After our reunion we drove down to Soda Springs to visit my other grandparents. We stopped by and visited with my Grandma Dixie. I love her. She just makes me so happy and I am so happy that we were able to see her!
It was great just to sit down and be able to talk with her. She had Jacob just a smilin' away by the end! And Jacob wasn't shy at all about showing his new rolling skills and rolling everywhere around her home. It was wonderful. We love you Grandma.
We also stopped and visited my Grandpa and Grandma Clegg. We love them. It was also really great to be able to sit down and just visit with them and hear how they are doing. We wished we could live closer so that these kinds of moments could happen more. Hopefully someday.
And I am very bummed because I could NOT find my camera during all of this so didn't get any pictures...sad day.
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Moldenhauer Family Reunion
This June we had a Moldenhauer Family Reunion up in Island Park and it was fabulous! Oh my goodness, it was so much fun!
This was the first time in 14 YEARS that everyone has been able to be together. We would always come up to Island Park for reunions when we were younger but as more and more grandkiddos got married and started having families of their own they just kind of stopped happening. I was so happy when it was decided to do this - and even more happy that everyone could be there. We ended up having 54 people altogether - 28 adults and 26 kiddos - it was perfect!
We spent five days together in the perfect setting. Island Park is beautiful and we had two cabins right next to each other that were able to fit us all!
Sunday afternoon we all met and got settled in our cabins. We spent the evening playing card games and just enjoying our time with one another.
Monday was water day! It was the warmest day and we took advantage of it! We were so lucky and had the whole dock area to ourselves and we pretty much just set up camp! We had brought up two boats and the kids just dived in - despite it being very chilly. Even Jacob and I enjoyed the water a little and just sat on the edge letting the waves hit our toes.
Monday night we had a family home evening that my grandparents organized. It was so sweet being able to see them do this together. They talked about how blessed they felt to be surrounded by their descendants and how they never imaged 64 years ago (when they got married) that this was in their future. And I must say, that I feel so blessed to come from such amazing people. They have been great examples to their children, all of us grandchildren, and now their many great-grandchildren.
Tuesday was kind of a rainy and stormy day. We just made it work though! My Mom is amazing. Really. She has made Jacob this giant tipi for him to play in with a fake little fire and everything. Seriously...amazing. She also has made Jacob an assortment of capes for all of the different superheros. And if that weren't enough, she has made a huge pink cottage for all of her future granddaughters to play in. And it is loaded with an assortment of Disney Princess dress-ups. I love them. They are adorable. She brought all of these up to share with all of the other grandkiddos and they had a blast.
Tuesday afternoon we also had a birthday party for my Aunt Lucy. She is such a wonderful woman and has always been so kind and supportive to me throughout my life. She is definitely not one that is in the spotlight much - and she would say that that is exactly how she likes it - but we were all happy to be able to spend the afternoon spotlighting her. It was a great girls afternoon.
Wednesday we took family pictures. We were able to take some big group pictures and then all sorts of other arrangements. I am so glad that we were able to do this! Can't wait to see how they all turned out! Later in the day, the kids had fun playing in the forest and making their own teepees with enormous logs! Let me tell you, these kids have no fear! They were ready to do anything!
And all of us adults had fun every night playing card games, reverse charades, and telephone charades.
We were able to make so many wonderful memories. I am, again, grateful for family and the time that we have to be with one another. It was a great week!
P.S. I was so naughty and didn't take a single picture this whole time. Lucky for me - lots of other people did! However, I only have the few that my Mom took right now, so I will have to add more later!
This was the first time in 14 YEARS that everyone has been able to be together. We would always come up to Island Park for reunions when we were younger but as more and more grandkiddos got married and started having families of their own they just kind of stopped happening. I was so happy when it was decided to do this - and even more happy that everyone could be there. We ended up having 54 people altogether - 28 adults and 26 kiddos - it was perfect!
We spent five days together in the perfect setting. Island Park is beautiful and we had two cabins right next to each other that were able to fit us all!
Sunday afternoon we all met and got settled in our cabins. We spent the evening playing card games and just enjoying our time with one another.
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| This picture CRACKS me up every time I see it - I don't know what Jacob was doing because I KNOW he wasn't sleeping...what a goof. |
Monday was water day! It was the warmest day and we took advantage of it! We were so lucky and had the whole dock area to ourselves and we pretty much just set up camp! We had brought up two boats and the kids just dived in - despite it being very chilly. Even Jacob and I enjoyed the water a little and just sat on the edge letting the waves hit our toes.
Monday night we had a family home evening that my grandparents organized. It was so sweet being able to see them do this together. They talked about how blessed they felt to be surrounded by their descendants and how they never imaged 64 years ago (when they got married) that this was in their future. And I must say, that I feel so blessed to come from such amazing people. They have been great examples to their children, all of us grandchildren, and now their many great-grandchildren.
Tuesday was kind of a rainy and stormy day. We just made it work though! My Mom is amazing. Really. She has made Jacob this giant tipi for him to play in with a fake little fire and everything. Seriously...amazing. She also has made Jacob an assortment of capes for all of the different superheros. And if that weren't enough, she has made a huge pink cottage for all of her future granddaughters to play in. And it is loaded with an assortment of Disney Princess dress-ups. I love them. They are adorable. She brought all of these up to share with all of the other grandkiddos and they had a blast.
