On Saturday July 12th my family was ALL able to get together for the first time this summer. We went to Riverfront Park and had a blast. When we got there we found a spot for our picnic, but first took a big family picture. All we had was my camera and a tripod. We got a decent picture for such a huge group. I was also able to take some pictures of individual families. I was happy for the opportunity to practice my photography skills! Thanks guys!
We also got a picture of all the grand kids together. That was quite the experience. Look at all those babies, and not enough big kids to hold them. Malcolm and Dane were struggling just a bit. Also notice the amount of boys!!!
We finally got all for babies together at one time. Pretty sad that we haven't been together all at once this whole summer. Aren't they all so cute. They go in order of birth. Emma 10/13/07, Reed 12/23/07, Grayson 1/10/08 and Winston 2/2/08. The 3 boys were born within 6 weeks.
Here's another picture of Emma. I actually took this one at the boys' party, but I just had to post it. She's just so dang cute!
Brianne was able to call ahead and make ticket reservations for our group so we were able to get a great discount. We could go on unlimited rides and several other things, but we mostly did the rides. Malcolm loved doing the bummer cars. Quinn was pretty sad he was too short.
Quinn and Mason riding on the airplanes together. Quinn is about 9 months older then Mason, but Mason has been quite bigger then him for quite sometime.
Malcolm loving the planes as well. I think the kids thought they were in Disneyland with all the rides!
Mom and Milo are here riding with some of the kids. Us adults enjoyed some of the rides, until we got a little nauseous. I rode 3-4 spinning rides in a row...not quite as fun as when I was a kid.
We rode the carousel about 1000 times. This carousel is almost 100 years old, next year. I think it's beautiful. We all loved it too. The kids could get on over and over and us parents could just sit and watch. I practiced my panning with it too. I take way to many pictures, most of which suck!!
They have this fun little water feature now. I planned on letting my kids play in it for a while, but ended up only happening for about 5 minutes.
Malcolm ran through once, but Quinn only got his feet wet. We were ready for dinner and home.
After everyone left we rode the carousel a few more times with Milo and Melanie's family. We then decided to hit Olive Garden together, since it was just across the street and wouldn't require getting everyone in and out of the car again. It was us 4 adults with 7 kids. We got quite a few looks, and I saw one girl counting the kids. Really, it's not like our families are that huge. Amazingly the kids were great. Better behaved here then when we are all at my Mom's.
Quinn was very tired and kept asking to go to the car to sleep with his blanket. Right before we left he just couldn't handle it anymore and started to lay on the gross and dirty floor.
On our way home, we had to stop and comfort little Winston who was so sleep deprived. I took the opportunity to take more pictures of course.
We had a great time with all our family. I wish we could spend time like together more often. I sure feel blessed to have such a great family. I'm so grateful for eternal families!! I love you guys!!
We also got a picture of all the grand kids together. That was quite the experience. Look at all those babies, and not enough big kids to hold them. Malcolm and Dane were struggling just a bit. Also notice the amount of boys!!!
We finally got all for babies together at one time. Pretty sad that we haven't been together all at once this whole summer. Aren't they all so cute. They go in order of birth. Emma 10/13/07, Reed 12/23/07, Grayson 1/10/08 and Winston 2/2/08. The 3 boys were born within 6 weeks.
Here's another picture of Emma. I actually took this one at the boys' party, but I just had to post it. She's just so dang cute! 
Brianne was able to call ahead and make ticket reservations for our group so we were able to get a great discount. We could go on unlimited rides and several other things, but we mostly did the rides. Malcolm loved doing the bummer cars. Quinn was pretty sad he was too short.
Quinn and Mason riding on the airplanes together. Quinn is about 9 months older then Mason, but Mason has been quite bigger then him for quite sometime.
Malcolm loving the planes as well. I think the kids thought they were in Disneyland with all the rides!
Mom and Milo are here riding with some of the kids. Us adults enjoyed some of the rides, until we got a little nauseous. I rode 3-4 spinning rides in a row...not quite as fun as when I was a kid.
We rode the carousel about 1000 times. This carousel is almost 100 years old, next year. I think it's beautiful. We all loved it too. The kids could get on over and over and us parents could just sit and watch. I practiced my panning with it too. I take way to many pictures, most of which suck!!
They have this fun little water feature now. I planned on letting my kids play in it for a while, but ended up only happening for about 5 minutes.
Malcolm ran through once, but Quinn only got his feet wet. We were ready for dinner and home.
After everyone left we rode the carousel a few more times with Milo and Melanie's family. We then decided to hit Olive Garden together, since it was just across the street and wouldn't require getting everyone in and out of the car again. It was us 4 adults with 7 kids. We got quite a few looks, and I saw one girl counting the kids. Really, it's not like our families are that huge. Amazingly the kids were great. Better behaved here then when we are all at my Mom's.
Quinn was very tired and kept asking to go to the car to sleep with his blanket. Right before we left he just couldn't handle it anymore and started to lay on the gross and dirty floor.
On our way home, we had to stop and comfort little Winston who was so sleep deprived. I took the opportunity to take more pictures of course.
We had a great time with all our family. I wish we could spend time like together more often. I sure feel blessed to have such a great family. I'm so grateful for eternal families!! I love you guys!!
3 comments:
Awwww, you're making me miss WA. lol. It was always SUCH a treat to go to Riverfront Park and was always a blast. Isn't that water feature awesome?! And that panning shot rocks!!
We had such a good day too. The kids are still talking about it. This morning in fact, Nathan kept asking my why I didn't go on the spider because it was so much fun. No thank you, I can't handle many rides with out dramamine!
Have you picked out your favorite family photo and done any editing? I just need to pick a couple, I keep going over and over them. You know how that is.
See you in a few days...
I'm sorry we didn't inform you that we were using our blog:)lol. I'm sure you noticed that I don't really know what I'm doing quite yet. You'll have to give me a few pointers this weekend;)! Love you!
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