More Labor Day pictures

The pinata.

Happy to have his family around him.

The three lovely ladies.

Watching the kids break the pinata.

Aunt Janet gave Uncle Mack a collage of pictures. 

Aunt Mary Sue judging the scaventure hunt.

Braden turns 20

Happy Birthday Braden!

The Cabin

Tanner and Jordan have spent the better part of the summer building a cabin on some newly purchased land behind our home.  Mike brought home some old wood fencing material that he was going to cut up and use for fire wood.  Tanner and Jordan asked if they could use some to build with.  Mike said yes thinking that they would make a birdhouse of some other small thing.  They have spent hours planning and building, including furnishing the inside with table,  chairs and bunkbeds.  They have built it entirely by themselves.  During the summer they called it Camp JJ (Jordan and neigbhor Josh's idea) and charged neighbor kids $.50 to come hear Native American stories and do crafts. 

We had a wonderful family picnic in Eden on Labor day. We all talked about having it next year on a Saturday, so more family could attend. The pinata in the shape of a cowboy boot was a big hit, as well as the kids' nature hunt. Aunt Mary Sue had us scavenging for all kinds of things, including horsehair and owl pellets.

I'm excited to launch our new family blog. I'm hoping that we will all add posts and keep the family updated on our lives. I'm very new to blogging, so if you have any advice about this site, just email me. Happy Blogging!