Oregon Pics At Last

Sorry it took so long to post our pictures of Oregon. It's just been crazy in the Scanlan household since we got home. We had such a great time with Rachel, Brendon and the kiddos. I love this pic of their family so I had to post it first!!

Lauren's B-day (turning 8) posing with the four generations of cute girls

Family gathering at Rachel's with my brother John and his wife Linda and Grandma

This is their whole family (they are such fun!) Grandma & of course Bob and I

Lauren & her daddy on her day of Baptism
Grandpa & Grandma with Lauren at her Baptism (a very spiritual & emotional day)

The whole gang after Lauren's Baptism ~~ we make quite a good looking group

Grandma Brown (my mom) and Rachel enjoying a moment in the beautiful outdoors of Oregon

The guys have a photo moment

The girls had to get into it too!!

I love this one~~ to me this looks like a children's modeling picture especially JulienOne of Oregon's beautiful water falls

Tia & Zack doing the pose~~ they where at the Oregon adventure also and they are always such fun be be around


The whole fam took a tour of the Oregon Temple grounds~~talk about beautiful!!

Beepers!!! Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Tia! This is my attempt of taking a picture of a 30 year old picture. This is sweet little beepers on her 1st birthday. We love you Tia and may you have a wonderful birthday year!~
Tia is one of the most kind, loving, and fun Aunts anyone could ask for. She has such a great love for all her nieces and nephews. What a blessing she is to all of them ~ someone they will always be able to turn to. Tia is with Lauren on her 8th birthday ~ cute pic!!!!
Hugs & kisses girl - I love you ~~Mom

Happy Birthday Maudie

Maudie turned 4 today!!! Happy Birthday little princess~~~ Maude is hugging her best friend in the whole world Annica- they see each other almost every day. I had to show the pic of Maude at the Tempe Water Park I LOVE her facial expression.
We love you Maude ~~~ Hugs & Kisses from Grandpa and Grandma
I had to put in a few pictures from memory lane. This is Maude's first birthday at the park with family.
Maude is all ready to eat her birthday cake.
We talked to Maudie this morning and she was going to have her party at 10:00am so they were getting all ready. She is having a pumpkin pinata so she is excited about that. I guess she invited a few boys and told Bob and I that there wasn't going to be any kissing ~~~ Toooo cute!!

OOPS!!!!!!!

The big OOPS is I got up early Friday morning and made Neiman Marcus Bars to take as refreshment for our Fabulous Friday Night enrichment. To make a long story short I went to enrichment and the bars stayed in my refrigerator. Don't ask me what I was thinking!!!

Cupcakes and Candles

Had to post some pics of Bailey and Ellie's birthday party. They where really loving the cupcakes and just couldn't seem to get enough!! Don't they look so cute in their styling birthday outfits?? Bailey and Ellie had so much fun opening their presents and playing with the balloons. Everyone had a great time eating pizza and enjoying the celebration. Time is just going by too fast it seems like just yesterday they where born. Hugs & kisses ~~~~

Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch

Gavin, Gabriel and Isa are on fall break this week so today was GRANDMA DAY!!! We went to the Riparian Preserve in Gilbert just over on the SE corner of Greenfield & Guadalupe. It is a 110 acre preserve for all kinds of birds and beautiful dragon fly. We did a little hiking and got to enjoy the wildlife. They even have a program where you can dig for dinosaurs. It also has a lake where you can take the kiddos and fish. We'll have to get grandpa involved with that one! Then off to check out the Gilbert library .....

Autumn Crafting

Yeah for girls night out!!!! I went with Anna to her neighbor Diane's home and we did some fall crafting. Diane had some really cute ideas. I ended up making the "BOO" wall hanging and really liked how it turned out. It's amazing what you can make with a little scrapbook paper, buttons, and ric-rac. Got to love the crafting, snacking and yakking.