Baby Shower

Amber is having baby #3!  We threw her a surprise "diaper shower" today.  We all chipped in and got her a gift card to diapers.com so she could purchase whatever she needed.

Crystal made these adorable cake pops.

And cake to go with.  It was so yummy!

Congratulations Amber!

Here is our little work group.  Back row is Lydia, Jody, Laurie and Me.  Middle row is Jennifer, Crystal, Mary and Lorie.  Front row is Rebecca, Amber, Debbie (Amber's Mom) and DeeDee. 

And here are the hosts of the party with the guest of honor.  This is our little lunch group along with Mary.  We always do birthday lunches with each person's birthday.  Yesterday was Mary's actual birthday so Amber thought we were doing Mary's birthday lunch.  When we got to the restaurant everyone else was already there and yelled "SURPRISE".  Amber was so confused and very surprised...I Love Surprises!  It was perfect.

Swimming time!

 

 

 

 

Happy 80th Grandma!

We headed west to Tolmie State Park to celebrate Marc's Grandma's 80th birthday this weekend.  Unfortunatley it was cold and rainy! 

Luckily we were under cover and the kids did not seem to mind at all!  We had great food, it was all potluck.  YUM!

Elle came prepared.  How cute is she?!?

Sophie and Gia didn't mind a little rain...we were so happy to see all the cousins again this weekend.

Marcus brought his appetite...look at that pickle! 

One of Marc's aunt's was thinking ahead.  She brought lots of paper, glue, scissors and markers.  The kids got right to work making everyone pictures and cards.

Happy Birthday Grandma Wagner!  The kids each made Grandma a card too. 

Hello Baylor.  He wanted so badly to run around with all the other kids...don't worry Balyor, you'll be there in no time.

Here are the kids again for another birthday picture with their Great-Grandma.  Marc's uncle Mike is with them here.

Here are all the brothers and sisters with their Mom.  The bottom row is Charlie, Grandma and Kenny.  The top is Mike, Pat, Terry (aka Grami) and Donnie.  What a great reunion!

Even though it was raining, we still had to check out the beach.  You can't drive all this way and not go to the beach after all! 

Here are Marc and Wes with all the little ones (one is hiding behind Marc but all 7 walking cousins are there).

Then we headed back across the pass and saw the beautiful waterfalls along the way.  It was a great weekend, so fun to catch up with friends and relatives and great to be there to wish Grandma a Happy 80th Birthday!!!

Father's Day

Grami got the kids matching shirts for the cousin picture...look how cute they are!  It was super windy this morning but I still think they look so cute.

We tried a different area to see if we could get less wind.  It worked! 

These kids are so cooperative.  The tootsie rolls Auntie Tracy was holding didn't hurt of course.  They do perform when there is candy involved.

We had to do some quick Father's Day pictures.  The girls made Marc some neat stuff at school and Marcus and I bought him those shorts.  We did well!

Happy Father's Day!

A quick picture with all the kids and Dads (Wes was on a work trip so unable to attend).

I had to get a shot of my three.  We left them behind for a week since school is out and the girls won't go to daycare until July.  Poppi said he'd watch them next week so we are kidless for a week!  I already miss them terribly.

The kids got out their popcorn treats from yesterday's party and insisted on eating outside.  It was so windy but everyone managed to hang onto their bags.  They were so cute!  What a great cousin weekend!

A Cousin Birthday Celebration

We went to Grami and Poppi's this weekend to meet up with the Cousins.  It was warm enough for swim suits.  The kids had water fights...looks like Ceci is going to get Olivia wet!

Nope, she drenched herself!

Here's some water fight action.

Then we had duck races.

Look how big Baylor is getting.  Before long he'll be running around with the rest.

The kids showed off how high they could jump.

Then youngest to oldest for some pinata fun.

Elle goes first...Gia was next but hit herself so she didn't actually hit the pinata :-(

Marcus gives it his all.

Go Emma Go!

Nice hit Olivia!

Almost got it Ceci.

And last but not least...Sophie...she ended up breaking it.

Everyone got treats.

Marcus the pirate gives this 2 thumbs up!

Next was present time...everyone got presents!

Last was cupcakes!  Yum.  Does this all look like a familiar celebration?  We decided since we haven't been able to get to all the cousin birthday parties we'd do one big Cousin Birthday Celebration this weekend.  It worked out awesome!  They all had a blast.  We used mainly left overs from other birthdays along the way so the cost was reasonable too...no stress for the adults either!  It was a success!

The girls got these beautiful fairy wings, skirts and wands from Colby and Kimmie's family...so cute!

Sweet little Emma.

The kids had a great time together and played hard!  Everyone slept really well Saturday night.