Paul and Courtney's Wedding May 24th

 The groom's cake made by Angie.  (No, it's not a dog, it's a Star Wars character.

 Emma's beautiful hair, also done by Angie.

 Sisters

 Parents and grandparents wedding picture.

 Emma and dad

 Emma swears she married daddy at Paul's wedding because of this kiss.

 Grandma and grandsons

 Our family before Courtney, Joseph and Jackson.

 Not sure why I'm making that face...

 7 of my 8 children.

 Brothers

 The first family

 The second family

 I'm sure he was wishing he was out of those clothes and running outside.

 Emma and Poppy

 Father and son

 Waiting on his bride

 Here she comes!

 The family

 Grandparents

 My parents and all of their grandchildren (minus Jackson)

 I'm fairly certain I was telling her to stay clean.  She needed that dress for one more wedding.

 The toast.

 Nephews Jake and Josh, niece Amy and sister in law Julie

 My nephew Josh and niece Amy

 It was the best toast ever.

 Awww.

 My brother Jon and my nephew Joshua.

And they are off!

More updates- late April through early May

 The kittens were growing and into everything, but they were so cute.

 All 4.  2 looked just like the mom and 2 looked just like the dad.

 Sam played tee ball and loved it.

 Courtney's bridal shower our church threw for her.

Anna made the beautiful, delicious cake.

 CC end of year program.  Ben was reciting with his class.

 Mousselini....

 He sang and recited quite vigorously.

 Sam and his class reciting the definition of an appositive.  Do YOU know the definition of an appositive?  (I didn't either till this year)

 Paul and his 8th grade class

Ellie with her 9th grade class.

Updating....

 It has been so long since I've blogged on a regular basis.  Our family enjoys reading back through this blog, so I thought I'd just give a quick recap of events that happened, starting back in March.

Ellie's cat Rose gave birth to 4 kittens.  The night they were born will go down as one of the most chaotic nights in our house.  We. Could. Not. Find. the. Kittens.  Poor Ben kept telling us he was hearing "little meows" under his bed and we kept sending him back to bed, certain he just wanted to be up in all the excitement. Dad was sure the kittens were under Ellie's bed, even after everything was removed from under the bed and the kittens weren't there.  Ellie then thought maybe she imagined the whole thing and the cat wasn't even ever pregnant.  Now imagine this all happening at once at a high volume. Finally we listened to Ben and sure enough, the kittens were under his bed, just as he said they were. Their poor mother had a prolasped uterus, and we were sure she would not make it through the night.  Long story short, she survived, had surgery and was the best little cat mother ever.  (After all the excitement died down that night, Ben came into the living room and said, "This family owes me an apology. "  And he was right so we apologized. :)

 Easter eggs

 Easter Sunday morning

 Awww.  They make such an attractive couple.

 The littles.

 This girl loves handing out flowers.

 Dad and littles.

 Mom and littles.

 Jackson was starting to make his presence known.

 A picnic at Aunt Sherry and Uncle Jere's after church.  It was a perfect day.

 Hunting Easter eggs.

 Playing baseball.

Ben-isms

• This morning before church Ben looked at me with a sad face and said, "Mom,  I just wish we had a normal family."  I wondered what had happened or who had made him upset. I asked him what he meant. "You know mom, a normal family where nobody opens the door while you are getting dressed."  I had a hard time keeping a straight face!
• Anna and Joseph announced their pregnancy this morning in church. On the way home, the kids and I were talking about it. "MOM!" He said excitedly. "I am going to be a Grandpa!" Haha

He's a winner!

Sunday morning 9/28

Jackson looked so cute and was so smiley this morning. He will be 2 months old tomorrow.

I have plans to resurrect this blog, so stay tuned.