~SUmMeR tImE~

Summer has officially arrived in the great Northwest :) YAY!!! I love it soooooo much!! The last week was extremely busy with my sister Michelle in town for my mom and dads 50th Anniversary party. We spent all day monday preparing for the big party and had a lot of fun!! Rene, Michelle, and I got alot done and managed to have a little fun too:) It is so nice to have Michelle and her family home, we all miss them so much!!

Saturday was the day of the big party....so in the morning Michelle, Mike, Rene, Darrell, Scott, Tiffany, Tyler, Brittany, and our Aunt Shelly, and I all went to the church to set up. It was So MUch FUN!! My family really is the best to be around!! even when working we can manage to have a BLAST!!! We decided to have a 50s theme and Michelle is a decorating GENIOUS and came up with some amazing decorations that really transformed the gym into a 50s style soda shop. The pictures I got really dont do it justice but it was amazing!! The party was set to start at 6 and my parents actually stayed away until the party so it was a suprise when they walked in. I really think we managed to blow them away...they had seen a few of the decorations but never imagined how great it would all look put together.

The party itself was a huge success!! All of us kids were there, the first time we have all been together in at least 10 years, all but two of the grandkids, and all of the great grandkids. That in itself was pretty amazing, I think in my parents eyes that would have been enough just having their whole family together in the same room but it was awesome to have so many other people come and celebrate with us!!

This week we are just going to relax and have fun with Michelle and Rene and the kids before Michelle heads back to Nevada. I am soooo incredibly thankful for my sisters and how wonderful they are. They are the best aunts to my kids, and the best friends I could ask for!! Having Michelle around this last week has made me miss her so much more!! I really wish she lived closer. All of our kids have so much fun together and its nice to just sit back and watch them play. I guess we will have to cram as much fun into the next few days as we can :)