Blank Park Zoo

Back in November, the kids and I enjoyed a morning at the zoo with my cousin Alyssa and her boy Drew.  It was great because they have a family+ pass (or something like that), so we all got in free.

John's Scrapbook

 

 

The background for John's pages came from the Boy Oh Boy kit by Summertime Designs.

Emma's Scrapbook

 

 

 The background for Emma's pages is from the Fangs for the Memories kit by Summertime Designs.

Brittany and Andy Ashcraft's wedding

My cousin Brittany got married Thanksgiving weekend.  It was a beautiful wedding with the best DJ...my wonderful husband!

John's Scrapbook

Emma's Scrapbook

John and Emma's Scrapbook

These pages were created using the Dinner Party kit by Sara Carling for Shabby Princess.

Emma's Stay with the Gaskills

Alyssa scrapped these for Drew's book and sent them to me.  I just had to add the journalling.  Thanks, Alyssa!

 

Drew's Birthday

These are pictures from my cousin Alyssa's son's birthday party.  She threw a great party with a zoo theme.  And check out the cake made by her friend Amy!  Impressive, isn't it?

John's Scrapbook

Emma's Scrapbook

These pages were created using the One Year Older kit by Summer Designs.

Bounce, Bounce, Bounce

Brad and Alyssa brought Drew's bounce house for the kids to play in, and it provided great fun for the youngsters. Emma wasn't too sure about it at first, but she gradually warmed up to it. John enjoyed it toward the end since he fell asleep late in the afternoon and slept through supper. It took awhile to get the cranky boy to have fun, and then it took even longer for him to go back to sleep for the night.

Photo Shoot

During the reception (also held in the church), the kiddos were running around. We actually got them to sit...for a little bit. Family vacation is going to be fun in August.

Emma & John W., Drew Gaskill, Luke Vander Hart, Landon DeJong

Park Fun with the Gaskills

Alyssa had the day off, so she and Drew came to Pleasant Hill for fun at the park with us. Click here to see Alyssa's blog entry on our fun times. Here are a few of the pictures I took:

Drew and Emma had more fun climbing the stairs. Drew kept crawling, which shocked Alyssa. We think he wasn't too sure about seeing the ground through the flooring of the equipment. Emma held on VERY tightly to the rails as she walked/crawled up. Oh, and this picture HAD to be posted since it's the only one I had of Alyssa. Sorry babe!
Drew and Emma went in the baby swing together. It was a little tighter squeeze this year. Click here to see the pictures we took of them in a swing together last summer. Notice that this didn't require blankets between them this time.