Family Pictures 2015

Every year I think Jamie Pace can't get any better and then she does. I absolutely love these pictures. I love the color and I love the way we all look. Jamie is a magician somehow making me look 10 year younger. I love this sweet last picture with our feet for so many reasons: 1) seeing Lyla's face 2) Cannon's horrible shoes because I wouldn't buy new ones until school started. 3) Miya's turned feet ;) 4) all of our tan skin because this summer was so beautiful and hot and we enjoyed swimming in the sun. What a fantastic family I have and was an amazing friend I have in Jamie. So fun to get a picture with Nana and Boppa and remember this amazing time they are living so close. My kids are having the time of their lives with it. Lyla just watches out the window and asks a million times what Nana is doing or if we see them leave they need to know where they are going. They are two fantastic people and it is a blessing to be able to have this time with them. We took these pictures at Tumwater Falls in Olympia.

My Peeps

 

Man I love these peeps. We had a great time at dinner eating good food and enjoying great conversation. I can't imagine anyone having a better family. My sisters are my best friends and they all married amazing men. My brothers-in-law are so funny, kind and good men. We have such a great time together and only wish we could get together more often. Plus I have the world's best parents. While we were in Driggs this summer Grandma Rammell was really hurting with back pain and they were trying to figure out how to best manage the pain. Mom went out most days and helped get her settled and stayed while she was in the hospital. She is such a great example of compassion and charity. My dad was also a very humble teacher on the golf course ; )
Family is certainly a blessing to me and I am so happy to have all the family I do have. It is amazing to still have my grandparents alive and to watch as they love and take care of each other. We also got to spend a little time at the Rexburg Temple together.

Bloopers

Working on getting some pictures of each couple during the adult dinner at Teton Springs. We had a lot of out takes and here are just a few. It is great to be part of this funny and fun family.

 

 I really was showing Ty all the things I really loved about their exercise class.

Graduation Shower

 Kate, Bailee, Grace, Lauren, Maggie, Sophie, Lily, Miya

 None of us have showered before we were getting things ready for the party, but I sure do have fantastic and beautiful sisters.

 So funny to see how upset Grace got while playing the matching candy bar game because if the person got a match they got to go again. 

So crazy that Bailee graduated this year and will be heading to BYU in the fall. We wanted to do a little something to celebrate her accomplishments and show her how much we all love her. She is an amazing person. So kind and such a good girl. She is the best example for all her cousins. I love my beautiful niece and how excited she was to have her own blender!

Hanging out at Steph's

 Lauren and John

 Caroline and Lyla

 Elsie and Lauren

 Leah

 Leah and Lauren

 Emery

 Lyla and Tom

 James and Annie

We also spent a lot of time just hanging out at Steph's house. Lauren had to mow the lawn and was kind enough to give all the little kids a ride for a turn around the yard. James and Annie are pretty good friends and enjoyed running through the sprinkler. Steph has three cats that I don't trust as all, but man did they put up with a ton of kids grabbing and holding them. All my kids were sure we needed a cat when we got home.