pool side birthday party... flipfloppin fun!!!

Who Doesn't Love TOY STORY??

My ANDY loves it!

Watches it at least once a day (well parts... not the whole thing.)

swimming buddies

They look like they could be TWINS...

only...

Three years apart in age and he's as big as her... I can't wait to see what Nick becomes as a teenager. Lucky Sadie, she'll be well protected! (not that she needs it... she can hold her own..but her brothers will always have her back)

Ford Family Reunion

A long distant glimpse of the good times in the "precious meadow"

Andy's cheesey grin... camping face... dirt, sucker, ya' know...

Aunt Cindy and her grandkids + Mason wrapping like a mummy...

cupcakes at the reunion = bad idea!!!

(I felt really dorky here and should have taken that as a warning that it was going to be a waste... oh well)

they were quite dorky... (Jennalee this is for you....)

I guess the favorite part of camping is always the fire... this is Mason's proud photo op!

twins... I swear

in efforts to save the "precious meadow" and abide by the "law of the mountain ranger" we were moving camp to the appropriate 150 feet from the road... we had set up camp a little too far off the beaten path for the forest rangers liking.... We weren't the only ones... it was a mass-migration to get us all moved! Considering the family is 300+... not sure the ranger knew who she was dealing with... but we made the most of it!

Nerd Alert!!!

ATTACK of the NERD!!!

(doesn't he kindof look like that kid on "The SandLot"... "FOR-EV-ER...">>>)

... remember being a kid in the summer? .... ahhhh I would love to have just one of those again.
hair cut and fish braid.... as promised!

DELTA 4TH OF JULY Grandma was so nice and bought us all matching shirts... the kids looked cute and got tons of candy at the parade as usual.


THE KIDS PARADE...

THE NOT-SO-INNOCENT BYSTANDER...

this little pill not long after this picture was taken decided to run away from Grandma and Grandpa's house... the sherriff came and found his Mom (quality moment... :) and took me to him at the not to distant neighbors house where this little stinker decided to go and make friends.... Nothing like a little "run-away" to get the heart pumping...

He still walks around saying... "kitty ran away mom..." we think he might have been after the illusive cat! Dang CAT! Yah! Let's blame the CAT!




Here they are all decorated... aren't they cute?

Nick? having a good time yet? Not sure.... It was all smiles once he reached the end of the road and the popsicle stand though... GOOD TIMES!!! GOOD TIMES!!!

butterfly cupcakes

Butterflies, cupcakes, and weddings seem like a good combination...
(especially for 2 families uniting with kids and grandkids alike)

these little bugs turned out quite pretty...

bride and groom cake

I haven't figured out how to take good pictures in church's yet... all you photographer friends of mine... please share your tips on what setting to use on my camera for this venue...

I did four colors... the yellow might have been my favorite and I didn't take as many pictures of them. The table wasn't fully decorated yet...

Congratulations Sue... all the best to you in your new journey!

Summer filled with reunions

FAMILY-FAMILY-FAMILY-FAMILY-FAMILY-FAMILY-FAMILY





I am an ANDERSON, was a FORD, ROBISON, PAYNE, PYNE...





this weekend we celebrated all the good things about being a Robison...





among them are: bread and gravy, singing, baseball, laughter, talking together, playing together, sleeping out, sleeping in, eating (FUDGE), cousins, aunts, uncles, grandma's and grandpa's (and the memories of them...) constantly going, doing, helping, making, wondering, worrying, praying, serving, loving!!!!!
Mom and Sadie




Grandma's name is Trieste, Grandpa is Eldon, they are no longer with us physically but there are countless times that they have been with us spiritually. There is a little peice of them in all of us... like: most of us have someone who cocks their eye like Grandpa when he smiled. most of us can find humor in most every situation and like Grandma can laugh even at ourselves sometimes, most of us love FUDGE, most of us have the Robison love of baseball. Some have physical characteristics that are so much like another that it's hard not to remember ones past on.





We met at Lava Hot Springs in Idaho and had a fun swimming day... all day... then went to the "Lodge" and played there for the rest of the few days we spent together.





It wasn't enough for me. I could have stayed longer in such great company. I love you all! Thanks for putting up with my craziness.... (I was so busy being crazy and having fun that I didn't take one single picture SHAME ON ME).. but like Sadie says, "it's all part of the memory"