Family Reunion and a few other things we did.

The last Saturday was the Miller Family reunion.  It runs pretty much the same every year. The kids get older and taller, the food is always good, and each family sits with each other.  And we have a good time every year.  This year they did the kids games again.  Heather and I decided that our kids were old enough for the games they used to do with the now older kids.  These older kids loved doing the games again!  Baylor was a bit perplexed about the first one.  They place a gummy treat on a paper plate.  They used to cover it with flour or something but this year they used canned whipped cream.  They cannot use their hands and have to find the gummy and stand up.  Baylor found it right away but did not get the bite and stand up part.  But he had fun being with the big kids.  

Connor was second.

Baylor was happy to eat the peach gummy. 

And Brigid was just super cute covered in cream.  

.  The next game was a cloths pin drop.  Everyone was a winner not like in the old days.  

And the peanut toss.  Baylor did not find the winning peanuts or have the most but was happy with his bag of peanuts to take home. 

Heather loves photo booths and we set one up at a chalk board.  I wrote Miller Family Reunion with the date across the top and then we had a tripod with her camera set up to take everyone's photo.  Once we get together again (she left for vacation a few days after the reunion) I will add more of the family shots

Brigid also rocked my sunglasses.  She is such a sweet girl!  

The grab bags had Chinese yo-yos that were a hit with everyone large and small. We played several rounds of Bingo, Now you have it now you don't gift exchange, and then dispersed.  It is not like in the olden days of reunions that lasted all day.  They ate, played, sat in chairs talking, and ate and played some more.  People are busy and have short attention spans 

My Eddy girl.  She is starting to show her age (12) but is still my beautiful daughter in a dog suit. 

Garden update:  Things are growing well and finally there are more plants than dirt showing and I love it.  The butterflies and bees are everywhere but unfortunately no honey bees to be seen.  

The girls have been playing with Baylor a lot the last few days.  Baylor took them out to climb the pine trees.  

Baylor is doing better sleeping in in the mornings.  Especially when Lori is sleeping in with him.  One morning I walked by one morning and all three of them were sleeping together.  Eddy does not jump on to the bed very much any morel so it was nice to see her up there.  

I found a blog via Pinterest that inspired a craft project.  Our project morphed a bit from the chicks to spiders but we enjoyed the project and time together.