! Todd helped Brett plan an amazing dinner and surprise for her! We were so excited to finally meet her! What an amazing young woman she is! Brett converted her and she is something really special! We sure love both of you and can't wait until they get married in August!