Tuesday afternoon we also had a birthday party for my Aunt Lucy. She is such a wonderful woman and has always been so kind and supportive to me throughout my life. She is definitely not one that is in the spotlight much - and she would say that that is exactly how she likes it - but we were all happy to be able to spend the afternoon spotlighting her. It was a great girls afternoon.
Wednesday we took family pictures. We were able to take some big group pictures and then all sorts of other arrangements. I am so glad that we were able to do this! Can't wait to see how they all turned out! Later in the day, the kids had fun playing in the forest and making their own teepees with enormous logs! Let me tell you, these kids have no fear! They were ready to do anything!
And all of us adults had fun every night playing card games, reverse charades, and telephone charades.
We were able to make so many wonderful memories. I am, again, grateful for family and the time that we have to be with one another. It was a great week!
P.S. I was so naughty and didn't take a single picture this whole time. Lucky for me - lots of other people did! However, I only have the few that my Mom took right now, so I will have to add more later!
Visiting Grandpa & Grandma Berning
We were so happy that we were able to spend some time with Mark's parents. They just recently returned home from their mission and it was wonderful to see them!
The first week of our adventures we were able to spend some time with Mark's brother, Brian. It was great to spend time with him because it definitely doesn't happen often enough!
The next week is when Mark's parents came home. We had so much fun visiting them! We loved playing games and just being able to chat with them. We are so blessed to have such wonderful family that loves and supports us.
The first week of our adventures we were able to spend some time with Mark's brother, Brian. It was great to spend time with him because it definitely doesn't happen often enough!
The next week is when Mark's parents came home. We had so much fun visiting them! We loved playing games and just being able to chat with them. We are so blessed to have such wonderful family that loves and supports us.
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| Please notice that Jacob is sticking his tongue out of the side of his mouth...what a turkey! |
A Rolling Machine
The first week we were in Utah, Jacob definitely became a rolling machine. He was rolling everywhere. It was so much fun to watch. He was so creative with the different ways he would pivot his body to get where he wanted to go. And we are definitely learning how quickly life changes with a little guy on the move. It is so much fun though and I wouldn't change a bit of it!
Party in the Hamper
So this post in very late but I sat down to catch up from all of our adventures from the last month and realized that I forgot to do a post about our party in the hamper.
It was a warm day and we were itching to get out of the house and go do something water-y - but it was Saturday of Memorial Day weekend and we definitely didn't want to go venture out to our community pool. So we came up with the genius (okay, not really genius) plan to make our own little swimming pool. Plus, we had just gotten Jacob a new swimsuit and I just had to let him enjoy it!
Now, we don't have a lot to work with here - so I got out Jacob's hamper. It's pretty much a deep plastic tub. We took it out to our little balcony and just let Jacob go to town! Jacob loved it! And we had fun watching him in it. Life is good.
It was a warm day and we were itching to get out of the house and go do something water-y - but it was Saturday of Memorial Day weekend and we definitely didn't want to go venture out to our community pool. So we came up with the genius (okay, not really genius) plan to make our own little swimming pool. Plus, we had just gotten Jacob a new swimsuit and I just had to let him enjoy it!
Now, we don't have a lot to work with here - so I got out Jacob's hamper. It's pretty much a deep plastic tub. We took it out to our little balcony and just let Jacob go to town! Jacob loved it! And we had fun watching him in it. Life is good.
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| Jacob checking things out... |
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| At first I felt really bad because he was so cramped - lucky for us - he didn't seem to mind! |
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| Love him. |
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Grandpa's Birthday
Yesterday Jacob and I drove down to Draper to celebrate my Dad's 54th Birthday! I'll tell you what - I love that man. We got there around 11:30 and us girls decided to go out to lunch together - with Jacob, of course. It was so much fun to be able to spend some time with my Mom and Melina Afterwards, Melina had to go to work for a couple of hours and my Mom and I went home to get ready for the festivities. Jacob went down for a nap and it was so nice to just be able to sit down and chat with her. It's definitely not something that happens often enough! I miss her.
Once everyone got home we had a yummy barbecue outside on a perfect evening! It was great to be there all together (though we, of course, missed Megan and Mark!) and just chat. I am grateful for time spent with family.
And I just wanted to make special mention of my great Dad -
Once everyone got home we had a yummy barbecue outside on a perfect evening! It was great to be there all together (though we, of course, missed Megan and Mark!) and just chat. I am grateful for time spent with family.
And I just wanted to make special mention of my great Dad -
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
You are a great father and grandfather and we are so grateful for your example, love and support. We hope you had a great day! Love you!Monday, June 3, 2013
Visiting Family
I am a little late in getting this post out - but better late than never! Last Monday (Memorial Day) we trekked over to Utah to visit family. It has been so wonderful to spend time with our family! It has been a really low key week, but again, so great just to spend time with family. We are continuously reminded with how blessed we are to have the family that we do. Their love and support for all that we do is such a comfort in our lives. We hope that we can be the same to all of them.
P.S. Jacob is totally mobile now. He isn't crawling in the traditional sense but I am calling it - he is MOBILE! He rolls and pivots and pretty much can get anywhere that he wants now. It is crazy!
P.S. Jacob is totally mobile now. He isn't crawling in the traditional sense but I am calling it - he is MOBILE! He rolls and pivots and pretty much can get anywhere that he wants now. It is crazy!
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