La Perle's Of Our Lives: June 2009

Monday, June 29, 2009

Family Reunion Highlights

Neslen Reunion 2009

Moose Hollow, Eden, UT

Thanks to Gina, I had to include this great post of all our memories of the Neslen Family Reunion -- guess you just had to be there!:

logan shakin' his tooshy to the rhythm of heidi's music

playing barbies (baah-bies) with madeline
when asked if she'd like to join us, sydney replied "i'm not interested in barbies anymore"

jackson & jordan's laughter watching cheaper by the dozen
trying to play mafia as a family... "i can't play... this game goes against my values"
rebecca's cinnamon rolls
laughing about the word cinnamon buns with melissa
really missing uncle will.
mormon synchronized swimming
so many babies, so little time
"step away from the grill"
macgyver marathons with tyler
timothy's song performed in sign language

playing musical beds every night trying to find a quiet room
opa sleeping through the mafia game
opa sleeping through everything

townies or peeps
baby zac's big brown eyes.

3 year old tanner playing the violin

"write your name on your cup"
grandma with the girls on the hike

snuggling on the sofa with caleb & michelle watching elmo
laughing with gina watching confessions of a shopaholic
valerie's amish friendship bread
moose tracks icecream
2 year old caleb, stopping every 5 feet on the hike, for another rock, leaf or flower treasure

heidi & mom's trip to the store adventure in a downpour
"does anyone know where mom is?"
"can your kids eat this?"
baby eli's smile
lightning storms and power outages
jugs of whole milk, skim milk, 2%, organic, soy and rice milk.
"whose milk is this?"
colby asking jacob to play rock music on his guitar because "he's good at doing the rock music"
opa's harmonica

"how do you work this remote?"
weston's firework show
"where did you sleep last night?"
tyler, jacob & brady, lords of the airsoft war

caleb posing at the wall

"where is the sour cream?"
the girl's camp bunk-bed room
refrigerator tetris
"can you go 5 minutes without texting him?"
jacob wearing a daisy behind his ear
aunt natalie not even noticing

madeline holding baby zac

jeff's perfect pancakes
"what's your talent?"..."murderer of love."
adapting clue, connect four, and air hockey to include toddlers
naming the olympic gondola flags
"the pool table balls are not for throwing"
jackson & jordan reading storybooks at 6:00 am because "our mom said we can't make any noise"
playing norwegian horseshoes on the lawn

watching the guys enduring watching twilight
michelle's joyful giggles as she experiences her 1st mountaintop snow

the view from the top of Snow Basin

"that toy is MIIIIIINNNNE....wahhhhhhh"
"who is it this time?"
all 12 adults and 15 children at the swimming pool

tyler climbing up the bunkbed at 6:00 a.m. to wake brady for a game of pool
the gon-doh-la, gon-doll-a, GONdola debate

weston playing his guitar... gina and her 3 boy band singing 'let my love open the door'

5 year old colby explaining to us why he's big enough to do the airsoft gun war

please pass the stomach bug (poor madeline!)

our disk-golfing boys

"what's for lunch?"
"sandwiches."
sharing strollers, stroller-pushers, jackets, hats, sunscreen,

talking & hiking side-by-side with jacob
our stinging nettle/lamb's ear - life's hard times/the Lord's mercies discussion
rebecca's knowing smile
"just around that bend is the marina"

melissa's fabulous spaghetti dinner.

"this is the best garlic bread I've ever had!"
they gopher'd 50 golf balls for opa!
broken kitchen faucet showers over dinnertime
creative flushing mechanisms discovered at 3:00 a.m.
"i'm not judging her... i'm just trying to learn from her bad example."
tanner giving every adult a face-wash with his water-gun.

then, as aunt rebecca squirts him back, he says "i don't like getting squirted in the face!"
brady's laughing-smiling mafia narration
"which church did you attend? ours served pastries, so ha-ha."
valerie reading a novel.
jacob's half wheat/half white sandwiches
"weston went to costco"
swimming 3 times a day