2013

2013

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Lake Anna - Gillman reunion 2012


In July we took a trip to Virginia for a family reunion with my family. We rented this huge house on Lake Anna and had a blast with all the cousins! I posted a lot of pictures because.. well we had such a good time. We also rented a pontoon boat.. cue country song 'Motorboatin.' Scott liked riding on the tube but not Sarah.. as seen below in the video.


 Captain Jared and Janelle

 Motorboatin'!!
 My sister Christy and (not her child) Ellie
 Grant

 My sis-in-law, 32 weeks pregnant, on the tube.

 My parents.. like to relax and watch their posterity be happy!
 We had a massive fireworks show for the 4th of July (thanks Jared!)
 Cousin Kate (who looooves Scott)
 View of Lake Anna at sunset. It was sooo pretty there! Yet soooooo hot. Blistering.
 This cat was Janelle's and the source of a lot of tension around the house
 Cousin Brooklynn, oldest grandchild
 Cousin's Halle and Ashley were the prytechs for the fireworks show
 While Sarah and Ellie played

 My beautiful big sis Christy and I
 This is the house. Massive.
 Cousin Sophia
 Oh, I left Sarah alone with the fingerpaints and found this.. at least she was happy and in a swimsuit!


With my sister and sis-in-law Becky


 My brother brought this bouncy house. It was such a hit!
 My Scott loves his watermelon!

 Sarah and Janelle.. 1 month apart. I bribed them with candy to do this photoshoot.





 Brother Mark and Grant and (not his child) Ellie
 Josie

 Dance party. A daily activity


 We love Grammy!

 Ice cream. I did NOT pose this picture! They were all sitting like this!

 I made this quilt for my mom.. all our handprints on the various branches (1 for each family).

 Whole family



 He never knew what was coming..
 Payback. :) It was just too easy.
 Sarah tried hoarding waterballoons.

 I was a wonderful trip. No real issues.. except traveling was hard. But it always is with kids. It was so good to have all my siblings there and have us all fit comfortably in the house.. be happy and just enjoy each other's company. And the cousins all had so much fun. It's so great for them to get to play together. Until next time!

Roxy


Have you met our dog? This is Roxy. She's the sweetest, most submissive dog you'll ever meet. Except when she sees squirrels or rabbits. Then you'll never see her again.


 She likes to pay with string, like a cat.
She actually tolerates Scott quite well. Better than Sarah, when she just runs away. She lets Scott come to her and pet (or strongly pat) her. Both kids love to walk her when they can. Not her favorite.. but like I said, she's sweet about it. We love our Roxy!

Bubbles! The bubbles!

 We love our baths around here. With bubbles.


 Sarah takes it upon herself to help 'clean' Scott. Every inch.

Play time!

 Just some snapshots of our life this summer...
 Sarah LOVES to swing high in the swings! Who knew!

 So big!

 Ants. They love ants.
 So Scott was having a great time being pushed around until I took this picture. Really.
 Big bike! She prefers the smaller one though..
 Snuggling with Daddy.
 Bike wash! Our favorite activity.




 These kids are monkeys! Especially Scott! He's so nimble and fearless

 Daddy's shoes.. Daddy's little man!