A busy few weeks...

I cannot believe it's the end of July already. Where does the time really go?

I have been a bit behind on my blog, due to all the busyness. In June I felt like I was getting ready for the beach. Came home to prepare for a baby shower for Matt's cousin Emiley. Then that was over, and I found myself having one more week to prepare for the King Reunion, which we hosted YESTERDAY.

Aldie had decided awhile ago, that he would like to have the KING REUNION at the farm. I thank Jesus for a beautiful warm sunny day. A large tent was set up in the grass field beside our house on FRIDAY, along with some porta-potties. :) (We then took advantage of the tent and hosted a cook-out for our Sunday School class and another Fri. night...what fun, the kids played in the downpours of rain...I guess I was too busy to get pictures?)

The fun started Sunday morning at 9 a.m. (well much before that), but people started arriving shortly after 9 for the 10 a.m. start of our church service, with lunch to follow. 2 roasted pigs later, and TONS of food...the last couple left at 5:30 p.m. At first count there was 220 people HERE, guessed to be maybe 250 with more coming for lunch...WOW. I didn't get my camera out until 3:30 p.m. when the crowd had dwindled...

Lots of chatter...

Maybe Campbell will be an animal lover afterall? She was even talking to "Cheetah". A friend from Matt's office dropped off 4 kittens last week...they are very friendly, and like to hang out around the house...Kaycee continues to scream at the top of her lungs when a kitten crosses her path...and she says she wants to be a vet when she grows up. :)

At one point they were trying to figure out how many people could actually "potentially" be here...they stopped because it would take to long to figure it out, but Aldie's dad, Mahlon, was one of 13 children...the figures were stopped at 54 grandchildren. YIKES. So, any decendent of those 13 were invited to attend...

My parents came down on Sat. evening for pizza, a slight token of appreciation for the flowers she did for both Emiley's shower, and this big shin-dig. (Don't worry mom, these were only put on the grass during the preaching...) BEAUTIFUL. Thanks mom.

I decided we needed to have FUN for the kids...so we rented a sno cone maker. Actually the adults liked it as much as the kids. We had grape and root beer. We also had face painting and a candy scramble...

More chatter.

Camera shy Chloe and Cass...

A fun, fun part to our weekend, was that we got a new (for us) motorcycle on Sat. Matt has RETIRED to a non-wheely making Harley Ultra, and it is a sweet, sweet ride.



He and Kaycee went out for an ice cream cone on Sunday evening after the party...

Here we come Galen and Deborah! We are hoping to do a cross country ride next Spring to celebrate our 10 year anniversary! Pencil us in. :)