May to June Crazy Months for birthday

For some reason, May and June are crazy for our family birthdays. Thre grandkids and three May to June birthdays. Three children-in-laws and three May to June birthdays. So, we have been partying for a month and it has been fun to have an excuse to get together with the loves of our life. Matan turned four, Siena turned one, Dov turned....., Nate turned......, Mallory turned....., Landon turned two, and Bonny turned ..... I feel like we have the best!

In The Summertime

This is a shot of Cameron Lake in Waterton. I made the annual pilgrimage to Waterton in an overnight trip with friends from school. Yes, that is snow. The lake still has ice on it and it was snowing. But the locals say that July and August are supposed to be a lot warmer than usual. That is when we will be there. The end of July as soon as Dov gets his pic lne out from chemo.

January to May

Christmas 2007

This year our tree ornaments were pictures of our family through the years from babies to weddings and in between. I had the most fun because I got to go through pictures and scan them. We also went through baby books and journals and found funny stories and typed those up and put them like scrolls from the tree. We had everyone home, from Georgia to Boise and it was enjoyable. Siena had a cold (see the picture with Dov holding her) and the usual disruptions to peace on earth, and a killer snow storm Christmas Eve. That's what holidays are all about.

And Now For Hawaii

What can I say. Paradise it was. We had a house for all thirteen of us. It was full of fun and love.
We went out every morning on adventures and then back to the house for lunches and naps. Then we took off again in the afternoon and were out until late. There were trains to ride, pineapple ice cream to eat, boats to sail on, and flowers galore.
The most amazing experience was being together as a family for an extended period of time.

Odds and Ends

I have been going through pictures and trying to organize them into some sort of time line. I came across this one of Rick's dad with Brooks on his shoulders. It is one of my favorites of Granddad Steele. Check out those socks on Brooks. They always had to be pulled all the way up his legs.