Martarano Reunion

When we were first married Brandon and I lived with his grandparents.  During that time I learned how much Grandma Jolley loved her extended family.  It was great spending three days getting to know them myself.  The Martaranos really know how to party.  There were tons of activities and it was a lot of fun.

 Kade and Abbey were fast friends with my girls.

Kathy and Melinda kept us laughing the whole time.

Nala and Denise

Janine and Jessica

Some kid with a killer moustache

 This photo is blurry but it made me laugh so hard.  She was okay, in case you are judging my parenting skills right now.  The shot was taken before I even realized she was falling.

It looks like Daisy takes after her mom when it comes to hogging the bed.  Rocky was shoved up against the wall but they were both sleeping soundly.

I was going to write more but I seriously underestimated my ability to actually get something done while my children were around.  They are currently standing next to me begging for snacks and poking my arms.  It isn't what I would consider an environment conducive to writing.  All in all the reunion was super fun.  We enjoyed the fact that we got to have Grandma and Hayden all to ourselves for a couple of days.  It helped too that it just happened to take place in Fruitland which is the midpoint between Ogden and Eugene.

Pioneer Day

 Of course I had to drag everyone to the parade whether they wanted to be there or not.  I was happy that the Ogden parade returned to its former tradition of being way too long.

Rosy was less than thrilled to be there and I was impressed at how teenager-ish her attitude was.  I'm prepping myself for the years ahead when I insist that they join me for boring stuff that old people think is cool. 

 Later we met up at Jilly's so that she could show off her chickens.  I had no idea that they would be so cute.

 Daisy preferred to hang out with Link.

From there we headed to the river which was perfectly cool on such a hot day.

 And we ended the night with fireworks and friends.

It was perfect.

Rosy's Cheeks

 You gotta have one of these for every kid right?

Bonus Photos:

Rigbyin it Up

 We had a ton of fun hanging out with the Rigbys.  In this case the photos are worth much more than anything I could say about it.

Reaping the Rewards

 As a bribe motivation my mom promised Rocky that if she stopped sucking her thumb she could go to Lagoon.  It has been hard for her but she did it and thanks to her hard work we all got to have a really fun day together.

 It was a blast.  We rode the rides, swam in the pools, and ate the ice cream.  It couldn't have been a better day.

 Thanks Oma and Opa for the good time.