12.20--Meeting Kayla.

The beginning o' December, we got news that my cousin, Andrew Palmer who lives in Cody Wyoming would be home for a visit. Andrew just recently got engaged and the wedding will be here before we know it in March! So Andrew brought the new gal home to meet THE FAMILY!! We were pretty intimidating all together, asking her interrogating questions...but she did GREAT!! We all loved her. Here are the pictures from the visit:

Andrew talking to my father...
(yes, Andrew is a genuine cowboy!)

Jul Babe, Me, and Kayla (the girl!)



Jul, Chucky, Kayla...we loved her!



Chucky and his sista!! Haha...family!



Some people slept the whole time!



Other's ate my special Jill Brownies!!



Me and Decker...love him!!



Uncle Tom playing with Cody!



Cody wasn't all about the picture...



I watched the Brubaker girls...we painted nails.



Rachel, concentrating on her nail job.



Christmas Tree with snow all around!



They took my camera...here is Santa!



Me and Becca...Haha...so cute!



Gotta have a feet picture, that's for real!!



Me and the girls...having a blast!



Oh how sweet these girls are!!

What a great time with family and it was great meeting Kayla!! I think she'll fit in real good! Can't wait for more family activities!!

THE END!!!

8.3--Raystown, Cliff Jumping

August 3, 2010.

The Brubakers went to Raystown Lake to go camping for the week. One o' the days, they came and picked me up and took me out to the site. When Ace got off work, he was to drive out to meet us and enjoy a wonderful evening together. So in the afternoon, guess who should come and pick me up?

Holly, drove me back.

When we arrived at the campground, Rachel ran over to the truck and showed us what they had found in their travels around the camp--a turtle. Now, you can't see very well in this picture, but if you look REALLY close, the turtle was a BRIGHT orange. The girls brought the turtle back and put it in a cooler, they also named him Cheeto because o' it being so orange.

A Pet Turtle, Named Cheeto.

The perfect chair for me! (:

The picture o' Becca I drew with sidewalk chalk.

Becca drew me...apparently, I have no arms or legs!
But I do have a really cool shirt that says, "You go Girl!"
Expect I'm dyslexic and it says Grill...it means Girl though!

Ace had to work later, so he drove out separately. To be sure that he knew where we were, we mapped out his way in sidewalk chalk on the road. I told him we were the place that had me and Becca on the road and it said, "Stop Here"!!

So here we were!!

We even drew on the tree!

The Lucious, Juicy, Home-Grown Watermelon.

Eating it was TORTURE...as you can see! (:

...but we suffered through it.

Rachel's silly face.

My favorite picture o' all time. Isn't it so cute?

Wait? A Watermelon for a MOUTH?

Becca LOVES Watermelon, can you tell?

Rachel has a watermelon rind mouthpiece!

Brian arrived later too, and he didn't even get a chance to eat. Well, I take it back, he DID get to eat, he just didn't get much and had to eat on the go. Joyce got some corn on the cob for him to eat, and we all got on the boat, and we were off to the cliffs for some cliff jumping!!

Eating on the Go--Poor Brian!!

Us on the way over to the cliffs.

Rachel and Joyce! LOVE IT!

The Back o' the boat--Joyce's Family!

Silly picture o' Rachel and Joyce!

Silly Me & Becca.

I'm teaching her good habits, Joyce!

Yeah for jumping off the cliffs.

Making a big splash.

They were scary!!

The kids loved jumping...they all gave me heart attacks, and I'm not even a mother. The one li'l boy kept running like he was going to jump off, then stutter-step his feet and stop right at the edge. He did that EVERY time he went to jump. It was SO scary. He looked like he was going to slip. There was a story circulating around the beach that some girl had done that very thing (started to jump, but changed her mind) and fell on the rocks below. Story goes she got hurt very badly. Now, I know people have gotten hurt and there are stories to that nature, but I wasn't a HUGE fan o' the li'l kids doing it. It's fine if you want to jump off if you are like 14 and older. But the kids just scared me! Now, all that said, I really enjoyed watching them, except for the scaring me part, it was fun!

