Movies with the Cousins

Being a family of 6, we do not go to the movies very often. Honestly, it is only during the summer when they have $2 movies which includes popcorn and a drink!

We were so excited when we heard about a FREE movie day including popcorn and drinks - the only cost being canned food for our local food bank! It was wonderful to be on a Saturday morning which allowed daddy to come along too!

My sister and her kids also went so the kids were able to see their cousins too!

Fun times - Great memories - isn't that what life is about???

Welcome to the World...HGM!

My little cousin was born today! So thankful for another sweet baby in the family to love on and take pictures of :)

Summer is 2012....

spending the day playing cowboys with cousins!

That Face

Ever had one of these days?

This is part of the 9 month pictures I took of my cousin's little boy. I just happened to capture this look at just the right moment :)

He is adorable, isn't he?

Here are a few of the other shots I got that day:

Christmas Night 2011

Christmas night we had a huge bonfire at our house. All of our family had come over in the afternoon and we ate, played  games, and then had the bonfire.

We shot fireworks,

played with sparklers

and just sat around and talked. It was SO much fun!

One of the other things we did was this.

I told Cara I wanted to try to take pics of her doing Lincoln's name with the sparklers. I think it turned out pretty cool, don't you?

Josh and Marah's Wedding

Yesterday was such a fun day! We first celebrated Scot's birthday and then later that night, we celebrated my cousin, Josh, getting married!

It was a beautiful wedding and we are so happy that Marah is now officially a part of our family!

Scenes from around the Fair 2011

Fall days mean.....

our annual visit to the pumpkin patch!

There is so much to do at the farm that we go to in our area.

Farm animals to visit,

hay rides,

sunflower fields,

cute little picture opportunities,

and of course, pumpkins! This is little L's first fall so we worked hard to get a good picture of him with the pumpkins :)

What a fun day and a wonderful fall tradition!!!

Harvest Day

Harvest Day is one day that we look forward to when we think about fall. It is a time when our small town puts on a great festival. Lots of food, fellowship with neighbors, craft booths and family time!

Our  family comes to our home and then we all go to the town square and enjoy the festival. It was kinda weird because this was the first year we did not live within walking distance to the square so we actually had to drive there!

Afterwards, we came back to some great food and a birthday celebration for B who will be 8 on Monday!

B loved the paintball booth!

M getting her face painted by Miss Leah, a friend who was working at a booth for their church.

M and Nana

Philip and Cara with L...his first Harvest Day!

Billy with E

Family Lake Trip 2011

Our family spent a few days at the lake and we had the BEST time!

The kids loved fishing even though the water was waaay down due to lack of rain in our area.

 my niece, LB

 S fishing with her cousin, Philip

S and her daddy

They caught a few things, but the memories made with cousins, both big and little, are greater than any mess of fish caught!

We ended the weekend doing a little geo-caching with my cousins, Philip and Cara and of course, little Lincoln.  This was his first geo-cache :)