Amber and Shad were our MC's for a Talent Show!
The kiddo's
Everybody that was able to make it.
Adeline is so good at this...whatever it is : )
Molly did a cartwheel!
Rosie's talent is ...being dependent on mom!
No, Rosie is working on a back-kick-over.
Amie sang a song for us on her guitar that she wrote in high school.
Baby Duane is great at being so cute!
Davey is...I think it's called double jointed in his shoulders!
Nana's talent is scrap-booking!
Andy is developing the talent of juggling!
Alijah is good at skip-it!
Aaron is teaching himself banjo!
Caleb showed his talent of drawing.
My Dad's talent is Singing!
He loves to sing!
Jacob's talent was his drawing! He surprised us, a while back with how well he can draw!
It's usually Caleb drawing all the time. And I started cleaning up pictures one day and told Caleb to put "his" drawings where they belong, and to my surprise he said they were Jacob's!
Mom LOVES to find other peoples old furniture and refurbish it!
This was a three legged table, that had a broken leg. So Mom had Aaron cut off part of the circles to make it flat, which allowed it to rest up against the wall as it's third leg.
Alissa's talent is her art work! She's great at drawing and also burns her art into wood.
Shad's brother and sister played their flutes.
Shad's talent was singing a song with his brother from Le Miserable.
Shad's dad has the talent of inflexibility!
Shad's mom is very good at giving Hugs!
Everyone got a hug!
Jared played the guitar while...
everyone spun around to his song!
It was pretty funny!
Abby did a one-handed cartwheel, and...
a hand stand, and ....
the splits!
It was a great talent show!
We also spent the day at the lake!
Someone discovered a deep sink-hole!
You can see it comes up to Shad's knees in the back.
This is Jacob all goopped-up!
It started off as a pretty small hole.
But EVERYONE wanted a piece of it...
except me!
Slowly people started coming out VERY muddy.
"Catch me!"
Alijah getting a mud bath!
in the back is my dad,
front left to right: Jared, Imani (my cousin), Caleb, Jacob, Shad, Alijah, and Aaron!
And Alissa popped into the background by dad!
Amber soakin' up the love from Lainey cakes!
No one was getting in my car all muddy so I told the boys they needed to clean off.
And then I saw JARED!!
Yikes!
Aaron
Before jared decided to get completely covered, there were three big guys soakin' it up in the mud together!
See!
Elaina was too scared to go near them!
I didn't want to either!
Grandad decided to join the fun!
Here's what Aaron will look like as an old man.
"Nice wrinkled lips there, Aaron"
........
P.S. in case you're wondering, Jared DOES have his pants on in the back ground.
Lizzy!
Swimming
Elaina!
Andy and Fiona have the same hair doo!
Andy was at the lake with us too but some how he managed not to get into any of those photos!
After the lake we went to see Audre and her girlies, Jasmine, Roxie, and Fiona!
Amber was so cute and got in the pool with the kiddo's
Abby, and Jacob playin' with Roxie
Jasmine didn't have her swim suit on but...
She decided to join the fun anyways!
Roxie
Caleb, Roxie, Abby, Jacob, Lizzy, and Jasmine!
Roxie liked Jasmines idea and tried it out on herself!
Caleb
The boys love playin' with Alijah.
They're getting ready to go fishin' on the lake in the canoe.
That tall guy helping Grandad is Aaron!
I can't believe how tall he's grown!
He's a big help around the farm.
And LOVES the life of a cowboy!
Its suits him well.
Jacob, Caleb, and Lijy
Here's the pond from the side!
Grandad stayed on shore to take pics for me!
Plus the canoe was a bit full!
Thanks Dad!
Jacob caught a fish!
Can you see it?
Here's it focused in on Jacob and his fish!
He got to use his birthday fishing pole!
Here's a picture of Caleb's fish!
Actually, Aaron was the one fishing, and when he felt a tug on his line, he passed the fishing pole to Caleb!
So sweet!
Here's a better picture of the fish.
They caught large-mouth bass.
Alijah caught some of the fish too, but I guess Grandad missed those moments with the camera.
Sorry Lij
Great job catching those fish!
