He loves his sisters!

Jack and Jem.

There is a picture of him and Ava in that frame and it usually sits on his shelf, but every once in awhile I will find it hung on his bunk bed where he can see it as he falls asleep.

Pumpkin

Retro Friday

Easter 2008

Easter 2007

Look at the daffodils!

Helloooo Spring!

Jemma's first picnic!

Because there are no pictures of me, I thought I would post this one because it is exactly what I was doing (of course!).

Happy toes!

Catchin' some rays!

(and no, that's not Jemma, that's Ava's baby Grace!)

Thanks Michelle...

for the sweet hat!

Tub boy

Jack loves the tub and this morning he stayed in for over an hour which turned him into quite the prune. He loves pruney fingers and is always a little disappointed when they smooth back out.

Happy 80th Birthday Grandma!

Lovely!

The clan!

(I think around 65 of us are here and there are about 85 total)

We all live pretty close (two cousins in Montana are the farthest away) and so we regulary have to rent the local Grange Hall for our Christmas celebrations and for big events like my Grandma's big birthday party today.

You can see her and my grandpa sitting in the middle of the madness. They have been married 61 years and had six kids, who went on to have 20 kids of their own (all but 6 are married so far), who have so far had 38 kids (and there are still many to come!). The 20 "grandkids" (that's my generation!) came at the rate of about one a year, so for the last 20 or so years we have had a high school graduation, a wedding, and a baby (or two or three) almost each year. We are currently in a break till the next batch (the great-grandkids) start graduating in about 5 years, although there could be a wedding or baby at any time :)

Jemma Jane with her sweet little second cousin (is that right?) Isabelle, who is a month younger but a chubber in her own right! (I love that they have matching drool spots on their shirts!)

The parties keep comin'

Ben's first cake (so neat and tidy with the fork!)

The sun came out!!
Joe and Jack stick-fighting (notice Joe has half the tree and Jack has a little branch!)

Happy 1st Birthday Ben!

He's awfully cute!

And he's the closest thing to a puppy the Casebolts will probably ever have!

Ed's birthday (again and again)

We celebrated Ed's birthday at his parents' the day before. And it was actually nice enough that night that the kids played outside!

And we celebrated with my family two weeks after the big day. The party started with some wrestling for the boys (Jack's favorite part!)

Sara loving Jemma Jane.

Paula made Ed's favorite coconut cream pie and the kids helped him with the candles.

Happy 31st! (one last time)

Look related??

Jemma at 5 months.

Jack at 5 months.

Ava at 5 months.

And one more of Ava at 5 months cause she was such a chub!

Retro Friday

This week, 2008.

Big Ben was born.

This weekend, 2007.

This weekend, 2007.

Ripping off the lovely 70's rock.

Look at the green grass and the tall tulips! Today our yard is white and the tulips are drowning in a puddle of ice water.

I love these freckles!

April 2, 2009

My helper

Ava reading to Jemma today.

Ava reading to Jack when he was Jemma's age.


Not only is she a great helper, she is a serious multi-tasker. Look at her push Jemma's swing and give Jack his drink while she reads. I don't know what I would do without her!