Ah Gabe. He's our little chick magnet. He truley is a sweetheart of a kid, and always has kind words to say to his brother and sister.

Hey, Matt and I are looking at the camera, isn't that all that matters?

This is pretty much all she wanted to do...collect boquets of beautiful flowers.

Isn't he a handsome 3rd grader? How could it be that I'm old enough to have a 3rd grader?

My three little angels. ;) Chandler was winking the whole time. And Morgan never would look right at the camera so you can see her eyes.

The love of my life.

Morgan and her cousin Kamorah in the middle of a bunch of wild flowers and fireweed. These two were pretty much inseperable during our photo shoot.

Haaaappy, Talkin' Talkin', Happy Talk!

So tonight, Morgan wanted to call grandmas. We told her it was too late, but that she could call her "friend". (Matt dialed his cell number, then answered it from the other room). Then, Matt brought the cell phone to Morgan, and she had one phone at each ear, but because of the delay, she thought she was actually talking to someone, when she was actually just hearing her own echo. It was hilarious!

Morgan: Hi, I'm Morgan!

Echo:..M Morgan

Morgan: No, I'm Morgan!

Echo:...I'm Morgan!

Morgan: What's your name?

Echo:....t's your name?

You get the idea. Matt and I were dying, and she was still sitting there, having a perfectly wonderful conversation with herself, not realizing that she was talking to herself.

Here's the funny part. We then gave the cell to the boys and had them go downstairs and pretend to be her cousin Clayton, but she wasn't fooled. "No, its not Caykon, its boys downstairs!"

Raise your hand if you hate being Sick!

visit to the doctor for him to tell you what you already knew...$100
prescription for antibiotics...$20
box of Kleenex...$2
cough medicine, diet soda, and throat lozenges...$10
Having your husband take some PTO so he can stay home and take care of you...priceless

Thanks babe, your the bestest ever!

MORE MCCALL

I know, your probably sick to death of it, but my brother-in-law just sent me his disk with pictures from McCall that are SO much better than the shots I had from my crappy camera. So here you go. Enjoy

Matt's family. (from left to right: Mark, Katie, Dad, Mom, Matt, Kristen, Karin)

The older cousins. My kids totally loved hanging out with these great kids all week.

The Next Generation of Stastny Cousins. What a crazy group.

My little firecracker with her sparklers on the Fourth of July. (we also had an awesome testimony meeting that night)

The whole Stastny Clan. (minus one Elder Jeremy Carter:( We missed him!)
One proud grandma and grandpa.
5 siblings and their spouses.
19 grandchildren. (two of which are married)
3 great grandchildren.
One Happy Family!

Gross, I know. But these were the blisters my poor hubby suffered after playing too much with the kids early on in the week. He had these big ones you can see, but there were tiny ones just covering his shoulders and upper back. I've never seen anyone get a sunburn that bad before.

Our nice little private beach. I think the kids and I spent more time here, than inside the house all week.

Matt, getting ready to let one of his nephews have it with the water pail.

Chandler having fun partaking in a water fight.

This is how we spent a lot of our evening...playing Dominos with the
master of Domino playing. (aka, Matt's dad)