Beach Day

Family Beach Day!  We try to have one summer day where everyone meets at the beach!  It is so fun to have everyone together!

Good food, games, antics, sand castles, looking for shells and even better beach glass!  Super fun!

Skyler and Lexi make it even more fun but the big kids get in on the sand castle building too!  Love it!

                                  Sweet family memories in the making!  I love you guys!

Happy Birthday Kiara

I love having everyone around the table to celebrate birthdays, holidays and gather together!  

Kiara turned 15....time has surely flown by for her!  She and Devon are being silly together!

Ice Cream sundaes are her favorite....all the topics over sweet goodness.  Fun evening gathering together!

 

Alert Cadet LTC Camp

Alert Cadet has been such a wonderful blessing to our sons and my husband.  This band of young men have grown up together and support one another in each endeavor!  This was their annual Leadership Training Corp camp that is held each summer.  Good things are always happening there!

Inspections by Major Dagarin as he also speaks words of encouragement to each of our sons.  They adore him and his leadership.

 

Miss Raymond

Kiara competed in the Miss Raymond Scholarship competition.  We were all there to cheer her on!

Devon got to be here escort this year and he wore his Alert Cadet uniform.  He looked so handsome with his beautiful sister!

                                          Kiara did a tap dance for her talkent!  Great job, Kiara!

I am so proud of all of the effort you put into this competition and the example you set for the younger girls!

 

Brandon’s Birthday

Brandon turned 17....so many things to look forward to at his age!  It was a fun celebration with just family and some of his favorite things to eat.  Perfect in my book! 

 

Graduation Party for Michael and Benjamin

What a beautiful thing...to celebrate our sons high school graduation!  We are so proud of you both!  

We played games, had smores around the campfire, chatted with friends and ate lots of good food!  It was fun to see everyone pitch in to help us out too!

Because of Covid, we had calling hours where you could just drive by and wish them well!  They stood at the end  of the driveway and people honked the horn to celebrate too! 

          Sweet friends who did not fear, joined us for fun and fellowship!  It was so sweet!

 

 

 It was a fun time to see Camp friends, catch up and see what was new in each other's lives.

            I love when the big kids take time with the little ones.  They are heroes in my mind!

               Gaga ball is a favorite here at our house.  Our friends love it too.  Great competition!  

        It was a great celebration and we loved celebrating these two guys!  We are grateful to all of the folks who made the trip too!

River Day

What a beautiful day on the river with friends!  Every July, we schedule a Saturday and head out on the river for some rowing fun!

We paddle to a little island that is packed with lots of fun!  Swimming, a rope swing and a picnic lunch...it is great fun!

He is coming off the swing and it makes him look like he is flying!

              Dad catching a few zzzzz’s on the beach!

Sara looking great!

               I live watching them swing!  It is exciting!

   

                   Hello Jacob! He is up for adventure!

The rope swing...don’t you love the little ladder someone built for the younger kids!

                         Becca finding some treasures!

Joe is playing in the sand and resting a bit before we paddle back!

                        Eli coming up from his jump!

                        

                        Isn’t this an awesome photo?

Hello Kiara...paddling is not her favorite thing but she loves the

              Ben is looking a bit dry but not for long!

                    Can’t wait to return next July!