Our Beautiful Girls

Our four girls are growing up so fast. Jayd is now 13, Chancey 12, Lilah 10 (in 4 days) and Olivia 7. Every four months it seems we need a complete new set of clothing for each as they have been all growing like weeds the past year. I look at their school pictures from last fall and am amazed at the changes I see in each of them. A couple of weeks ago they had a fun night staying at Aunt Heidi's house and having a girls sleep over with their cousins Lexi and Ashley. Aunt Heidi had fun painting their nails and fixing their hair any way they wanted. Matt and I are not ready to have the boys paying attention to our girls but as you can see from the pictures it won't be long before that happens.

Fun At The Pool

Summer is the time for pool days and we certainly had fun at Nana and Papa's community pool with our cousins Lexi, Bruno and Ashley Vassel. Abe and Elijah have become genuine fish this year and Chancey, Lilah and Olivia are seeing the improvements from their swimming lessons that they took this spring.

Curtis Family Reunion 2009

This year Lynne was in charge of the family reunion and she chose a wonderful place called the Heber Valley Girls Camp. Our camp location included 4 cabins with 8 bunk beds each and an outside pavilion having a kitchen area, picnic tables, shower and restroom facilities. What a place!! It was so beautiful. We enjoyed games of uno, Bang, volleyball and horseshoes. Lynne also had jars of candy which we had to guess the number in them in order to win the jar.

We enjoyed a wonderful fireside program and took pictures of the group. All of grandpa and grandma Curtis' children were there as well as most of the grand kids and great-grandchildren. The next day we enjoyed some time at the lake where we were able to use peddle boats and canoes. Thank you Lynne for all your hard work in organizing the reunion. Our family really enjoyed attending. (Sorry the right side of the pictures get cut off a little.)

Vassel Family Reunion

We enjoyed attending the Vassel family reunion and seeing everyone there. Aunt Marety had all her children there as well as the grand kids. Aunt Bethy and Uncle Darien had all their kids and grand kids there except for one. We enjoyed a lovely picnic style dinner and visited as we watched the kids and grand kids playing together. Unfortunately, the kids were in charge of the camera so the pictures are of themselves but there are a few of Tim Smithsom and Jenn's kids. I love the one of Jenn and my kids sitting on our back steps.

Summer Fresh Corn

One of our favorite summer meals includes having fresh corn. The other day I went to the farmers market and got a whole bunch for that nights dinner. The kids enjoyed shucking the corn and then eating them until we were all too full to do anything that night.

Scooby Doo

This afternoon Elijah asked if he could watch a movie. Of course he chose Scooby Doo which is not a surprise as he is EXTREMELY obsessed with anything Scooby Doo. I said he could and he chose Alien Invaders. Elijah then said, "Scooby is scared." I told him Scooby is always scared because he is a woose. Elijah then looked at me all concerned and said, "Scooby is not a woose, he's a dog."