Big May happenings!

Our annual Mother's Day Luncheon.  Lacey and Addie were able to join me..the rest of the girls were in Corvallis for a volleyball tournament! The younger girls bring flowers to Mary and one carries the crown! Addie loves the cake walk...and she almost always wins something sweet!!

Next up was Ellie's confirmation...she asked me to be her sponsor and I was proud and honored to accept.  It was a beautiful service, one Archbishop Sample presided over and he gave an awesome speech...I hope the young people will always carry it in their heart and remember to always keep the Lord as their first priority in life!

 

And finally on May 30 we visited the cemetery because that is Mom's birth date.  This year it also happened to land on the Memorial Day Holiday. 

Almost everyone from our family is in the picture.  We are missing Dina's husband, Jamie and Marty's daughter Teale.

front row left to right:  Aaron (Lacey's husband in a scooter, he had foot surgery, Tristan in his lap (7), Addie (8), Jalen (9), Ellie (14...almost 15!), Lily (12, but less than a month to be 13!)

back row left to right:  Scott ( my husband), Caleb (16) Lacey, Colleen, Diane (Bernie's wife), Bernie, Marty holding Clyde (11 months), Kyle (behind Elisa (his wife), Kim, Ben, Dina.

Dad made a German Chocolate Cake, so after the cemetery, some of us went to chick fil a for lunch, then went to Dad's to have some of the cake and to celebrate Mom's birthday..she would have been 92 on this day!!  We all miss her...

Well, that catches me up to RIGHT now...Lots happening this summer...I will do better about taking pictures and telling you about our busy life!!

Weekend volleyball Trips

A trip to Salt Lake city...beautiful weather..we drove to Park City and walked around the town...Dina and I had so much fun...it was to get out of the weather inversion they had in the city.  I didn't even realize it was surrounded by mountains because of the inversion!

Teammate Cali, Ellie and Dina with the mountains in the background...we finally saw them on the last day!

Scott with Ellie after the Denver Tournament..the team won a bid to the USA National Tournament being played in Indianapolis in June!!  Yahoo for them!!

Proud Mama with Ellie!

Most of the team and the other coaches had to RUN off to catch a flight home, these were the only girls left to accept the plaque and get a picture together!!

Here is the whole team that worked hard to win that bid to the national tournament

while in Denver, the coach arranged for a tour of the University of Colorado. The coach even talked to us and answered questions. While touring the facilities, especially the fitness rooms and the courts there were big posters on the walls...Words of encouragement:

 

Good words to live by...not only for athletes!!

Christmas 2015

 We have to document every gathering that Dad is with us...he made it through his fall okay and is slowly regaining his strength.  John & Robin always join us at the Christmas Eve dinner and opening of gifts.

And here is Dad with just his 6 great grandkids...we celebrate Christmas with the rest of the Iacolucci family later in January, so little Clyde is not in this picture.

from left to right...Addie (8) Lily (12) Jalen (8) Ellie (14) Papa Ben (94) Caleb (16) Tristan (6)

June 2016...looking back on this year

I guess I get so wrapped up in every day that I forget to document the events on a more timely fashion!  So I will try to go back and add a few highlights with pictures and see if I can do a better job with keeping this up to date on a more regular basis...no promises, but I will try!

In November we took the family to Kauai for a week ...here are some pictures and highlights!

A picture with the grandkids before our "Thanksgiving feast" at the resort.

Couldn't resist this picture of a bird that joined us as we sat at a table waiting for the rain to let up!

On our way to the beach, we stopped for a family photo shoot.

 

Scott with the Snooks and Caleb went on a hike, kayaking and zip line trip, the rest of us headed south to play on the beach and to see some sun!

The kayaking group...they even jumped off a waterfall and were able to swim around and have lunch at this location

Here is Jalen (8) going down the zip line!

We took a boat cruise up the coastline and even did some snorkeling, we had BIG turtles and dolphins following us on part of the trip.  It was a blast!

 This ends November 2015