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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Our little family pictures

 So on Spencer's Kindergarten spotlight project we had to put on a current family photo. Well, I couldn't find any current pictures of our family, so I decided it was time to remedy that. The last family picture I could find was last July when Lucas was itty bitty. So here are our attempts to take some. My kind sis, Joni, took these for us. We did our best.....

 After this one we ventured out into the woods and Lincoln had to go to the bathroom, so we took advantage and took some of just Jason and I.


 This was after Lucas fell down nd couldn't decide if he was going to cry or no.

 While the two oldest were inside doing their business, we took one with our Lukie Luke.
 Jason propped Lucas up on this tiny stump and had him hold on for dear life.
 Lucas needed to be entertained while we were waiting, so Jason decided to do his favorite thing.
 Yup, you guessed it.
 I don't get it....he absolutely loves it.
 This is Jason's attempt to get Luke to balance on this log.
 He wouldn't let go of Jason's hand....I didn't blame him.
 Like father like son....the difference between dad and I are two big feet.
 Finally the oldest has arrived. His turn for pictures.
 We then went over to the teepee and took pictures.

 My kindergartener and me
 The whole family back together again.
 Lincoln wanted to be inside the teepee.







 Can you see what's wrong with this picture? Look in the top right hand corner. Yup, that would be my funny bro, Kevin. I had no idea he was there the whole time. I was focused on getting a great picture. I was wondering why Joni was laughing the whole time while we were taking these shots. I just thought she was laughing at my kids. Hmmmmm,,,,,,no.

 Funny guy, that Kevin......Yup, really funny,
So there they are. Our family pictures. Next time we need to invest in professional pictures, I think. I mean, they turned out ok, Joni did a great job, it's just that we probably would have all the kids looking in the same direction if we did that. Oh well. These will work for now.

Aug 3-5th 2012 - Matthews family reunion

 Every year we have a great time at the Matthews family reunion. It was at Uncle Tom and Aunt Larena's cabin again this year. It is such a great place to have it. So peaceful and relaxing. This year was a little short on relatives, but we still make the most of it.
 This is Kambry showing me how big a girl she is eating breakfast.
 Kevin and Tenille were so kind to bring up their 4-wheeler and were even kinder to let Jason take the boys on it for a ride. They had a blast. They even let us borrow their pink helmet for the boys to wear. They looked so cute in it. So manly....
 While Lincoln was on a ride with his Uncle Kevin, Kambry was loving the chance to play with rocks and dirt (Tenille was loving it too) and then she saw a squirrel. This squirrel came right up to us and then up a tree he went. This is Kambry watching that squirrel. She is so cute!!!
 Lincoln loved his ride.
 Kambry's turn. You have to be stylish everywhere you go....just ask Kambry.
 Spencer loved all the time he had running around exploring with his cousins.
 Mr. Blue Eyes
 Luke's turn on the 4-wheeler. He was totally pulling off the pink.
 Jason getting ready for a ride with his boy.

 Tenille on a nature walk with Kambry and Sarah (Missy and Mike's daughter).
 Lincoln was watching "apicable me" on his Aunt Alisa's Ipad. The funny thing is is that he had to pause the movie before he would smile for the picture. Like he's never seen it before.
 Aunt Susan was in charge of the reunion this year and she had a great craft for all us girlies to do. It was a pendant "Happy Birthday" banner. So this i Aunt Carolyn and mom putting together the triangles.
 A fun family moment caught on camera.....ahhhhh!!!!
 Aunt Susan had a bunch of family games to do and so this is the beginning of the crowd to gather around and start them.
 The first game was a target game where you have 5 balls to throw in the holes in a tarp to get points. The kids were up first.....so this is the grown-ups watching.
 Spencer got 100 points....way to go, Spence!!!
 Lincoln's turn!! He got a lot of points as well.
 Lucas with his dad.
 Ahhhh!!!!
 Lucas loves to be thrown up in the air.
 This is all the grownups taking their turns.
 Aunt Carolyn
 Missy
 Mike
 Tenille got a whopping 300 points!!!
 So now it's Kev's turn to try to beat her.
 And of course, he couldn't let his wife show him up, he got 400 points.
 Jason got 400 points as well.
 Luke just walking around.
 I decided to up my points by throwing Lucas threw. I don't think it worked. It was worth a try, right.
 Second game was a cheeto throwing game. Emilie and Jordan (who is going on a mission soon to Romania, by the way....congrats) were th guinea pigs who wore the shower caps covered with shaving cream and then lt us throw cheetos at their heads. Good sports.
 Spencer had a kick throwing cheetos at Jordan's head.


 Some little ones chose to eat their cheetos instead of wasting them by throwing them.
The picture above is a picture of Tenille taking a picture of me taking a picture of her. Poetic, right.
 The end result of the game. I think our team won.....it helped when UNcle Tom dumped the rest of the bag on Jordan's head to get us more points, but hey, you gotta do what you gotta do.
 Then they decided to put their heads together.
 Third game....ping pong spoon race. It didn't help that it was windy. Our team tried to stick it on with tree sap....but we decided not to. Spencer did a great job at this game.
 Kevin and Tenille were on opposite teams so this is Kevin "helping" Tenille with her spoon. Isn't he so nice?
 Look at her eye him as she rounds the tree.
 She knew he was going to try to "help" again. I didn't mind since Kev was on my team.
 Lincoln showing me ho cute and innocent he looks.
 Spencer made himself at home with Aunt Larena and Uncle Tom. He just sat between them and visited with them.
 Another cute moment with Tenille and Luke.
The picture below is when we were eating dinner and with Alisa having recent jaw surgery she can only eat certain foods. A lot of liquids and soft soft foods. So she is eating a Carnation Instant Breakfast and Linc says, "You know Aunt Aseesah, we share in this house" (something he hears all the time at home) So this is after finishing off his "shared" portion of her meal. He was loving every drop. If you can see, he has it ear to ear. It was so nice of her to share with him.
 This was at night when the grown-ups were playing a game. Alisa got out her IPad and the kids enjoyed yummy desserts while watching a movie. That is one thing about these reunions....guaranteed yummy food.
 The boys loved playing the Sega while we cleaned up before heading home.
 Kev was trying to see who weighed more. Lucas was the winner on that one.

Luke playing Peek-a-boo with his Uncle Kevin. We had a great time at the reunion. Aunt Susan did a great job putting it all together. Til next year....