Palmer Family Reunion and Nonnie's Wedding

                Well, in June we had a family reunion with my mom's family, the Palmer's.  It was              so much fun to see everyone again, its been forever. 

Mark, Brent, Larry, Orin, David and Connie. Yep, my poor mom had to grow up with 5 older brothers! But, now they watch over and protect her with their lives.  It's pretty sweet!

And this is the family that made it to the reunion.  I don't know all their names so its just the cousins and their kids, Uncles and Aunts.  Look at all those girls!  hmmpphh!

Dean and Mom the day before their wedding

Kortlen fishing in the river.  He caught and reeled in this fish all by himself!

He was so proud!

                                                                                        Ethan and his fish!

Nice Pose Ethan!

Kortlen jumping off the diving board

Brendan and Jamen going down the slide

Ethan on a hike with Mark overlooking the campground

Kortlen, Uncle Orin, Ethan and a snake!  Ewwwww!!

And the wedding, Mom met Dean a few years ago and they finally decided to be married this year.  Dean is a great guy, we love him and we are so happy that Mom finally found someone who completely adores her and takes care of her.

So, here is Dean waiting for her to come down the "aisle" with her brothers.

And here are here brothers and protectors!  They are so sweet and so proud!

David, Larry, Mark, Brent and Orin

They look pretty happy dont they?

Don't know and probably dont want to know what they are giggling about.

Me and my mommy! Dean and Larry in the background

Me and my favorite daughter in the world!!

I was about 6 months pregnant at this time.

Mark and Lauren

What are they laughing about?

Mom's flowers and ring

Yep, my kids got ahold of the trailer and truck and these are pictures of what they did

Hee Hee!

Brendan

Dean and Mom posing with Chewie

Jamen playing frisbee

                                                  Ethan catching the frisbee.  Nice face!

Ethan's 11th Birthday

I know I'm the lamest blogger ever! I was going to do a end of summer blog but it was too long so now I'm going to have to do a whole bunch of catch up blogs. So, I will start with Ethan's 11th birthday.

Ethan turned 11 on May 26th, 2010. I know Im way behind! Bad mom! 

 Ethan wanted a go cart really bad so we found this one on ksl that needed a ton of work but I think he was happy to have it.

 We took Ethan to Pirate Island, which has disgusting food by the way, but we had a lot of fun. Here is Mark and Kortlen practicing their shooting skills.

                                                          Jamen being oh so serious!

                                                        Mark and Brendan in a shoot off!

                                                Kortlen doing his best pirate impression!

 Brendan and Ethan laughing about something we probably don't want to know what..........

 Ethan, Captain Jack Sparrow and Mason Yates.  Poor Jack was tortured by the boys all night, we had to give him a extra tip because we felt so bad for him!  He was a good sport!

 The elementary was kind enough to throw a huge party for Ethan!  How nice, eh?  Really it was field day, he had a ton of fun! This is Ethan and our neighbors little girl, Annie! We love her!

                                                       Ethan doing a wheelbarrow race!

                                               Ethan and a friend, can't remember his name.

 This was a funny game! The one kid would get water from a bucket, run down and try to pour the water into the top of the bottle.  They got really wet!

                                                              Ethan and his cupcake!

                                      Kimball (Ethan's twin from different parents) and Ethan!

                                                                    Kimball and Ethan

                                   Ethan giving the little kids rides around the neighborhood.
                                                        I think this is Preston and Ashton.

Anyhow, Ethan is great fun to have as a son!  He has the sweetest heart ever!  This year in school, his teacher was pregnant and they had a baby shower for her.  Ethan wooed all the mom's and he has been spoken for many times for their daughters. He is just so sweet and so considerate of everyone around him.  Im so proud of him!  Ethan is so smart and growing up to be such a great young man! I cant wait to see what he does with his life, he is capable of so much, it will be fun to watch! I love you Ethan!