Youth Stake Halloween Dance

Benjamin dressed up as his version of Frodo Baggins.

Marissa settled for a scarecrow, 

which she has done before.

Emily got really creative and went as ...

pumpkin pie!

Birthday Celebration for Emily - 14 sweet years!

 Emily is such a sweet person and we have a whole day to spoil her. Well, okay, she gets to help with breakfast - pancakes and ice cream, of course. (Sorry there is a shadow on the picture.)

These are my favorites - it's great to start the day with smiling pancakes!

She helped make dinner - crepes!

Fun decorations from her sisters!

Sweet baby ready for dinner!

Reading her card from Grammy and Gaffa.

Good job remembering. 

Sometimes we forget.

Ready for the party!

Let's get it started!

One side of siblings.

The other side of siblings!

She asked for ice cream cones instead of cake.

Kevin melted the candles onto the top of the box of cones.

Pepere and Jerry's present: big long tube.

A giant poster of idioms - how funny!

Their card came with a gift Visa so she'll have to decide how to spend that.

So excited!

Family year passes to the Children's Zoo!

Water flavoring packets.

She doesn't like plain water.

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

It was movie from my childhood and I think they will enjoy it!

Super happy!

with books! Of course she is!

What kind of kid doesn't like candy!?

Not many kids would ask for cashews for her birthday,

but this one did!

Some clothes that we picked out together.

It was a fun little shopping trip!

Gifts from siblings...

What? Chocolate! Be careful Mom doesn't eat it before you do.

A new pocket hymnal. She loves music!

More sibling gifts!

She really likes music!

And we all love The Piano Guys!

What a fun birthday to celebrate another year for Emily. We all enjoyed three different flavors of ice cream on our ice cream cones! It was a great ending to a wonderful day!

silly fun people

I am still working out the kinks in my picture taking strategies. I have another lens that just stopped working on the automatic focus setting. So now I can take pictures but I have to manually focus them. It takes longer that way so sometimes my subjects don't cooperate very well. Oh well, at least I am able to take pictures. I am not sure how many I will take but I will try.

August 5, 2018

August 8, 2018

She grew cantaloupes in her garden!

Sweet home grown goodness!