4th of July and Poulson Family Reunion

July is just one big party for us! This morning we had the Poulson family reunion. It was a breaksfast. I was in charge of it this year and I was so pleased with how well it all went. I want to thank all my kids for all their help they were awesome! My sisters all had food assignments and I couldn't have done it without Kim! He helped haul everything over to the park and did such a great job manning the grill! This is a long picture blog but I wanted to share the fun. Below is a picture of 2 of my favorite girls. Eliza and Emma. April, Alyse, Annie, and Jennifer share a sisterly moment!

2 of my favorite boys. Mckay and Warren.

Alyse and Brianna.

Annie and Andrew were in charge of games and the kids had fun swinging at the pinata. Go Eliza!

Annie lining the kids up by age to take at a crack at the pinata.

My oldest and youngest share a tender moment.

April, Eric and Brianna.Hunter, Joel, and River.

Alyse and Annie

Hunter was proud of his new buzz haircut.

Marilyn with a daughter in law and granddaughter. Those cinnamon rolls sure were good!

Marilyn and some of her family.

Eliza and Emma. My handsome son Andrew.

What a swing Annie!

What a swing Warren! He is still learning the difference between baseball and golf.

Get ready to try it again!

Annie helps scramble some eggs.

My awesome bacon, sausage, and egg man!

Annie, Jenn, and Alyse.

Everyone!

The four remaining Poulson sisters, Marilyn, Linda, Carol, and Jan.

The Fisher family! It was a great reunion thanks everyone!

Last Sat. on the 4Th of July we partied also. Below Grandma and Brianna. April's family joined us in the evening for a BBQ at our neighbors.

Alyse and Eliza.

April and her girls.

Eric, Eliza, and Brianna.

Brianna decked out in her red, white, and blue.

In the morning we enjoyed a breakfast at Evergreen park with Jenn's family then watched the parade that Emma was in with her dance group.

Yay Emma1

Mckay and Jenn.

Mckay and Hunter getting a nap in while waiting for the parade to begin.

Jennifer and me. What a fun day it was!

Jackson Hole, Jenn's B day

Last night we got home from our annual trip to Jackson Hole. We started out in Jackson and moved on to Granite Creek for some camping. We planned this trip 2 months ago and thought we would have our whole family there. But last minute Jenn's family was unable to attend because of a project at work and Alyse had to leave early with Andy's family because of work. Oh well I'll take what I can get. Despite some rain we had a great time! Below is the family standing under the antlers in the downtown Jackson Hole Square. Warren thought the housekeepers carts at our cabins were tractors for him to drive

Little Brianna was ready for the day!

Taking a break from shopping.At the camp ground in Granite Creek Annie helps Eliza roast a marshmallow.

Enjoying some time around the campfire.

Alyse has Annie in a choke hold so she'll get a picture taken with her.

Alyse and Eliza ready for a hike.

Me with some of my kids and grand kids. The scenery was breathtaking!

The kids at the Granite Falls.

Alyse and Annie

Warren and Andrew

Brianna and April

Annie, Warren, and AndrewGrandma with Warren and Brianna

Swimming at the hot springs. April's girls sure had fun in the warm water!

The Sunday before our trip we celebrated Jennifer's Birthday with the family. After all the rain we've had it was finally dry enough to eat outside.

Happy Birthday Jenn! We wish you another wonderful year!

Then and Now

This week my oldest daughter celebrates her 13th wedding anniversary! It makes me feel old to think that that much time has passed since she got married. Why does time pass so fast? Since a picture is worth a thousand words I thought I'd share a few of the changes between then and now. Below is Jennifer and Joel on their wedding day. What our family looked like back then. (Just a few differences)

Jenn and Joel now.

Their cute family! Mckay, Hunter, and Emma are some of the differences we get to enjoy now!

Happy Anniversary Jennifer and Joel! We our grateful to have your cute family be part of ours!

WOW #37

Last week Kim and I celebrated our 37th wedding anniversary! My 16 year old said wow 37 years is a long time to be committed to the same person! If you've been married that long you must be getting old! Everything she said is true. For the record I would like to say I love my husband much much more today than on the day I married him! We have grown together over the years. He has supported me through good times as well as difficult times. Kim is a wise, loving, talented man. He has been a good provider and a wonderful father and grandfather. I am so grateful to have him for my husband! I look forward to the next 37 years! Below is a blast from the past. Me in my wedding dress on the day I had my Bridal pictures taken.My son in law Joel celebrated his 37th birthday last week. So it really was a week of celebrating the number 37. At our family dinner on Sunday we all celebrated with him.Happy Birthday Joel! We all love you!

Good Old Summer Time

I love Summer time! I like the more relaxed schedule the warm weather, family trips, family reunions etc. Annie had a great last week of school. Wed. evening was the year book stomp. She had a ball at it! Thursday teachers were not taking roll, everyone was just signing yearbooks and leaving when they wanted to. Thursday night was a party. Friday she went to school to get her book refund then went to a movie with friends and then to another party that night. She was so tired from her week of fun that she skipped the party Sat. night to stay home and get some sleep! The thing that I really liked about the school year ending is that at church Annie received her Young Womanhood Recognition Award! This award has taken many hours during the last few years to earn! Way to go Annie! Below is a picture of her with her award.I got to watch my granddaughter Emma's end of the year program. All the songs they kids sang were in Spanish and each of their parts were in Spanish. After they said their parts they translated them into English for us. Good job Emma I really enjoyed the program!

Eliza and Warren have been having lots of fun playing with balls at Grandmas house. I learned pretty fast that I needed to have two balls to play with!

Warren spends every Thursday with me and he loves to play outside! He really likes coming down the slide.

He also likes to play in the play house.

Eliza thinks the play house is pretty great also!

Brianna likes go down the slide if you hold her very gently and slowly as she comes down.

I had the best video of Kim and Andy making strawberry jam (something I usually do) but they made it this year. How great is that? Anyway I couldn't get it to upload but thanks guys for the jam! Isn't summer great?