Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Sunday Night Family Fun

On Sunday evening after naps, we all met up at Jackson Creek for family dinner.Uncle Davy had his ATV and took the kids for rides
Daddy and James enjoyed the outdoors
James got his own ride with Uncle Davy
Heidi brought a bag full of ponies, which the girls all enjoyed
Danny & Addie
Grandma made foil dinners--they made delicious taco salad
After dinner, it was time for s'mores
(Heidi, Liana, Addie and Sariah roast their marshmallows with Uncle Mike in thebackground)
James and his marshmallow
Grandpa & Grandma Melin with their grandkids (minus TJay, Summer, and Matthew):
Holding Jared, Hannah, Rosalie & James;
Liana, Danny, Heidi, Sariah & Addie
The whole FamDamily

Us
Mark & Elena's Family
Angie & Davy's family
The Original Melins, laughing at...

...all the silly grandkids trying to get them to smile.

Good Times!

Ally Tagged Me...

ONE WORD ANSWERS...
1. Where is your cell phone? bag
2. Your significant other? awesome
3. Your hair? straw
4. Your mother? bald
5. Your father? funny
6. Your favorite thing? tub
7. Your dream last night? fat
8 Your favorite drink? Water
9. Your dream/goal? celestial
10. The room you’re in? office
11. Your hobby? papercrafting
12. Your fear? invalid
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Home alone
14. What you’re not? tough
15. Muffins? no
16. One of your wish list items? time
17. Where you grew up? Arizona
18. Last thing you did? breathe
19. What your wearing? clothes
20. Favorite Gadget? Computer
21. Your pets? NONE!
22. Your computer? HPPavillion
23. Your mood? optimistic
24. Missing someone? Mama
25. Your car? minivan
26. Something you’re not wearing? pants
27. Favorite store? Target
28. Like someone? Richard
29. Favorite color? Depends…
30. When was the last time you laughed? morning
31. When was the last time you cried? Friday

Monday, August 18, 2008

Knee Deep

We are deep into cousin fun, with only one more day until the Texas Melins fly home. We are really going to miss them, but we will get to see them in Arizona at Christmas time (Montana Boys+ Arizona Girls= Awesomeness).

My heart is a little achy from reading about two of my greatest fears coming true for some sweet mamas in the blog world. Late Friday I clicked over to THIS blog from Adriane's and was stunned by the tragedy, the faith, and the eloquence therein. Then today I was catching up with my regular e-friends and learned that Nie Nie was in a plane crash with her husband on Saturday night. I can't stop thinking of their four beautiful babies at home...UGH! Needless to say prayers are with the Nielsens, Clarks, and all others affected by this. WOW (this is why traveling to Europe without the children makes me anxious). Keep up with the story via cjane (nie's big sis). News Article Here.

I gotta go tuck in some beebs of my own--Daddy's camping out with his brothers tonight. :) Have a great week!

Friday, August 15, 2008

We Love You, Nana!

So Glad You Were Born!


Happy Birthday, Nana from MelinFamily on Vimeo.

Spring Creek Barbecue

Tonight we went to the reception Barbecue for Jamie Anderson's wedding to the lovely Amory (the wedding takes place tomorrow at Spring Creek). The cousins all had naps and commenced their craziness together again tonight. It was great fun for them to be together...My girls INSISTED on dressing up in white (of all colors) dresses tonight instead of the jeans and cute cowgirl shirts I had picked out (call me crazy, but "BBQ" and "Ranch" and "white dresses" just don't sound good to me!). Luckily we made it home with no major stains. Here are the kids looking at the river--Danny, Liana, Heidi, James, Sariah, and Addie.
Here's the same photo, portrait style.
...and again from the front. I love this one because the kids are laughing so hard.
Addie hugging Cousin Hannah (9 months old)
Sariah holding my hand and being cute
Silly Liana with Heidi (the coke sneaker), James, Sariah, and Addie
Isn't Sariah so sweet in this photo?
Grandma & Grandpa Melin, you've got some beautiful grandkids!
Thanks for the awesome genes!
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Thanks also to Jamie and Amory for such a nice party...
Best Wishes to you!


