Memorial Day Weekend 2010

I made the slide show with our pictures, but I can't seem to make them bigger and in the right place this time. Maybe someday. We had a wonderful weekend together in spite of the weather. The only thing missing was a few of our family members. Keli, Ashley, Ryan, Marlee and Aaron could not make it. The surrounding were so green and beautiful. Love camping with my family!!

SPRING!!!!!

This is the lake that we fished on. Only one fish for me this year:(

Weekend of May 15th we camped at Horse thief. The motor home is Grandma Nichols, on the left is Aunt Diana's trailer and our humble abode is on the right. It was a beautiful weekend.

Look who's walking!!

First egg dying for Miss Marlee!

It didn't take long for her to figure out that eating the egg is much more rewarding!

Taylor decorating her egg!

Gabriel taking a break for soccer to decorate eggs.

Solill way too serious!

Ashley, Marlee and Rane on Easter Sunday.

Marlee had her own egg hunt on Sunday because she fell asleep on Saturday when we had our family egg hunt!

It didn't take Wil long to shed his Easter clothes after church. Here he is in his usual attire with his cousin Taylor.

Spring break we went to Ft. Stevens. Do you remember how bad the weather was? We did many in the trailer activities.

Aunt Keli bought Rane and Taylor cool braids for their hair!

Time Flies When You Are Having Fun!!!

A break in the storm! Bob and I went to Beverly Beach over Presidents weekend and enjoyed the storm.

Our Skippy is sooooooo spoiled.

His real name is Skippy Evan Rockstar, but he now has a nickname, Skipidee doo da. (Not sure of the spelling).

He's one of the kids!

Ashley, Marlee and Wil at Rane's game.

Rane is shooting the ball, love to watch that hair bounce around!

Hoola Hoops for her birthday.

Marlee not only crawls, but tries to stand up in the middle of the room. She will be walking early. She also has 8 teeth!

She looks like her Daddy in this picture!

Merry Christmas and Here's Skippy!!

Rane and Skippy!

Marlee and her Christmas Jammies!

Little did Taylor know that when she was opening gifts at our house and loving Skippy that there was a puppy waiting for her at her other Grandma's house. She has a new puppy named Panda!

Marlee is opening her new jammies Christmas eve, one of our family traditions. She also got a new pillow and book from Grandma.

This is what our house looked like on Christmas Eve.

Merry Christmas (finally). We had an excellent Christmas. Christmas Eve we had the whole family over and had a great time. Papa finally gave in so there was a new puppy under the tree for Wil and Rane. They were in shock and it took them a while to realize that it was a real dog. He is a purebred Jack Russell terrier and has been named Skippy Evan Rockstar. So far he is really a good dog and very smart. He hates the cold weather so he stands on his front legs only when he goes out. He has even tried to stand on one leg. It is so funny. We had a brunch on Christmas morning and then dinner. We just chilled and had a great day.

Disneyland!!

Yea for Cinderella's castle!

Taylor, Rane and Wil with Mulan!

Back row, Aaron, Wil, Grandma, Keli and Rane.
Love Tower of Terror

The real reason Aaron wanted to go was to get Rane on California Screamin'.
The Dr. Scholls inserts really helped.

Taylor, Wil and Rane in front of the huge Christmas tree!

Uncle Aaron wanted the grandkids to experience Disneyland with the Christmas decorations. December 9th Aaron, Allison, Rane, Wil, Keli, Taylor and I flew to Cal and had a great time with our 5 day passes. Papa opted out (he's quite a scrooge) but we had a fun time without him. Rane and Wil started out sick, then Taylor wasn't feeling good and by the time we left Keli had a strep infection. The Nichols' don't let a little sickness get us down we went on everything multiple times. We were just sad that Gabe and Solill were not with us because Solill had surgery scheduled that week. We also can't wait for Marlee to be old enough to hang with us!

Halloween

You know Halloween is not my favorite holiday, but I did a good job of faking it this year. My house was so decorated (thanks to Aaron). The kids had a great time and it was very fun having Halloween on a weekend. We had a small gathering and all my sisters and my brother came over . All decorations are now put away for another year!!Aaron is my seasonal decorator, he made all the bats!

Papa and the kids did good work!

Ryan, Ashley and Marlee!

Some of the big kids dressed up! (Keli and Andy)

Taylor was Little Bo Peep!

This little Dinosaur (Solill) was tired by the time she got to Grandmas!

Gabe scared all the little kids!

Rane was a beautiful witch and the Ninja is Wil!

IT'S ALL OVER!! Summer that is.

Today it was official that summer is over. How sad. A milestone for the family as Rane and Taylor both began kindergarten. Rane is at Dorothy Fox and Taylor is at Hellen Baller. Gabe is in the third grade at Crestline in Vancouver. It was a perfect day, except for the pallet of 40 pound boxes that I had to lift at work.
I hope that I can walk tomorrow.