Thanksgiving Vacation Part 1

Mike and I took a full week off for the holiday and went to Vegas to spend time with my family. A total count for the maximum number of people would be 33 people counting women, men and children.

Oldest Generation: 3

2nd Generation: 17

3rd and youngest Generation: 13--of these 7 were under the age of 3.

It was so fun to be around everyone and catching up with each others lives...blogs and facebook just don't do it!

Here are some pictures from Thursday.

Because of our large gathering and the convenience of having the stake center right down the street, we decided to use the facilities, basketball hoop included. :) This picture unfortunatly is missing 5 people. This is gathered around the kids table:

The food table...Jessica and Alison...

Proud and happy parents ... My favorite two... Sisters....Part of the clean up crew....

Heather and Corie...Amber and Adam and ???? (May 2010)Luke, Lora and Dallin....Michelle and Steve....And with the Las Vegas Temple in the background, it ended the perfect night...Thanks mom and dad for braving bringing 7 children into this world and for bringing all of their immediate posterity to your home for the week! What a wonderful experience to be with everyone together!

And thank you everyone for taking time our of your busy lives to come...what a blessing to be together...

Boating 6/27/09

Working for Seattle Boat has it's advantages....one of them is borrowing a company boat for the day on Lake Union and Lake Washington...

We were really close to the float planes coming in for landings... Mike sees one now...

There it is...

Decker was so cute staring out at the Seattle skyline while dancing... check out this video on youtube.com. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5OHKPzdhBI

Decker fell asleep for about 1 1/2 hours...love his bed head! ;)We picked up Uncle Jon and Ilee and Quinten in Kirkland. Decker didn't remember them being on the boat before he fell asleep....
Swimming in Lake Washington
Who wouldn't think their mom was cool after this picture???

Jon and Ilee enjoying the warm/cold waters...

It's Decker's turn...Such a good sport...

Who knew that this would be the last time Decker nursed during the daytime???
We boated down to Kidd Valley and had some burgers....
Decker enjoyed his French Fries... And the ducks enjoyed our uneaten French Fries...
It was an AWESOME DAY spent TOGETHER!!!

Thank you Seattle Boat!!