Sunday, May 17, 2009

Mother's day

The Wednesday night before Mother's Day all the kids came over for a BBQ. Britt and Cody were going to be out of town Mother's Day weekend (with me babysitting) so everyone decided to celebrate the Wednesday before with me. It worked out well for Kate too, that way she was able to stay at home on the real Mother's Day and be pampered herself all day! Smart girl.
All I asked for was a day where I could take pictures of the kids. I love taking pictures of the kids. Aspen was great and even posed for me. Usually she runs from the camera, unless I am going to take pictures of someone else, then she is happy to have me take her picture. :) So, first the pictures are the posed ones....







Amidst all the posing, there was a lot of playing. With bubbles. The kids love bubbles. I'm not sure if the younger kids enjoy them more, or the older kids!



Below is a bubble gun that Gage has... he is getting his mom!






And handstand contests. My kids still have handstand contests at every family get together. They may never grow out of them! Even pregnant Brittni was going the contests, though she was a little off balance with her belly! She only has two more months to go before she is due!

Looking through the pictures from that night (I took about 300) it sure makes me realize how lucky I am to have most of our kids close by. I love it when they all come over and they laugh and visit and their kids play and it is total chaos at my house. I love the sound. I really love the sound of it. Sometimes I have to fight back tears when I am just watching and listening. It really is great.