Sleepover

Here are some more pictures from Saturday.  Did I mention that we had a great time?  I am so glad everything was perfect today.  The weather, everything.  What nice memories.

Mike loves the picture below.  It is of the bridge halfway down the driveway.  Mike and his siblings handprints are on the bridge.  Mike loves this picture because it reminds him of his home.  This is the view you always saw when you were leaving or coming home.  It just makes us happy.

We took a lot of scenery pictures this time.  We love Maysen's idea of the green screen.  I don't know if we will ever use it though, but nice to know we could if we wanted to.

 The sunset is beautiful through the trees

After spending Saturday morning taking pictures, we dropped off all the kids except Jorja.  We went back to have a picnic with Shannon and her kids.  She brought KFC (one of Sharen's favorites) and we ate and played on the lawn.  We took pictures of her kids while we were up there.  There are so many great picture spots here!

Shannon's here!

 Stephanie

 Mike

 Picnic!

Erica, Jacob, Jorja, Weston

 Weston, Jacob, Brandon, Erica

Stephanie and Shannon

Weston, Jacob, Shannon, Brandon, Erica

We also took a lot of pictures in the backyard.  You can't really tell, but the pine tree behind the kids is 'Steve's Tree'

Weston, Brandon, Jacob, Erica

Shannon is now in front of Steve's tree.  Years ago, Steve's primary teacher gave him a small tree to plant.  Mike says he remembers Steve watering it with the water from the pond nearby.  Steve would also measure himself to see if he was bigger than the tree.  Just one of the many awesome memories our family has of this place.

Shannon & Steve's tree

 Mike loved this picture of Shannon taking a picture of Steve's tree

 Stephanie and Jorja

 Mike - every area is beautiful here!

 What an amazing backyard

 With gorgeous sunsets

 Jorja and Padz

 Shannon

 Erica, Jacob, Weston

 Brandon, Erica, Jacob, Weston

 Shannon and Stephanie

 Mike

 Mike liked that dead tree in the background

 Stephanie

 Stephanie and Shannon

 Mike and Stephanie

 Shannon, Jacob, Brandon, Erica & Weston

We had such an amazing time out here, we didn't want it to end.  The weather was wonderful, so on the spur of the moment, we decided to sleep on the grass.  We went home to get sleeping bags.  Mike and I, all of our kids, Shannon, Brandon, Jacob and Weston all slept outside. Just in sleeping bags, no tent.  For some reason I can't get my pictures off of my cell phone right now.  Too bad my kids were all asleep before their cousins arrived.  We didn't get to stay very long once we woke up. We have church at 9:00.  We left at 8.  It was really simple, pretty crazy - and I'm so glad we did it.