Great Aunt Marge and The Bradys

Last Friday we had an afternoon we had a visit with the Bradys at our house! Aunt Marge is so cute - she's going to be 90 soon and is still so active and looks beautiful. Molly and her kids were up from SoCal and Beth brought her new baby Emily. Brady was a good sport as the only boy in the bunch! We had fun catching up, toured around downtown Los Altos and let the kids run wild in the creek.

Em and Em with the babies!

Marge and the Baby Girls

Creek play

Francie's got the one arm hold down pat :)

Maisie getting some baby lovin

Aunt Marge has a special place in her heart for Little Maisie - they have the same name! (Marjorie Sheehy) and Marge says Maisie looks just like her siblings

Marge and all the kids in the Sheehy third generation

Francie and Brady - the big kids

Emmy and Triple Trouble!!!

We love you Aunt Marge!

Black Butte Family Photos

my super happy campers when I asked for a photo in between running around crazy with their cousins on the golfcourse!

at least I got one happy girl!

Black Butte Family Reunion 2013

We had a blast in Black Butte Oregon with allll the Heffs! Recap by iPhone photos...

First day walk to the fields for Olympics Field Day

competitors ready!

team purple (Tess was a huge help ;)

and after Olympics - a group swim! 7 uncles and 26 kids in the pool

and talent show preparations - I was so proud of the big girls who took the lead and practiced by themselves all week

Tess my little Kangaroo and I checking on their progress one night :)

and Saturday Annual In-laws versus Out-laws softball game!

Opa Bob has a slide/bounce house he sets up between the houses - somehow after 4 years it's still standing

Ticket to Ride with Oma

Sweet Maggie was such a big help with Tess and by the end of the week Tess was jumping in her arms!

Dinner Sunday night at Pat and Tricia's cabin on the golf course - lots of family pic opportunities! Here are Oma and Opa with all 15 grandkids. Love all the expressions on this shot!

after dinner golf course play (sorry to the sand pit)

Talent show 2013!! The kids were so good! We had joke tellers, songs, card tricks, musical instrument playing, poems and a surprise skit by the adults too :)

iPhone family photo! (most of the BBR pics this year were iPhone - I am just going to own in and admit I am much preferring these lesser quality but REAL LIFE shots!! My big camera comes out occasionally, but I love what I can capture with my pocket cam :)

Tuesday morning horseback ride. DAD took them! what a guy

General store ice cream pop and chips stop

and then an afternoon trip into Bend to check out a barnwood supplier for The Alley - JJ approved (what is this pose)

lunch at Worthy Brewery - my cute husband! (kids were running around roughshot on the grass - it was a very relaxing family lunch!)

Wednesday Dad took these stinkers fishing!

fiesty one! love their faces

cleaning the fish at home

Craig and Andrea made a cool puppet show theater and did a show for the kids - they were into it

sleepy baby heading home - with toys piled on her by big sis

Drive to Black Butte

We had another succesful Family Reunion in Black Butter Oregon the last week in July! We left Los Altos Thursday afternoon and drove up to Red Bluff to meet the crowd at thehalf way point for an overnight - then took off on I-5 headed to Oregon early the next morning! 12 hours on the road total -but half of the famly vacation is the forced family fun in the car!

sleepy JJ in the truck - only time we really get to talk without her noisy chatter!

pit stop diaper change

overnight in Red Bluff with cousins... 2/3 the way there!

Dad spoils them with gas station burritos and corn dogs for breakfast. ummmmmm.

ordering Makery stuff on my drive - these awesome 3fish prints we sell now - very fitting these are the states we have!

arrival!