Monday, July 7, 2008

Ruidoso--Part 3 (birthdays)

We celebrated Parker's and Brody's birthdays while we were in Ruidoso. Parker turned 7 and Brody is 1 year old. Here they are with their cakes. Parker's cake was a little fancier than Brody's but Brody didn't seem to mind. He was more interested in picking up the burning candle!

We all sat around the picnic tables and enjoyed the food and the fun.


Here is Sharon and her beautiful grandaughters.
Kailee is quite the dancer. She clogged and also did a modern dance for us.,
Grandpa and Brody.
Dana, Daddy and Gene.
Bradley and Debbie.
Parker, Taralee, Trace, and Brody.
Nanny, Kailee, and Grandaddy.
The Gaines family. What a nice-looking bunch. I love my family so much.Brody got SO excited when he realized that this toy was HIS! He started bouncing up and down and stomping his feet. It was the funniest thing. I wish I had it on video.

Jim and Ryan hung up a pinata for the kids to break. They all had a turn or several turns. Parker was first since it was her birthday.
Ainsley was quite the little slugger.
Bailey put Parker's tutu on Bradley's head. It made me laugh!!!
Jude was a determined little fella!
Here's all the cousins giving the thumbs-up sign. We had a picture of the cousins doing that when they were all very young. Taralee, Kailee, and Danica weren't even around then. They have all grown up to be such wonderful people.
Here they are arranged by height. Funny kids.

Nicole and Glen's family.
Gary and Sharon's family.

It was so special to have all of us together for a few days. We missed Jared, Chad, and their families and Jenalee, too. Hopefully next time they can join us!

1 comment:

Nicole said...

That was SO much fun. You are smart to split all your pictures up. I am putting mine all together and it makes it super long. Oh well. That pinata was a GREAT idea. Thanks for getting that.

See you DID get a picture of Glen. You just wanted to put that nasty one of me in there, huh. Tell the truth! :)