What fun!

Had an awesome weekend with the Bigelow can!

Got to see Chuck and his family and Aunt Amy and Joe, who we don't get to see hardly ever!!

Spent the first day at Lagoon.  We have never taken our kids there so it was really fun for all of us to do this together for the first time.

The day has just started! We lucked out and had really nice weather.  Lagoon also had a TON of trees so it was really easy to find some cool shade.  We are all trying to take in every thing and figure out where the heck we should go.

The little guys had a blast!!  A lot of ride for them and so we spent a lot of the time with them on their rides.  It was so fun to see how excited they were.

Josh and Nora in their fighter jet!

Some stink'n cute kids having a lot of fun!

On the Farris wheel!  Boy that was high!!

Ben and his friend Taylor had a lot of fun! It was nice that they could go on their own and do some of the crazier rides.  We did go on some fun rides together.

Cute ladies that were attached at the hip!!  Sarah and Annie and a ball together!

The boy's needed a break from all the fun!

Riding the train

Adrien, Isaac and Josh 

On Saturday we loaded everyone in a large 6 car caravan and went for a fun drive through the Alpine loop! It was beautiful!

We ended up at Bridal Vail Falls.  A very beautiful place! I was really crowed, but the kids and parents had a blast! I love spending time with my family.  I feel very grateful for the many people I have in my life and the relationships.  Wish that Chuck and his family lived closer. 

Theo, Ben, Megan, Isaac and Taylor at the falls.  I was so hot that day so the ice cold water was very refreshing.

I love this picture! I feel very blessed to have the most amazing mom ever! She loves her grandkids so much and is so willing to get right in to the action and play and make wonderful memories with her grandkids.

Isaac is living in a moment of being his favorite person, Tarzan!  If he could he would be in just his underwear and living with nature the rest of his life.  I think the only real reason why he likes Tarzan is because he lives in his underwear.

Megan at the bottom of the falls.

4 wonderful women who have all had an impact on my life. My Mom, Jane, Jenny and Amy. 

( and yes...Tim in the back showing off his muscles)

My favorite picture! Love all those kids and what a blast they had being all together.  A lot of good memories made that day for the cute kids.

It is so fun to look at this picture.  Wish we could have all the cousins there, but it totally brings back all the fun times we had together growing up.  We were all lucky enough to grow up together and so it makes it even more fun when we can come together and can be with each others families.

It was a very memorable weekend that we all got to spend together and am very grateful to everyone who put hard work into making each day fun and exciting.  It helps remind me for how important family is and how important it is to nurture those bonds.  I thank my Heavenly Father daily for the family I have.

I look forward to the next reunion and hope that we can get all the Bigelow offspring out next time.

13!!

Can't believe we have a teenager in our home!! Benjamin turned thirteen on August 17th and I am still wondering where all the time has gone!

I can remember very vividly the day he was born.  My first child, my first experience with giving birth and what a wonderful experience it was.

He was a beautiful baby and a very spoiled baby because he was the first grand child to be born.

I was very grateful to have a boy first, the one who would lead the sibling, the one who would protect his sisters, the one who everyone would look to for fun, ideas, and ways to do things.

He is all that and more.  Yes he has his moments, who doesn't, and he deffinently has a personaity that will blow you out of the water! This kid can get you laughing so hard and is really fun to talk to.

He has a great desire to know the Gospel and take it very seiriously.  It has been a blessing and a joy to watch him discover his Testimony and to see how important it is to him.

Don't tell him what to do, because he will fight him on it.  Not that he is being disrepectful, he is always willing to help when asked, I'm talking about like when it was time to potty train him he wasn't going to do it until he was ready and there was nothing I could say or do to get him to do it when I wanted him to do it. He is like that with his clothes and his friends and he is like that with spiritual things as well.  I would ask him to share his testimony and he would not do it until He was ready and felt 100% that that was his testimony.  That is something that i love about this kid.  He does things because he wants to not because everyone else is doing it.  So if you want him to do something don't tell him, "everyone else is," because that will make him REALLY not do it.

Being his Mom has tested me in many good ways, it has helped me rely a lot on my Heavenly Father to know how to be the Mother Ben needs me to be.  I am grateful and blessed to me his Mom and can't wait for the next 13 years with him!