Sunday, October 11, 2015

Cousin Pictures - The Boys (part 1 of 2)

Since all of the cousins from the Byers side of the family have been together in the same country for a little while this summer (these cousins are spread out across the state and the world!), we got some time to do cousin pictures together! Today, it was the boys' turn!
From left to right (back row): Dakota (17), Ezra (13), Levi (11), Gary (13), Bo (13), Robert (29), Josiah (18), Chance (8) and Silas (14)


"Playing" a game of football"

Of course, Robert is the "Captain!" I thought about
getting him a referee shirt after we took this pic, lol




We think it's pretty cool to have cousins who are also
BBFs! (Best Bros forever)




This is Opal, and she is the sweet
cousin of the Richardson kiddos!

Opal likes to hang out with the big kids, but she
really liked playing on the big rocks all by herself,
too.

This was the last picture I took
today, of Lydia with Opal.
So those are the pictures I took of the boys (and a couple of the girlies) after church in the big field today. It didn't take nearly as much time as the girls' pictures a few weeks back, but in our defense, we were also dealing with large quadrupeds! (Intrigued? Stay tuned for the "girls" pictures post, part 2 of 2!)

Sunday, September 13, 2015

Grandpa & Grandma Byers' 50th Anniversary

Back in August, we had a huge party for Grandpa & Grandma Byers' 50th Wedding Anniversary!

The theme was based on their favorite Musical, The Phantom of the Opera.

We had some thoughts from each of their five children, a fashion show of family heirloom dresses, special songs from Grandchildren, and a whole lot of fun!

Without further ado, here are the pictures, with captions for all to enjoy!

 The chandelier

A view of the big room

Everyone enjoying the delicious food

Cake

Auntie Tricia

Auntie Janel

Auntie Angie

A sweet moment with Emma, Uncle Derek & Auntie Jill

My precious girl, sitting on stage

Uncle Pat & Aunt Jane

Josiah & Lydia singing

Emma, Naomi & Abby modeling family heirloom dresses

Uncle Derek

Pretty Candles

Naomi & Lydia

Us with our masks! (Mine was borrowed from my
co-worker from last Halloween, Ellie's is a "freebie" and
Robert got his from a costume store.)

She wouldn't look at the camera directly...

Silas & Lydia singing

Ellie Jo and her "NeNe"

Abby, Emma & Naomi

Abby, Emma & Naomi having fun

Abby, Emma & Naomi being silly

Everyone loves an Emma!

Nice picture of all 3 girlies

Abby & Grace

Another picture of Abby & Grace

These two were having so much
fun dressing up!

Robert & Grandma Crombie -
they showed up in black & gold, and
I  had to have a picture of it!

An end-of-party picture

All the Crombies

Robert's parents, Ashley and us

Naomi

Naomi's last dress was perfect
for her

Pretty red lips!































 So by this point, you're more than likely wondering, "Where are the pictures of Grandpa & Grandma Byers?" Well..... since I wasn't responsible for more than a couple pictures on my camera, I actually didn't even know what I had until tonight. And it seems there are none on my SD card! Hopefully, someone else got a few pictures. We were all using cameras of various types that night.

Also, we took family pictures a week or so after the party, and I think those pictures should be back soon. I'll post those when and if i get them!

Anyway, this was a super fun night, and we all left exhausted, but I was happy because not only was it a great celebration, but I know exactly what I'm doing for Grandpa & Grandma's Christmas present now!  (Oh yes - it's already that time of year!)

Stay tuned for more  updates on us later this week.

Monday, August 31, 2015

September 2015 Goals

I somehow stopped doing these "goals" posts awhile back, and I want to get started with it again!

So here are my goals for September this year:


  • Keep up with my Galatians bible study
  • Finish 3 books
  • Take a vacation 
  • Wash & iron all master bedroom sheets 
  • Get FBC Family Forum out
  • Redo Info Board at church
  • Get Awana kids' contact info added to our Gmail
  • Keep up on the dishes 
  • Finish 3 sewing projects 

So those are my goals this month! Leave yours in the comments below (or link to your blog!)