Reynolds Reunion 2010

Larry and Barbara Reynolds hosted the Reynolds reunion on th river in Preston.

Carson, Bryton, C.L. and Darci floated the river. I stayed back at the house

and toured Barbara's quilting room and enjoyed visiting with all the

relatives. The kids seemed to enjoy their float time.

We always have a great time visiting and re-builing relationships from years
gone by. I love to sit back and listen to the stories and learn more about
the Reynolds family which I have been so blessed to be a part of.

Family Reunions seem to be the only vacation time that we take during the summer at this
point in our lives and I wouldn't want to miss them for anything!
The chaos, the camping, the friends............... Love it!!!

Spencer Reunion 2010

The Spencer Reunion was held at the Malad Summit Campground. As the planning for the reunion and the many that followed over the next couple weeks it was decided that the kids and I drive to the reunion on Wednesday and then Carson would come on Thursday after work. This conclusion meant that I would take our new camper on its' maiden voyage! I pulled the camper all the way to camp and even stopped in Pocatello for some groceries at Winco.

Driving with only kids in the truck I resorted to feeding Ethan gummy worms. He liked them a lot! This was the remains of one when we got to camp!

Darci decided that she needed two grandpa's for the weekend. Uncle Vernon was laying low not feeling so well, and Darci spent a lot of time snuggling with him and making sure he was being taken care of.

Lilly!

The girls................... All proud of their tent!

Atomic Days 2010

Atomic Days brings new celebrations each year. This year Mitch and Rachel both brought their families home. Mitch was celebrating his 20 year class reunion and of course the kids all had a great time together with the cousins.

At the Moore Community Association Car and Tractor show we had a very talented local artist carve a cowboy that he donated to the association for us to sell or raffle. The association decided to raffle "Cowboy Chris". The big drawing was to be held at the Saturday night Atomic Days Rodeo. We felt that Chris should be in the parade, and so we gathered our "Floozies" and displayed "Chris" with pride.

"Cowboy Chris" was on displayand completed at Mom and Dad's house for the month prior to Atomic Days. He became a part of the family quickly! The kids were all sad to see him go. Many of the kids (along with all of us adults) tried for their chance to win this great piece of art and give him a home in Moore. He was however happily greeted by his new family in Pocatello.

Bryton, Haylee, Ciera, Addie and Madyson had so much fun dressing up

and flirting with the big sexy cowboy.
C.L. helped Spencer promote the Number Hill Grill float!

Darci, Lilly, and Makenna sported the clowning around and rode in the

Moore Community Association train.

4th of July 2010

KA-BOOM!

What would the 4th of July be without the pyrotechnics of Uncle Mike!
Kyle reverted back to childhood as he watched things launch into the sky or
just plain Explode!

We definately kept things a little noisy on County Road!

Jamie and Travis have the perfect location for a 4th of July party!
A beautiful yard with room for the kids to have a great time, a nice deck for us to
sit and visit. When it came time for the City of Arco to do thier firework show
we all moved to the road and watched. The kids decided to climb on the shed and thought
they were pretty cool! The show was good, but our private little celebration was AWESOME!

Little Pyro's in training!

Snuggle time! That is what Grandma and Grandpa are for!

OOPS! Did we do that?

It all started with just some messing around!
Uh Oh!

I'm afraid the garden hose won't cut it!

911: What is your emergency?

Jamie: We have a fire over on County Road.

911: Is this Jamie!?

Gotta love small towns!

I think we had enough to watch without the firetruck!

Of course the neighbors had to come "help".

Really they all felt lucky that it was Travis who started this one!

Mr. City Councilman, and part time Deputy!

Travis and Crystina's wedding

Travis is a "little brother" around the Pearsons.

He found his soulmate and asked mom and I to make their wedding cake.
Mom did most of the work on the main cake.

Crystina requested a grooms cake, and that is where I

jumped in! I had so much fun making this cake! They have an

ongoing battle between Toyota and Volkswagen and

this cake made Trav feel like he won the battle!

We had to travel to Ririe with the cake and............. the road

was not nice to the cake! We were able to fix it up pretty good considering

the bumpy road construction and the summer heat!

Crystina getting ready to "dig in"

She was such a vibrant and fun bride!

And then there was Darci! Love her!

Summer Fun!

Sierra, C.L. and Spencer
C.L., Sierra, Spencer, and Darci

Ethan (Little Budah)

Warming up a bit on the trampoline.

Oh the days of summer!

I look at these pictures and am so glad that my kids have

developed friendships with kids that are connected to my childhood!

I remember all the days playing in the sprinklers, sleepovers on trampolines

bike rides to the mountain ansd all the things that we enjoyed in my little neighborhood

as a kid. The Flory's, the Beverly's and our family had such a great time together!

Darci 4 years old.

Darci turned 4 on June 26, 2010!!!

The Barbie cake.

It was a great day for a party with friends and family!

She was very excited to have Uncle Kline and his family there

for her birthday too!

Growing up all in ONE DAY!

June 22, 2010

My Darci seems to do things in a big way!

The day started off early in the morning with a full allergy test.

She waited so patiently for the time to pass!

Then when we got home she insisted that we get her ears pierced!

We had discussed getting her ears pierced for weeks leading

up to this and I didn't really feel like ears pierced was a

reward after being poked 56 times already that morning!

She was all for it!

As if the day wasn't already eventful enough............

We got home and she insisted that I remove her training wheels

because she was ready to ride her bike!

It only took her about 10 minutes to take off by herself!

By the end of the afternoon she had figured out how to ride and also how

to start out without being helped!

Oh my girl! I do love how she keeps me on my toes!

I only wish I could keep up with her!