Loveable Melin Boys

Tonight at the Barbecue, there was a whole bunch of love flyin' around these cute Uncles...Uncle Mike with James & Danny
The kids attacking Uncle Mike
(Heidi, Liana, Danny and Addie, with Grandpa in the background)

Heidi poking Uncle Mike's eyes, apparently (I think she was messing up his hair, actually)
Uncle Mike & James

Rich & James
Addie loves her Uncle Jess!
Danny, Heidi, and Liana with their Uncles Mike & Jess

Addie hugging Uncle Mark

Uncle Mark at the Park

This tire swing is so much fun! You can hear Heidi screaming pretty much the whole time, with a few squeals from Addie, and Liana has the lowest (and mostly quiet) voice. These girls sure do love eachother!

Tire Swing from MelinFamily on Vimeo.

More Cousin Fun

Last night Addie and Liana were so excited about their slumber party that they made a list of things they wanted to do and brought it to me. I will translate..."-Dress up and Dance and put make up on
-Draw Pictures
-Play with Pet Shop (Littlest Pet Shop)
-Make up stories
-Play Arbl(????)"
Addie was so disappointed that they didn't finish their list--"But MOOOOOOOM! We only did the first two things!" I countered with the fact that Liana will be here for 4 more days. :) I love having little girls!
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Today we all agreed that the cousins desperately need naps, so we just had a quick little picnic at Pine Creek with the Texas Melins, Grays, and Grandma. Daddy even drove up on his lunch break! After sandwiches, Uncle Mark took us on a tiny hike to the creek where the kids threw rocks and sticks, and we even saw some deer across from us, peeking out from the trees.
Liana and Danny climbing down to the creek
Uncle Davy

Cutie Addie
Addie again
...and again!
Heidi climbing down to the creek
Heidi throwing rocks
Heidi saying "HI, MOM!"...
...and throwing sticks

James loves throwing rocks and making splashes!
But he had to finish his sandwich first
Danny, James and Liana contemplate jumping in the creek.
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Melin Cousins + Pine Creek= TLA!





What a Week!

FIRST OF ALL: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM!!!!
My mama rocks--she is celebrating her birthday today by having her fourth chemo treatment.
We're thinking of you, Nana!
***
On Tuesday I got a great haircut and color (YAY) but I don't have pix of that yet. On Wednesday I took the girls to get their haircut while Rich was picking up his brother Mark and family in Bozeman (they surprised Grandma--she didn't know all of them were coming). Addie wanted ehr hair short, and I didn't, so we compromised... Now she has a thick, shiny, shoulder-length flip
Heidi got her regular bob from Renee...
Cutie Pie!
James got a little restless, so I put a movie on for him in the car and watched him from the door of the salon like this.
Then we went to see our Texas Melin Cousins!!! Addie (6) hugging Sariah (3)
Four Girl Cousins-Heidi (4) Addie (6) Liana (5) and Sariah (3)

On Thursday, 8/14, we all went to the park in the morning. Addie and Liana went right for the tire swing!
WEEEE! We need one of these at the ranch!
Liana & Addie as Pompey and Sacajawea
Sweet Baby James


James loves the playground train!
Heidi loves to swing!
Sariah and Heidi waiting for a swing
James, Liana, Addie, Sariah, Heidi, Uncle Mark, and Jared on the bench swing.

The girls had a slumber party last night (Rich took pix on his camera, so I'll upload those later). This morning they had a lovely bubble bath together...
Foggy Lens!
Heidi took this picture when Uncle Jess came to visit us this morning. He arrived late last night from Florida and we were so happy to see him (but we miss his family!) I have to work tonight, but everyone is going to Jamie Anderson's wedding party bbq tonight (where Uncle Mark is the bestman) and then tomorrow we float the river and go to the wedding in the evening. FUN!





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