Family Pictures

This past weekend Martin and his family came into town. Martin is going to have brain surgery next week at Duke in North Carolina, so before the surgery they made their way up here to spend some time with us. Friday night when we got to my parents we had the annual counsin's party. It was fun... we played games, ate refreshments, filmed my grandma answering questions, and did the annual white elephant swop. Casey made it out with a puzzle that he is super excited about doing. My favorite part of the night was when Andie Bailey (16-yr old second cousin) asked my grandma what they used to do for fun on dates back when she was dating. Without hesitating... she said MAKE OUT. Halarious, grandma!

Then on saturday we all went to the temple together. It was cool to have most of us there... just missing Matthew who is in Brazil on a mission. There is just something that makes going to the temple with your family special to me. After the temple we had a lunch at my parents and then just sorta hung out. Little Matthew (martin's son) could not be cutter. I thought he was so adorable, and pretty much followed him about all weekend. I'm pretty sure at one point I got a look from him that said "quit follwing me strange lady". On Saturday we also did "fake family pictures". My mom wanted some pictures to send to Matthew in Brazil so she wanted to take our pictures... but everyone (especially Julie) was calling them fake family pictures because Matthew wouldn't be IN them. So anyways... here are a few my mom was nice enough to send me.