Merry Christmas!

 From our family to yours!

Fall Update

Well, I'm finally catching up (or at least trying to) on our family blog.

So many things have been going on in our lives (family & individual) that it's hard to keep up!

This is just a glimpse of what we've been doing.....since, cough-sputter-wince-uh-----July!

Our big event in July was a huge family reunion.

We got to meet some people that we had never met before, and enjoyed a wonderful time with over 50+ relatives from 7 states!

5th Annual Camp P.A.L.

Our family attended a beautiful wedding in August at the KS State Fairgrounds

They opened up the big slide for the wedding guests to use!

It was a blast.....here Eric, Dad, me (Elizabeth), Caroline & Miles are going down together!

We celebrated our 3 August birthdays

Beginning of another school year!

On Eric's birthday, he went and got his driver's license.

We left the same day for Colorado, and he drove us all the way through Denver---rush hour traffic!

We stopped in Burlington, CO for a ride on the carousel.

This trip, we got to see many friends!

We also did some vigorous hiking! (At least for us flat-lander Kansans!)

The Braidy Bunch!

Susanna turned 6 in September and celebrated with surprises and a tea party theme.

Sister outings-a trip to Wichita!

Brother outings-a KU game!

All five of us, going out!

Eric has been doing some running the last couple of months.

 

Peppernut making!

Happy Birthday!

Look who turns 6 today!

Happy Birthday, Eric!

Today, Eric turns 17!

Happy Birthday, Caroline!

Today is Caroline's 15th Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Miles!

 Today, Miles turns 12!

Happy Birthday, brother!

July Update

Below you will find a variety of photos from a variety of events that our family has participated in the last couple of months. Hope you enjoy this update!

Susanna got a haircut this spring......Before

.....and after

We attended/participated in many musical events this spring-Here is Eric's guitar recital

Timbrel's Senior Recital

We spent a weekend in Stockton with our dear friends Morris and Dolores.

Their twin grandson's Andrew and Isaac were also there.

Here they are showing us their neat unicycle riding.

 Eric had a try....pretty tricky!

 All of us children played in a local music night

Cherry picking---we got over 100 pounds!

Gardening.

 Susanna & Paige

Making cookies!

Kelsey's high school graduation celebration

Micah, Kyle, Moses, and Eric

Being silly!

 

We attended a Symphony at Sunset concert in Abilene. 

It was a lovely evening!

 Caroline and Katy

 

Sonic stop afterward!

Vereneka making for our family reunion

Meeting new friends

Sewing projects

Caroline, Eric and I went to another concert.

Butchering 

 

 

Kaleb, Miles, and Luke at their Starbase camp.

They went on a wind turbine tour, and Eric and I went along, too!