Can you see them jumping in?

Alas, it was time to go home.

Us...it was getting a li'l chilly.

Joyce and Brian...so cute!

The lovely camp fire....

Isn't it sweet!?

The day was over and we had enjoyed wonderful time with friends (and our friends' family). We really had a blast with the Brian, Joyce, and the girls. Thanks for letting us crash with your family reunion. Ahh...good times. Gotta love all the stories (hehe) and the drinking o' the coffee. YAY!! Thanks Again, Brian and Joyce! (:

THE END!!!

7.15--Brubaker's

Picnic with Friends.
July 15, 2010.

We got invited over to the Brubaker's for swimming and a cookout. What a great time to hang out with friends. Once we got there, the Phares's came out too. It was a hot day and that pool water felt SO amazing. Here are some pictures from our get together.

FEET PICTURE

Me sporting Becca's shorts!
I love these shorts!

Oh...sweet sweet, Becca!

Rachel & Becca in the Pool!

Floating around together.

Becca "sleeping"!

Rachel looks so excited.

Lovin' the Sun!

Silly Face.

Swimming with Smoothies!

...now THIS is the life!

~Hair Cut~

Because my hair was falling out and was looking bald, Joyce offered to cut my hair. She did a wonderful job. Check it out. I told her she needs to open up a hair salon!! What do you think?

Before my haircut, the back.

Before the haircut, the front.

After the haircut, the back.

After the haircut, the front.

~More Swim Time~

Breanna cut her foot.

It was bleeding.

Like my Shades?

This girl is adorable.

Austin & I, like the heart.

Can you read the cucumbers?

"W" for WESTON!

..."J" for...

...J-I-L-L!!

Goggle Picture.

Gotta love these kids...

Corn on the cob is my FAVORITE!

Adam's Plate.

Weston's a li'l shy.

The girls doing tricks.

Eating corn on the cob...yum!

Climbing the trees.

Still climbing the trees.

Wes is SO cool, how 'bout it!?

Bre, BE Careful!!

Joyce got stung by a bee...
Her finger swelled up SO big!

They trusted Austin to drive?!? Haha...

When we do a bonfire...we do it right!

It's died down a bit, but it's taller than ME!

Bre's trick.

Weston's version o' the L-Seat.

Austin's L-Seat.

Rachel's L-Seat.

Mama & Bre.

Nice feet, Joyce.

Me with Wes's Shades.

Shooting water at the boys.

...Nice Shot.

Strike a pose.

Me & Wes.

Becca & Bre...

Becca...

Bre & Austin.

Wes...

SPLASH!!!

Essie & Me (Not sure what face I'm making).

Trying to get another picture o' us...
The kids all wanted to be with us.

Me & Wes again.

Haha...I look like I'm being hung all over.

Another...SPLASH!




Jumpin' in with Bre.




Essie throwing Bre in!




Bre loved jumpin' in!




Austin's Schmore! Haha..burnt!




Rachel using Holly as a pillow! (:



Feet Picture!!



Rachel & Holly.



Me & Joyce.




Again, I love this girl! (:



Rachel...



Fire...



Silly faces...she's so cute!



Haha...Rachel's face cracks me up!



We are goofy!



Her eyes creep me out! (:



Haha...what a hoot!

I'm so thankful for such wonderful friends who are such amazing hosts. To be willing to open up their home and just reach out to help anybody that needs it. I can't thank you enough Joyce for trimming up my hair and just helping me out with EVERTHING. Also, the kids are so much fun. Seeing the kiddies and watching them running around, jumping in the pool, doing flips on the playground really made me feel old. I was trying to keep up with them, I ain't as young as I used to be. Again, thankful so much for friends and being able to kick back, relax, have great food, and enjoy hanging with great friends!!

THE END!!!