Family Pictures

While we were in Canada I had my YW leader snap some photos of the family! We needed some updated ones pretty badly. So here are way too many pictures for you to enjoy but I happen to love them all. (Even if half of them have been photoshopped to ensure that every face was a smiling one.) :)

 Double love these ones of G-ma and E!!

So grateful for this family of mine!! My heart is full!

Baseball

Another thing from my childhood that I loved was baseball games at G-ma's house. The whole family would get into it. G-ma had a (what I though at the time was) big backyard. G-ma would pitch we would run and we had basemen, out fielders and a umpire. It was great fun!

So when I suggested that we have a game of ball G-ma was happy to oblige. 

Bea was pretty good at bat!

It's amaing how children make you feel young. G-ma was running bases on her sore leg. 

Daddy had to book it!

Diving for first!

G-pa and Duke as back catcher and umpire!

E was pretty quick to tag you out!

G-pa up to bat!!

G-ma is up again!

Good hustle team!

Time for root beer floats!! Oh sweet summertime!

Great-G-Pa's Brithday

Please excuse the picture overload, but really I'm not sorry, I could hardly pick my favorites since to me at least they were all so gosh darn cute. 

We celebrated G-pa's birthday over the course of a few days. Tim and Carolyn were leaving and so we celebrated with them and then we did cake and such again on his actual birthday. 

G-pa was obsessed with Leif and Duke. He wanted to be holding Leif all day every day and it was adorable. Duke was totally G-pa's buddy and didn't hardly leave his side showing him his toys and snuggling. It made my heart melt!

3 of the five (soon to be six great-grandchildren.)

I always say that G-pa has bear paws. His hands can curl around mine and I just love them. This picture makes my heart so happy.

We went to G-pa and G-ma's house for the party. Duke was pretty excited to find Jesus!

Jared brought his dog Koda. She is beautiful but still acts like a puppy and E was pretty scared of her when she was all riled up.

So Uncle Tim saved her and carried her safely across the yard. 

The gang! G-ma, Tim, Carol, Debbie, Ashley, G-pa, Mama, Sprout, Chris, Michael, Calvin and Jared. 

The birthday boy!

Three of the four children (missing Brendalee.)

Happy Birthday to you!

We we were singing Happy Birthday and G-pa went to blow out the candle....

When little Duke's face popped in and blew it out for him. It was so gosh darn funny. Carol was pretty upset and re-lit it, and Duke blew it out again, so she re-lit it again, and E blew it out. I couldn't stop laughing. Auntie was not impressed. 

So much love!!

We came back to share some cake two days later. 

This time the kids helped without anyone getting upset. :)

These two melt my heart!

Duke was happy to help open some chocolate.

And then we played catch in the kitchen like it was no big thing. 

It was so wonderful and I am so glad that we were able to come back and spend some quality time with G-ma and G-pa. I have such fond memories of spending weeks at a time at G-ma's house and I'm so glad that my kids get to make their own memories with them!