Family Reunion! :)

Over Memorial Day Weekend the Johns converged on the cabin! :) It was a lot of fun to see all of my cousins and their kids! :) Everyone keeps growing up sooooo fast! Lots of cute kiddos--- who were dirty as all get out! But that's what the cabin is about, right? Dirt??

We played lots of cards, took walks, played "Minute to Win it" (thanks Shari and Ashley). And Niki beat them all! :)

Except for the "flu" which about 8 of us got... it was an awesome weekend! Thanks grandma!

here's a few of my favorite pictures:

David during one of our walks to the pond:

Here's some more from the walk to the pond:

Andy and Vance

David checking out the action

Across the pond:

More pictures from the reunion:

The tire swing! Always popular with the kiddos!

David, always one the move!

Amy with Jackson, Shauna with Ethan.

Cooper in the swing

Another Walk

Clayton holding my "baby"

Adam, Jessica and family... on the "off-road" hike! :)

Bev and mom pose for a picture

Tessa blowing bubbles!

The dog whisperer... when I turned around, she was lying on the floor, whispering to the dog, of course, once I brought out the camera, she backed up... 

Grandma Jean with her kids

Peyton and David

Danelle and David

Amy and Jackson

Jared, roping?

Fixin' the Water heater... an ongoing project.

David, check out those BLUE eyes!

Phyllis and Hal

Jared celebrated his 23, oh wait... I mean, his 32nd birthday! Woo hoo!

Clayton and Niki

Mom, Ashley and Peyton

Andy and David

 These two are 3 days apart in age... David is 3 days younger than Jackson. :)

 Jackson

Wade

 Mom and Bev cooking the enchilada sauce, yummy!

 His favorite color was "dirt", but so was just about everyone else's! :)

 Helpin' dad!

So cute! Sharing the swing...

Over all we had a great time. Ate lots and lots of wonderful food, enjoyed great company, and enjoyed the great weather!

Four Options.. which one do you like better?

Ok, so the little feedback that I got said-- make it more baby-ish, well, I am short on baby scrapbooking items, but this is what I found so far. And I created a whole different look.

Option 1- my first attempt

Option 2- my second attempt, changed the wording

Option 3 - I kept option 2's wording and made a whole new layout.

Option 4- just changed from a butterfly to a bottle embellishment.

Which one is better, or do they all need help?? LOL!

thanks for your input! :) Valerie

another baby shower invitation

My friend Erika is having a baby girl, and I am making the invitations for the shower held by the ladies from our ward. Here's what I have come up with so far... any suggestions to make it better? I have removed the important parts-- like the time and place, and my phone number.... can't be too careful. There are 2 options, which one do you like better? the top one or the bottom one?

Baby Shower invitations

My project for the weekend was creating baby shower invitations for Niki's shower. Here's what I came up with:

Front of the invitation:

The "old plane" on the right has my dad when he was young in it... kinda fun to sneak "grandpa" onto the invite! :)

 The back of the invitation:

I deleted all of the pertinent information on this- cause who knows who's reading my blog.

Davis Monthan Air Show 2010

We went to the airshow on Saturday. It was my first ever airshow, and I LOVED it! It was soooo exciting. I loved the planes and all the great aerial-acrobatics they did. Amazing. Simply Amazing! We got to see The Patriot Jet Demonstration Team... they were GREAT!

 Here was nice low pass...

the Patriots again

I snapped the picture just a little early... but still a cool shot!

Then we got a rare treat- a U2 came down from it's HIGH altitude to do a fly by. Apparently after leaving us he was headed back to his 60,000 ft (after receiving his clearance to do so, of course)! :) Here's a couple of pics:

It was so awesome to see! :) Then came the parachuting team. They were pretty impressive!

Then came the great bi-plane demonstration! He was amazing! Watch the video!! (will be posted next) But here's the best picture we have of him... he was kinda small compared to the other aircraft, and we don't have a telephoto lens on our little point n shoot camera!

Next came the "historical flights" with a modern day A-10 and a P-52 Mustang. (I think)-- 

 

 And then finally the event we were all waiting for, the THUNDERBIRDS!!!! :) I had witnessed them practicing Friday afternoon and got soooo excited to see them. They are amazing! Here's some pictures (and I will post video also). 

 Wow!!

The Calypso Pass

Overall, we had a GREAT time, and I really enjoyed my first airshow, and I can't wait until the next one comes to town. I will definitely be attending!! Thanks for taking me Wade! I loved it!!!