My Dads

My dad and his twin brother were together for their birthday. My uncle Pat has 4 girls, who I adore! We had so much fun together. They figured out that we are genetically 1/2 sisters so they had fun being 1/2 aunts. So for our dads 51st birthday we got a cake and put 51 candles on. (they swear they didn't mean to wear the same color shirt, it must just be their genetics) 1/2 family we miss you! Also, my genius genetic 1/2 sister Natalie thought it would be funny to put Happy 102nd Birthday on their cake, the people in sams club were so excited thinking that there was someone turning 102! Happy birthday Dads!

Sorry the pictures are so small I don't feel like doing it again, the videos took all my computer time:)

Watch the videos in order, I don't know how to combine them. Sorry!

The farewell

On thursday May 27th we left Texas with a car full of suitcases, bikes, 3 kids, 2 parents and 1 nervous little dog. We drove to Colorado for my brothers farewell and to spend the summer up north. During our drive the kids did really well and so did our dog, until about 2 in the morning when Robby and Natalie woke up and started throwing up because of all the twists and turns. We finally pulled up to my parents house in grand junction CO at 8:00 a. m. and then slept until noon. Then the family started arriving and the parties began.

(Justin at the temple)

The farewell was great, my brother Justin has decided to go on a mission for our church and he was called to go to Columbus Ohio. We are so proud of him because it was a big decision and takes a lot of faith. The house was full of people but had even more food than people. We had so many BBQ's and desserts we could hardly eat by the end. Thanks for not letting us go hungry mom. we dropped him off at the MTC on Wed and then headed back to Grand junction.

My family after Justin was set apart

Just a quick photo from the open house

Natalie is 3!

Natalie is an incredible girl. She was so excited to turn three and had been talking about having a baby birthday for several weeks. She wanted to go on a walk with her cousins, and everyone have a stroller with a baby. Well, as it got closer she changed her mind and decided that chuck e cheese was the way to go. So I asked her what she wanted for her birthday and she quickly said "just M&M's" which is exactly what she asked Santa for. I said ok and what kind of cake do you want? and she responded and "M&M cake!" here is what our little princess girl decided her cake should look like. we have mimi to thank for the pedastle it was on to give it a femine touch.

My new favorite story of natalie is from her birthday, she was opening gifts and she got to her 5 bags of M&M's and when she pulled them out all her cousins asked if she would share. And without hesitation she said sure and started handing them out to each family and ended up with one bag for her. She is so kind and a ton of fun to be around. Now when she tells stories she gets a squeeky voice and takes gasping breaths in between thoughts. She is very aware of how people around her are feeling and is a great sister and daughter. We LOVE our lulu.