Monday, July 20, 2009

People eating! It must be a family gathering at our house!
Oh look! More people!

And they are still eating...

Grandma must have brought kielbasi and 'kraut!

Wonder what's going on? Dan, do you know what's happening here?
Oh look! It's Vicky and Katlyn...

And some people have to keep on eating...
Wonder what's going on?

What is everyone looking at?
Here's a hint:
Oh...now you know?
Is Grandma having heart palpitations?

Nah...THIS...
Is what we're looking at...family picture time!!!!!
Seriously...even though we have TONS and TONS of photos...THIS^ is that last portrait we had taken...and it was in 1980! Is that a riot?

Okay, getting back to the day...I hired Kristina, a local photographer, to come and spend the afternoon with us. She broke us down into small groups...

While others waited...


All the while, Arnie, the wonder dog, sat and patiently waited his turn to have his portrait taken with his best bud in all the world...
Note: Kristina, our photographer, has the patience of a saint (she worked with our family) and has pretty reasonable rates. She will NOT, however, work for food. We tried, it just doesn't work. If you are looking for a photographer in "OUR AREA" let me know, I can hook you up!

After we wore Kristina out, we broke out the....

Sidewalk chalk!!!!


Because she's our latest casualty, someone gave Morgan her own parking place!
Then someone found out that you can write on car windows with the chalk
Again, Morgan was the victim...
Until Vicky found out...then she decided to decorate her brother's windows. First Tony:
I really can't remember how he got the name Woobie, but it stuck...for a long time. Even now, someone calls him Woobie on occasion!

Then she got Andy...
Don't ask!

Of course, we are a creative family. Someone invented a game using a play ball and a golf club...
Andy tried to recreate a crime scene with Princess as the victim...
and some of us kept going back for more of Grandma's cake...
~*s*i*g*h*~

I LOVE it when the family gets together!

Pee Ess...Linda and I are packing. We're heading to the river for a few days, roughing it! Oh, to be sure, there is high speed internet there, but only basic cable!

We'll be in touch!

3 comments:

gay said...

love the family photo idea you'll have some great shots out of thatsession love the olan mills portrait!~

gay said...

get yourself a strap to keep your glases on your head or neck whatever. i lost my new sunglasses at thr ocean once and got myself a 6.oo strap comfy and it works. i couldn't go tubing without my glasses and they would certainly be lost if if i went in the drink. me i donate cameras to the bottom of the river!keep an eye out for a nice waterproof camera it may float your way soon!

Julie said...

Jan! Hi! Nice to see you blogging again. These pictures are FANTASTIC! I'm so, so jealous of your gorgeous home. It looks beautiful :o)