1/2 Dozen

I think at this point my mom has more shots of her grandbabies than she does of my sister, brother and me. She never misses and opportunity to line 'em all up and have them beam toward the camera's...tho come to think of it, maybe it's just a ploy to see her grown 30-something children act like complete idiots behind the camera to fulfill her never ending requests for this tiny generation to "SMILE!"

Lake Chelan 2011

You know the drill. I've taken this camping vacation every year of my life, save 2 or 3 summers. My mom before me and her mom before her; it's tradition. Some of you have joined my family over the mountains, some I hope to come in the future. We were thrilled to have Molly with us this year, and my sister and Laila joined us for a few nights too! The weather was hot and the water cool. Here are the pictures in no particular order (but cannot believe I don't have even one shot of Gram, the one with E jumping rope does not count, so sorry Mom!).

Daddy time

Kids making the pancakes

N loved sweeping

D did all the cooking!

beach boys

water time

float in a boat

float in Papa's boat

reading at the shore

cousins and Papa in the background

dinner at the drive-in

Karlee and Laila

swings

peeking out of the tent in the morning

E learned how to jump rope

bath in a box

baseball

relax

Slidewater's

sea-saw

water boy

fast slide with E

impromptu hairbrush concert

the DJ

balloons with Papa

Fresh local Bing cherries

E and D Go-Karts

N's first Go-Kart

Cinnamon Hearts

We went to my sister's house to make up a few of our (now) traditional special heart cinnamon ornaments. Everyone helped, and the house smelled so nice. Happy Valentines!

Wednesday

Grilled pizza and cousins on the swings.

N with our Ax, not yet 4 months old...

Vashon Island

My dad's sister lives a 20 minute ferry ride away on Vashon Island. It's beautiful, and it didn't rain yesterday! We piled all the cousins onto the boat and headed over for a fun filled visit. I'm talkin' filled! We ascended on their beautiful property just after lunch like a swarm of ants, and didn't leave them in peace until 7pm. Thank you so much Aunt Olivia and Uncle John, what a totally fun field trip!

I know mom would have loved a picture with all her grand babies together, but we were lucky to just know where all 6 were simultaneously...we joked about getting t-shirts made up with large numbers printed on them for a quick count-off.

Ferry Ride

Feeding 'Slick'

Gus, their new lab puppy

His favorite toy

Hammock

Atalie was a little sad yesterday

Hot tub

Inger

Aunt Olivia introducing Slick

The 'other' puppy

pole

pond

shoes

teeter totter

Axel

Tug-o-war

Dinner bell