Wednesday, July 6, 2011

FAMILY and the 4th

In addition to the traditional 4th of July celebration of Picnics...










Parades...










and
Fireworks



which always include
 popcorn and Jeremie's famous No Bake cookies...MMMMM

see the evidence on Anni's face...

...we also had our offical

Olaveson Reunion 2011.

We went swimming at a new local pool...









watched a movie outside on a projector ... yes it was a bit chilly that night... and some of us camped out in the back yard.


We played in (or watched) a basketball tournament, which included one black eye and one sprained ankle...



ran races...



which included quarters and candy for the winners...


some were running for the first time


some took their time...

others ran as fast as their little legs would let them...


We spent all day Saturday at the lake...






so much fun and sun...






and we ate

and ate

and ate...

and ate...


and ate...


the funnel cake was sooooo delicious!

It was such a great weekend!!!

I took lots and lots of pictures, which I'm only showing you a small sampling of (I am a very proud mom and grandma)... but this picture (thanks to Camille) was our official photo of the fam ...


Wow, I can't believe how much our family is growing
 (notice the baby bump on Breanna - due in November). 

 It seems like yesterday it was just us and our 5 kids. I never imaged our family this big.

 I am so grateful and so blessed to have such a great family. We love them all so much!
Hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July!
Bonnie