Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Where Have I Been or My Cup/House Runneth Over


As many of you know, Paul's 91 year old mother passed away last week. Her funeral was held on Monday, which meant that our family began to gather last Thursday, after all it was a holiday weekend, which, for all practical purposes meant it was a perfect time to get together. This picture is just a small indication of what we did to keep 17 grandchildren entertained and 14 adults from going crazy. This was our trial run for our family reunion at Brian Head the last week of this month. Our house was full, and our hearts were touched with the fact that all of our kids would make the effort to come on such short notice. Great memories were made, and goodbyes were said to a Grandmother who was so excited to be done with her challenges in this life. I just thought you might like to know why I have been slacking off on the Blog.
Excuses, Excuses!
Names: left to right - Lucas (Kristen & Matt); Phoebe (Jim & Lori), Kelsey , Colby is behind her and up on the slide (Beth and Jerry), Shea (pink swim suit - Greg & Kim), Kaitlin , Shaun (Greg & Kim), Jacob hiding behind Shaun, Jack (Nate & Bridget), Savannah (Kristen & Matt), Isabel (Jim & Lori), Shane (Greg & Kim) and Spencer (Kristen & Matt) is standing in back.

5 comments:

Elizabeth said...

What an incredible kid magnet to have in your yard. Please identify the children - some look very familiar, but some I'm not sure of. Talk about fun! Why weren't the adults having the same kind of fun?

Judy said...

Look at those kids! Can you imagine them doing a blog in the years to come and they will show this picture and talk about coming to your house and how fun it was in spite of the reason for coming. (Actually, I want to try one of those slides.) A wonderful family!

Judy said...

Thanks for the names. You did good!

Elizabeth said...

Thank you for the names - What a wonderful crew! There are two little faces in the square window to the left?

Ann said...

Yes, there are- how about that! I hadn't even noticed them. That is Brooks (Kristen) and Jessica (Jim). See, there were kids everywhere!