Last weekend was Brooke’s graduation party.  It’s so hard to believe that she’s already done with high school.  The years went by way too fast!  I spent most of the party keeping an eye on Hailey while she played on the playground and went swimming, so I didn’t get many pictures of Brooke.  Thankfully Brooke’s mom got some good pictures so I’m going to post her pictures.

Brooke with Aunt Julie, Uncle Chris and cousins David and Dayna

Brooke with Uncle Nick, Aunt April and cousin Joel.

Brooke with Uncle Joe

Brooke with my parents

Brooke and Rich

And now for the pictures that I got:

Hailey loved playing in the lake

Us

A couple of weekends ago we went to visit my cousin Beka, her husband Bill and their daughter Anika for Memorial Day weekend.  Here’s some pictures of our fun weekend:

Right after we arrived Anika showed Hailey her princess dresses- they had so much fun dressing up!

After the girls played for a little while we headed out to go see Curious George Live!

Anika and Hailey loved it!!

The next day there was lots of time for Hailey and Anika to play together.

Hailey and Anika posing for a picture.

Hailey all ready to go on a ride on Bill and Beka’s boat.

Anika, Beka and Hailey

We stopped at Treasure Island to do a little exploring.

We almost lost Rich off the side of a cliff.  hahaha

We tried to get Hailey and Anika to pose but they weren’t really into posing for me.

Us

My Little Miss

Hailey got her first bug bite while were walking in the woods.  I don’t know why but the bugs never seem to bother her- she spends lots of time outside.  But she got her first bug bite during this trip.

Hailey helping Rich drive the boat.

The next day we had fun toasting marshmallows by the fire.

All dressed in red, white and blue for Memorial Day

On our way home we stopped at a furniture store that sells Adirondack stuff and Hailey posed for a picture with this bear.

Hailey posing for a picture.  It looks all smoky in the background because there was a forest fire- it wasn’t near us but the smokiness was pretty strong.

My parents on their 35th wedding anniversary.

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A little over a month ago my uncle lost his battle to cancer and passed away on Easter.  The next weekend our family gathered together to say goodbye.  It’s not very often that we are all together and get to spend a weekend together. There were a few family members who could not be there, but most of us were able to be together.  Here are some pictures of the weekend:

There was a fun closet in the room we stayed in and the kids loved hanging out in it.  Hailey and her cousin Sammy are probably making some plans.

Sammy, Hailey and Anika

Sammy, Hailey and Anika having a little picnic.

Watching a movie together.

Logan with his grandma

Suzy

Danielle

Some cousins watching a movie together.

Beautiful view

Sisters

The guys

The girls

The next generation

I’m finishing up posting some pictures from our Christmas and New Years celebrations.

The day after Christmas my Aunt Jayme and Uncle Earl and their three girls came from out of town to visit.

Hailey loved having her cousins Bethany and Sammi to play with.

Hailey and Sammi watching a movie together.

Then on New Years Eve, Rich, Hailey and I went over to my parents house to join my parents, Matt and Ellie for a New Years Eve party.  We had tons of yummy food, watched some football and played some games.

An exciting game of Chutes and Ladders!

On New Years morning we had a delicious breakfast made by the guys.

Later on in the morning my dad thought it would be fun to take Hailey sledding down their hill.

Hailey was not convinced that sledding down the hill looked all that fun.

Hailey walked next to the sled while Pa tried to convince her to get on with him.

And her final decision- to walk down the hill.

So they built a snowman instead.