Fishing Fun!

On Friday the 19th Nana and Papa took us to Fenton Lake and the kiddos got to go fishing.
Anna and her girls, Emily and Julie, Matt and Elisha, Lewis and the kiddos, Mom and Dad and I all went. We started by getting breakfast burritos at Blake's (yummmy!!) and then we were off.

Anna and Leah.

Emily helped the little girls get started. They only had dummy fish but they still had a blast getting their fish, over and over :)

Lewis caught his first fish ever! Then he proceeded to catch another two. The rule after your first fish is that the little kids get to reel them in and count them as their fish.
I posted the above picture because I love the look of Katie.

Katie and Papa.

Austin and his fish.

Katie, Papa and Monica with Katie's fish.

Matt and his fish.

Katie and Monica were bosom buddies from the moment that we got to ABQ and you could almost always find them together. I loved them both helping Leah.

Monica and her fish.

Monica and Katie.

Lewis and Ashley with her fish.

Austin takes a sweet moment with Natalie.

Ashley and another fish.

A family shot at the end of the day.

Monica & Leah's Party

on the 13th Anna threw a birthday party for Monica(4) and Leah(1).

She had a water table set up and Julie had a total blast getting wet!

Ashley and Leah became fast friends, and this would be how we found the two of them most of our trip. Ashley was determined to see her first steps (which happened about a week later).

Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Dellon met Natalie for the first time this trip and were completely in love with her.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIRLS!!!
Anna made this really good strawberry cake with jam filling. So Yummy!!!

Uncle Matt with Grandma.

Like any good one-year-old, Leah digs into her cake.Austin was the one that killed the pinata.

Monica and Leah received so many fun gifts. The bag above was made by Aunt Emily and is really sweet.

Papa and Natalie.

We gave the girls this bubble machine. You had to let it prime for 5 minutes before the bubble solution came through and bubbles started to rise. I loved that Lewis was just as concerned with when the first bubble would come, as were the girls.

Wedding Weekend

Lewis' brother, Doug, was married in the Albuquerque NM temple on the 12th of June to a wonderful young lady, Lydia.

Here are Papa and Katie waiting.

I love the adoring looks on their faces.

Goofy Groomsmen.

Gary wanted a picture with his brothers and their Mom. Grandma is not the easiest to photograph since she hates to have her picture taken. But I think that this is my favorite. I love how she is just giving up and the boys seem to be having a great time.

After we took all the family wedding shots, Dad got some good shots of us.

The next night we had dinner with all the Aunts and Uncles that were still in town and I got these shots of the kiddos.

How Cute are We???

I couldn't help taking a few shots before church this morning. We all looked so adorable!

What's a Bumbo???

So we were walking around Kid to Kid last night and Lewis came across this cute, purple, soft plastic, seat. Natalie has really been liking sitting on the table in front of you and practicing holding her head up. So... we set it up on the floor and set her in it to see if she even would like it and she looked up at us and grinned. Now I am not sure if I would pay full price for it but for $12 it was well worth it.

As of Thursday, our little miss is 8 weeks and a total joy. Here are a few pics of her in her new purple Bumbo.

Happy 6 Weeks!

It is hard to believe that Natalie is already six weeks old. As of last week she weighed 10 pounds 7 ounces and was 21.25 inches long. She is such a joy to us and all the kids are enjoying having her as part of our family; even though I have to keep reminding them who is Mom in this house :)

Sweetness...

I really enjoy watching new faces come out of Natalie. She gets more and more personality everyday and I thought that I would share some of the pictures that we have taken over the last couple of weeks.
The first two pictures are in the van at Target, the day Lewis came home.

I wanted to try to get a shot with all the kiddos but they did not want to cooperate very well so I will have to try again another day. Here are the best shots from that.

I love sweet little hands.

Happy 1 Month Natalie!

See You in June!

It has been a long week. Lewis was in St. Louis and his folks left the day before. I have had many requests for updates on the blog but was just happy that the kids lived through the week that I didn't get to it.
We had a blast with Gary and Evalee here and were sad to see them go. But there is a light at the end of the tunnel. WE will be going to ABQ in June for Doug's wedding so we will see you all then.