A Visit from Aunt Jan

Last week my Aunt Jan came to visit us all the way from Washington state!!! We love her SO much and always look forward to seeing her!! And I was so excited because my new camera came the same day she did. So yes, all these pictures are taken with my new camera, but I didn't have any time to figure out settings and such, so everything is done on auto mode. :-)

Mom picked her up at the airport, and they arrived home late (after a midnight meal at Applebee's!!).

The next day Caleb and Daniel graduated from a Police Academy (six days of learning all kinds of things - meeting an FBI agent, going to a court house, being handcuffed, and more!).

 

We made a healthy dessert of bananas dipped in organic chocolate chips and walnuts - YUM!

 

Aunt Jan got in a little trouble while making them, though.

During the week she was here, I worked on editing a LOT!!! Praise the Lord I made the deadline and it arrived safely in San Antonio (trailer coming soon)!!!

Lydia enjoyed giving Aunt Jan a ride on our Prowler . . .  AJ was a little scared, though!

Mom and Aunt Jan had fun shopping for a new purse, and since they couldn't decide what they liked the best, they just brought them all home!!!! :-)

On June 20th we celebrated Father's Day with cards, gifts, hugs, kisses, pizza, and cheesecake! We love you dad!

 

Us girls had a blast putting some old fashioned dresses on . . .

 

 . . . we did get just a little carried away.

 

Caleb taught Aunt Jan the basics of shooting a gun - she's a regular Annie Oakley!! :-)

But she's not so good at being a farm girl. She thought the poopy eggs were kinda gross.

Ethan loved playing "army guys" with her!!

Even though AJ is mom's sister-in-law, they're been like sisters ever since mom was 6 years old!

 

We enjoyed staying at The Lodge on Detroit Lake, and the boys had fun kayaking . . .

 

 . . . and it was pretty neat to see all the geese and goslings up close.

We took a family picture by the lake . . . first a silly one (dad said he's showing his good side) . . .

 . . . then a nice one. :-)

We stayed up late roasting marshmallows and eating s'mores.

We love you Aunty Jan, oh yes we do!

We love you Aunty Jan, and we'll be true!

When you're not near us, we're BLUE!

Oh Aunty Jan, we love you!!!

(this is a song we like to sing to her!!)

 

Thanks for caring about each one of us . . . you are special!! Love you, AJ!