the mother load of vacation pictures.....

i have spent the past 2 hours uploading all the pictures from the big denbleyker bash.

i'm warning you, you'll be here awhile.

there, you've been warned.

forge ahead at your own risk.....

view on the way to Semiahmoo. magestic Mt. Baker.
my sis and my pappa. two of my most favorite people!

a little smuch.

my dorky brothers mocking me. they say i always do that head tilt thing. whatever.

t & l. sweet couple.

max cheeseing it. sam looking a tad bit puzzled. and jack, well, this is jack being jack.

stud.

me and my kit.

love this shot!!

this is where it all started.. love these people!!

most amazing shot!

the sibs.

more of the sibs. i'm honored to be one of them.

she's my hero.

ok, this was SO dang funny...look in the background at the 'santa, in camo pants, STALKER'! he stood on the pier for a super long time watching the happenings. can you say CREEPY!???

we never claimed to be 'normal'.

bless these people. they all three made the CHOICE to join our family so we'll keep um.

not sure why this one is in here again. sorry.

the new jersey gang. good looking bunch.

and another good looking bunch.

the little whipper snappers.

pretty girls.

my mady girl. some of the most important woman in my life.

we love ya lis!!

i think this is in my 'top five' favorites. bai loves her uncle b and i dare say, he feels the same!!

benny boy.

my little wild man. love this boy.

awww.

:)

:) :)

my mini rye. love u buddy.

love that i can still carry him around. love u boy.

mama loving.

wish i could freeze the hands of time on this moment.

sweet shot.

do i really need to comment on every single cute picture? really now.

we won't mention names but SOMEONE couldn't hold it. :)

bep and livey.

love.

stud.

brady attempting to get away for a few hours. no. such. luck.

you had to be there but trust me, this was hysterical!! jake giving some loving to....um....himself??

kit seems a little frightened. love lori and liveys smiles!!

dad attemping to find out what's behind the mystery door. he could have told the kiddos ANYTHING and they would have believed him. super cute!

buddy boy E.

my spunky red!

sweet little look. don't you just wanna kiss those cheeks?

pretty girls.

eli and mady single-handenly whipped everyone in this game. really, they did.

bai's got the form going on.

hey.

first injury of the game. e's a fighter, he'll live.

uncle loving.

rip roaring game.

injury number two. eliah again.

jackson-benny-z

brothers.

they look like little ants.

mady is ready!!

ANOTHER shot. you must understand, this is where these kiddos spent most of the 2 weeks.

jake lighting the 'leftover' fireworks. and yes, those ARE pink elephant boxers! :)

poor man gold course.

this swing has never been used 'properly'. they lay down and get someone else to spin them. makes me dizzy thinking about it.

our wood man!

the numbers that would be duct taped to their shirts before every game.

notice the cheering section on each side of the field?

this is what the kids feet looked like at the end of any given day. nasty.

stick wacky.

yup, that's the name of this game. my brother tim must have thought of that.

after all, he MADE this game.

a bunch of 2x4's, cut into pieces. after watching the game being played for 2 weeks, i still don't know how to play. i WILL have someone explain it to me and do a big ol' blog post so you too can enjoy this!!!

SO. STINKIN'. FUN to watch and rumor has it, it's STINKIN' fun to play!

happiness is burning half a bag of marshmellows at any given moment....just because.

daddy and his girl.

veggin'.

big boys playing.

best buddies.

more burning.

more stick wacky. is there stratagy involved in this game?

testing dad's new headset.

it's hard work being a kid.

a perfect, washington day.

doing their own little dance.

jack is clearly disturbed that the Mariners are getting killed by the Yankees.

sweet shot.

a little out of order here but this was my birthday bash (one of them) with my girls.

dorky hat #1.

thanks friends for a great night out!!

notice jack doing 'the grooving moves'. they must be celebrating the Mariners ONE good play of the game.

awwww!

tim and lor seeing each other for the first time!

love the cousins sitting around chatting!!

birthday hat #2.

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this!!!!

home. sweet. home. (thankfully, I didn't have to sleep there)

eli doesn't seem to mind!

papa doing what he LOVES to do. scooter rides.

i'm-a-blogging....

one of my BEST gifts EVER!! my sister had my blog (2009) made into a book!!!!

she's really the BEST sister EVER!!!

alright people, i've put it off long enough. the thought of catching up on months of my Project 365 is bad enough but then throw the thought of blogging 6 weeks worth is just about putting me over the edge.

so i have choose to do nothing.

well THAT did a whole lot of nothing.

baby steps for me...starting here on my blog...today!!!

i'll start at the beginning-it's a very good place to start.

in late june, i headed to New Jersey to visit my sis and fam. the number ONE reason for my trip was MY KIT (http://www.morethanenough.blogspot.com/) graduated from high school. (have yet to get a grad pic but will work on that). my mom and dad were also there to help celebrate.

unfortunately for me, a few days before i left, i put out my back so those first few days there were a bit of a blur. thankfully, the New Jersey crew did a great job of taking care of me and before long, i was off and running (not really, i don't do that whole running thing). my week ended up being a relaxing time away, in spite of missing the kiddos and hub.

here's a glimpse at my week there.......

mom & dad, ben & mady synchronized 'swimming' in the hot tub. :)

my daddy baking gram db bananas bread. he's really concentrating if you can see his dimples.
can you see them???

great back therapy. this was ALMOST worth the pain. oh, the life.

finally, new jersey.

giving my livey girl some loving.

miss mady attempting the karate kid dance??

kit giddy thinking of all the new things she can buy with her grad gift cards.

my sis and i. please note the new blog book in my hands.the way i'm standing, you can tell i'm busting with excitement.

ben and dad playing chess. in case you couldn't CLEARLY see that.

i love this one of mady loving on dad. the way his hand is over hers is precious.

scrabble love...

caught this sweet vision of my parents playing scrabble, out on the patio, on a very cool night! i just thought this was SO cute!

my fav...

my nephew, ross took this shot of our house on the 4th/5th.

i LOVE this shot!