James is 8!

On the morning of her birthday I snuggled in bed with James and told her about the day she was born. How she was so tiny and wonderful. Her cheeks were so soft and squishy. Her hands were so tiny. I brought up her hand to look at it. Yikes! It's not tiny anymore! She giggled and told me that she grew. I still can't believe it.

Our good friends passed on a Power Wheels that they no longer use. I think this picture is a flash forward 8 years. James drives it like a pro! (as you can see she is WAY too big for it and has to keep one leg off to the side while driving!)

We went out to dinner and got her ears pierced for her birthday. She was such a champ through the pain. Now she looks so grown up and stunning. Happy Birthday James we love you!

Family Reunion and First Day of School

We had our family reunion last week. It was great, as always. I got t-shirts made and we were able to get a family picture. This one is a "making of" picture of the family picture. See, me, the only one smiling at the camera because Bill was taking the picture.

We went on a family canoe trip. (see canoes way in the distance) It was great and we even went for a dip! Thank you Jeff for being the first brave one to jump in. Bill is still healing from the bruises her got when a log broke that he was standing on:(

We did a headband craft from here. Since the grandchildren are 14 girls 3 boys.

Luke with niece baby Sarah. So cute!

Again, the chaos of trying to get 32 people together for a picture!

The girls started school. James is at a different school than Campbell:( But she is loving third grade!

Campbell started Kindergarten! I can't believe it. When I picked her up on the first day she said "I didn't even get sent to the principal's office!" We are so proud!

We grew this gigantic tomato! It tasted really good too!

Taite is catching up on her sleep with her sisters at school!

Pictures

The county fair where we live always has a parade that goes right through the middle of town and this year Campbell and her friend Bekah were invited to ride on a float and throw candy. They were so cute!

Campbell loved throwing candy and when they ran out of candy she kept throwing more. The woman on the float asked her where she was getting the candy from. She had stuffed her pockets FULL!

We were having scissor issues last week and Taite ended up chopping off some long layers in the front of her hair. Luckily it just looks like she is growing out her bangs. This was after taking scissors away at least 7 times that one day.

Our garden produced! Last year we had 9 pepper plants and that resulted in zero green/red/yellow peppers. Finally this year we have some!

We had a bought of blossom end rot, but now the tomatoes are looking beautiful! We will be eating Pico tonight!

Taite vs. mascara (no explanation, although how did I get so careless with my make up?)