It sounds cliche, but I was so honored when Brandon and his family included me in such an amazing day. I was especially proud to spend time with Jennifer who was such a beautiful bride. 
Brandon and his sister Shawna are so close. (It was hard for me to hold it together when she saw him all suited up.)
Isn't she lovely?!
a special wedding
Aloha....
We have had a busy week celebrating. Jacob had his "Aloha Celebration" which is the equivalent to a kindergarten graduation. We were so proud!
He had a "line".
And then on Friday, he had a celebration for earning %100 on his AR test. 
Camping
I went camping with my Dad and Brother this weekend. We were at Diamond City Campground. I love this place!
I grew up camping there so it's worth the 2 1/2 hour drive. My brother took us out on his new pontoon boat. I'm not sure how we ever had fun without one of these.
I don't know why, but this picture reminds me of Miami Vice
We love walking down to the boat dock and feeding the HUGE carp. It's always the highlight of our mornings. (We also witnessed the carp spawning.)
it's about time.
It was way past time to get Emma a big girl bike. She was so excited, she couldn't stop talking for a picture. We got the bike just in time for our camping trip.
all the questions.
Monday morning, Nathan's Grandma passed away.
This brought up a lot of questions from the kids. Most of them were about our bodies and spirits after death. I'm not sure which is harder, the birds and the bees talk or the afterlife talk. Luckily, neither of them cried or acted scared. When Jacob found out, he said, "Aw MAN, I really liked her." That's exactly how I felt.
And when Emma heard the news, she asked lots of great questions about Heaven and moved on to another subject. A few minutes later, she got very quiet and then said, "Mommy, I just said something to Grandma Allamon in my heart." I asked her what it was, and she said "I can't tell you it's a secret."
some cuties
Last week I visited one of my many sister-in-laws, Mary. I was there to take pictures of a mother who was receiving a baby wearing sling from Mary's organization No Mother Left Behind. Mary gave away her 100th free sling. But while I was there, I couldn't resist taking some pictures of these cuties.
Jarod
Rebecca
Alex. This was taken at our Easter egg hunt, but I couldn't resist posting it with these.
Goslings
Just had to tell you about some amazing kids. There is a pond (I'm not sure if it is supposed to be a pond or not) at the new school in Bella Vista. A pair or geese made a nest and hatched 3 beautiful goslings. This morning I took some photos of the new family and sadly realized that this "pond" was terribly polluted. When I showed these photos to the neighbors (Anna and Austin) and to Jacob and Emma, we decided to try to help. This week after school we plan to clean up this mess. Aren't these kids great?
AND, Anna found a turtle..
just have to brag
I love hand-made cards and there's one person in our family who takes the cake when it comes to creativity.
My sister-in-law Rachel made this amazing invitation for our friend Erin's bridal shower. Erin speaks fluent French and really belongs in Paris. The shower was so beautiful. (notice the attention to detail.)
One thing that Erin may love more than Paris.... is shoes.
not even my birthday...
A few weekends ago, my sister-in-laws invited me to celebrate my mother-in-laws birthday with a weekend retreat.
It might-as-well have been my birthday for all the fun I had. Denise really knows how to hostess.
Rachel drove in the horrific weather, and Denise put us up at Big Cedar so I really didn't have to do anything. Coleen brought her baby, and he was better behaved than all of us grown ups. I'm lucky to have married into a great set of ladies. Thanks girls for including me. I can't wait for Diana's next birthday.
Denise made a huge breakfast which we enjoyed twice during our stay. She makes the best Mimosas in the world!!!!!
This is Rachel practicing in case one of the singers fell off of the stage.
And to really be in Branson....we had to experience some of the 50's.
The Platters did a great job, but it was hard to top SIX. (I love beatbox)
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