My Family

My Family
(from Left to Right)
My brother Kevin, his wife Renee, my Mom, my sister Anna, Mike, my niece Hailey, my Dad, my brother-in-law Shaun, Tara, Lauren and me.

Although I have the rare privilege of getting together with my entire immediate family on a regular basis, for some reason we never record it with pictures. It's my theory that because we do this so often, meaning at least once a month or more, it just doesn't seem all that important. Today we were celebrating my father's birthday at Boulder Creek Country Club and I thought everyone was looking so nice, and happy (and well fed), that it would be really nice if someone could snap a photo for me. Luckily the clubhouse had extra staff that could assist us and I think the picture turned out pretty well considering the substantial wind, humidity and 90 degree heat. Not a bad looking bunch if I do say so myself!

We then headed over the Casino Club for their "Family Fun Day" where we were entertained by Dee Jay the Clown, had our faces painted, bounced in the "Bouncy Castle" and played cutesy carnival games for cheap prizes. The kids loved it of course and I even won the gigantic carrot cake during the "Cake Walk"! It was nice seeing a lot of familiar faces and the blue cotton candy wasn't bad either...

After all of this, we were so hot and looking for a pool to relax and cool off in. So we headed over to our friends Ken and Barb's house for a little splash time. Their pool was SO refreshing and the girls are getting so brave. Tara loves to jump into the water from the highest spot and she is now "swimming" with her head under water. Lauren was jumping from one raft to another all by herself and she was so proud! Pretty soon those arm floaties are coming off and they'll be like little fish. Way to go, girls!

So much was going on last week that I had no time to update. Frustrating. I'll be getting caught up this week with "shed" pictures, our trip to the Children's Museum, and the fun of garage sales! Stay tuned....