Babies at the Cabin
Babies are just cute – so they get more blog time!
Thomas 4.5 months
Raymond 2.5 months
Cedar 2 months
hopefully we'll make it to the cabin again before these 3 are too big for the monkey chairs
Month: May 2012
Archery and BB Gun
A fun activity that we did at the cabin was a little archery and shooting for the kids. Uncle Sean was really good at teaching the kids how to use the bow. Benji and Packer really liked being big enough to shoot.
Sean teaching Packer how to shoot.
Benji figuring out the bbgun.
Packer on his own.
the shooting range all roped off.
Packer and Sean learning the bow.
Benji and the bow.
gathering the arrows
treasure hunt
Grandma planned a fun treasure hunt for at the cabin. She hid 20 brown bags out in the forest and all of the grand kids got to go search for them. I thought I would just waltz out there with Rosie and find some bags but they were hidden really well so we all got to search. Once found we had a white elephant type gift exchange with the treasures. The kids all had fun finding the bags and playing with their prizes. I think there is a picture of each of the grand kids in here. Well 16 of the grand kids, not the 3 babies and not the 3 oldest 🙂
the cabin
We planned an early family get together this year with my parents and siblings. We wanted to celebrate my Dads 60th and it is also my parents 40th wedding anniversary this summer. The first of May is right in between those 2 events and it was the best time for the Alaskans to come. Anyway all 12 f us kids were able to clear our schedules and spend some time together at the Eggers cabin in Pioneer, CA. We love being together. I’m glad that we all get along so well and EVERYONE makes the effort to have family time.
dad being a 60 year old goofball for the grandkids.
Kiley on the slackline.
Packer
Cali
Benji
This cabin was like camping with a house – – tons to explore and play but nice bathrooms, showers, and recliners when you wanted them.
Brady and Tracie
Jana and Ray
Shannon
Braden
we ate tons of good food.
we found a sandy lake beach for Rose.
we gave mom and dad a testimony book for their anniversary.
and I smoked these 2 girls in Rummikub lots 🙂
memory lane
While at my parents house last week we spent an evening on the bed looking at old photo albums. It was so fun to see pictures and share memories from our childhood. We didn’t have many pictures from our youth so the ones that we do have are keepsakes. I took a few pictures of pictures as I strolled down memory lane…
Ben and Benji
While I was in California with most of the kids Ben made sure to spoil Benji so that he wouldn’t have time to miss us. It ended up being some really good father/son time and we all survived the separation 🙂
big bowls of ice cream!
Pirates in 3D - I'm pretty sure theater food was dinner that night.
happy birthday BEN
birthday boy
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Ben is 1 year older and 1 year wiser. His birthday fell on a busy Wednesday this year but we made the most of it. We went out for lunch with the kids. Then Ben brought home pizza and we opened presents at 5:ish and we had soccer practice from 5:15 to 7:00. After practice we went straight over to the championship soccer game for Diego and Cody. We watched the game and hung out with family and topped off the evening with cupcakes.
Packer worked on an art book all afternoon to give to Dad. His main gift is a new motorcycle helmet 🙂
Ben is amazing. I am HAPPY that he was born – so Happy. I can’t imagine this life without him.  We are off to see Avengers this weekend to complete the celebration!
Happy Birthday!
Baby Ray
i love this age
i love when they sleep with arms up... when did he get so big!
New Shoes
Benji finally loves to run and play and even push his limits! He got a bloody nose on the monkey bars. He went on the big kid hike in CA. And he finally wore out a pair of shoes – I am a proud mom!
10$ walmart - 2 months, 20$ amazon - ?
Aunt Diane and Aunt Susan
We made it over to visit the Aunts this trip! My Dad’s sisters live in his parents old house on Spencer Ave. We have so many memories of visiting my grandparents in that home. Holidays and birthdays were all celebrated there. I enjoy going back each time. It was nice to visit with my Aunts.
Susan with Ray and Cedar
Diane and Cedar