We invited a few friends over to celebrate Morgan’s birthday. Morgan wanted to do a spa night, so we did hand and foot scrubs, strawberry facials, dipped their hands in melted paraffin wax, had a lot of treats, and watched a movie. These girls had a great time together, and they were a treat to have at my house for a night.
Morgan’s cake
August was a pretty big month for miss morgan. She got contacts, 5 shots for middle school, went to girls camp, had a birthday, started going to young womens, started volleyball, and started middle school. This little lady went from enjoying lazy summer days, to being busy every minute. Here is her birthday breakfast. She did have a candle to blow out, but I didn’t get a picture.
Brinley was visiting for a few days, and it happened to be over her birthday. It was fun to have her celebrate with us.
Morgan opening her presents.
Happy Birthday Morgan! I am so proud of all these new things you tried this month. Thanks for being a great helper and always so reliable. We love you:)
My sweet Aunt Maureen had set up this table of pictures of my Grandpa and Grandma and their family.
On the last day of the reunion, we had a tribute for my grandparents. My mom made a slide show of pictures of them. After the slide show we walked to a meadow (where my mom and dad had blown up a bunch of balloons) and let them go. We started this tradition a few years ago, and it is so special to us. I love looking at all of these people who love and miss my grandparents too.
The kids love to watch them until they all disappear.
As we drove home, we stopped in Ely to go visit my grandparents grave. I was really excited, I had not been back to visit their grave since my grandma died. We cleaned it up and the girls decorated it with yellow flowers that we picked from our drive down the mountain.
We were so lucky to have such great grandparents. I will always remember the example they set to have so much fun, and how important family was to them.
This was the beautiful view we got as we drove off the top of Success Summit. It was so beautiful. I think my dad said these yellow flowers were from a plant they called Skunk Cabbage. They were so pretty.
Some of my cousins told me that when they went camping or hunting with Grandma and Grandpa Williamson, that they would stop in this place and do a dear dance…to get the dear to come out. I loved spending the weekend in a place, that made me think of them so often.
We played hula hoop games. This is my family and my cousin Aaron’s famly.
Paige and Jacob having a contest. They went for a really long time.
Haylee making huge bubbles.
Isabell
A picture of the Lorenc, Lowry, and my parents tents.
One of the games we played was called Chicken in a Basket. We would use the catapult to launch rubber chickens into laundry baskets. The kids had so much fun, we might need to build one for us.
Michelle taking a turn.
Paige
My cousins Jared and Katie were trying to catch the chickens for us.
Morgan’s turn
My cousin Chris and his sweet little girl.
Isabell
Haylee was a little too light, she had to have someone help her out a little.
A little before and after of Paige.
