Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Welling Family Reunion


We had a great time at the family reunion 2 weeks ago. We stayed in a beautiful cabin in Mt Plesant, Utah. By way of explanation for the following photos...the "family follies" consisted of an Oreo eating contest, paper airplane making/flying, jumping rope, and a frozen T-shirt contest! We also had a "un-talent" show, got matching T-shirts and ate WAY too much. Gavin brought Grandma Welling, which was great. One good thing about loosing your memory- she couldn't remember that we kept her up late at night with our game playing and visiting! The honorary guests were cardboard cutouts of Mom and Dad, which the kids loved almost as much as Grandma! We sure missed having them there but are so proud of all they are doing "helping other people for Jesus", as Ainsley says. Thanks to LeAnne for all her hard work!

Guess Who's Four?

Ainsley celebrated her 4th birthday on Saturday, July 19th. She was so excited that her birthday had finally arrived!


Our stake had a float in the Days of 47 Children's Parade so I walked in the parade with Michaela, Bridget, and Ainsley. She thought it was pretty cool that she got to be on TV for her birthday and go to a party - they had lots of those blow-up slides, activities, and games at the end of the parade for all the kids who participated. On Friday she got to go to Build-A-Bear Workshop and get her first BAB bear, which she dressed in a pink (of course) princess dress and named Ella. She was excited about her new bike too!

Ainsley is so much fun to have around and keeps us all on our toes! Her Grandpa Welling says she's "nuttier than a fruitcake", which she seems to think is the ultimate compliment. We sure love having her in our family!