The Walnums

Friday, August 28, 2009

The Fruits of Our Labor

We've got peaches!! Joyce, my m-i-l, came over and helped me can peaches for the first time. It was fun, but took hours. We didn't expect to get this many jars. I appreciate her doing that with me.

Don't they look pretty!

And this was what Ali did while we worked. It was a horrible mess which you all know I don't enjoy, but it kept her busy for hours!! And it cleaned up pretty quickly. An hour later the missionaries were over for dinner!

Yellowstone

During our little vacation to Idaho, Dave and the kids went to Yellowstone Park for a couple days. The kids had a good time walking around the geysers and seeing the wildlife. We also stopped in Jackson Hole and went down the Alpine slide. Ali lost her shoe on the chair lift, and Aubrey proved to be quite the slow poke on the slide.

Brock Climbing

Brock has turned into quite the climber. He has been trying to climb things for quite a while, but this is the first real time he has been able to get on top of something. After he got on top of the counter, he turned on the water and played in the sink until we cut off his fun.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

First Day Of School

Yesterday was the first day of school! Ali and Aubrey both loved everything about it. Ali was off to kindergarten and Aubrey is in the fifth grade. I feel so old! I was reminded just how much I hate carpooling to Cumorah. It is so dang far. I worked hard to get a picture of Ali without the fake smile, but we would've been late for school. These were the best!!

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Ali's 5th Birthday

My little girl is 5! I can't believe how fast it has gone. She has been a fun one, always full of it.

All she wanted to do for her birthday was go bowling. It makes for an easy party! We were in Idaho, so she was able to be with her cousins! Brock gets tired of being drug everywhere we go.

Brent came straight from the field! I wish this picture showed how filthy he was. Only in Idaho could you get away with that!

Family Reunion

We had a Nielsen Family Reunion in Idaho. This is my mom's side of the family. We went to Harris Pond down the road from my mom and dad's house. It is a neat little place with a big pond, zipline, slide, canoes, and all sorts of fun things. We played volleyball with a huge beachball, ate a lot of food and had fun catching up. We were missing s few people and I wished they would have been there too.

This is my grandparents with most of the great-grandchildren.

Ali and Macey relaxing on the hammock. This wonderful little thing bucked me off! I was trying to get Brock to sleep, so I just backed up to the thing. I knew hammocks were a little difficult to get on, so I did go about it slowly. Before I knew it I was on the ground. I looked around hoping no one saw. Unfortunetly my brother Brent saw and was laughing his head off. I was so embarassed!

These babies are Brooklyn, Brock, and Dax.

This is a giiinormous slip and slide. When they asked if we wanted the slip and slide out, I thought sure, the kids would probably love that. I had no idea it was a 50X80 tarp. Eveyone had a blast. I can't even say how many were on it at one time. We did have one accident, no surprise!! My sister in law hurt her foot.

Brock had a day. A lot of sun and heat for this little guy!

Makailey and Aubrey in the canoe. Brent later got what he deserved, the canoe bucked him out!!

And of course... cute Marley!!!

Monday, July 27, 2009

Back to NY

Dave had to go back to Binghamton, NY to personally pay a $50 fine for a property there in NY (the court actually ordered him to personally appear). He took Aubrey and spent some time in NYC, DC, Baltimore, and Annapolis.