The Welling Clan!

My cousin, Johanna, is leaving on her LDS mission today.

So, last night, we had a big "Welling Clan" get together .

Have I ever mentioned how much I love this group?  Because I do!

We had a yummy dinner with lots of visiting and laughing!

It is just a little crazy how ridiculously gorgeous my cousins are.

(And only two of them are taken fellas!)

My mom with two of her brothers.

We played some baseball...until is started to downpour.  

Then, we played in the pouring rain!

My kids LOVED it!!

And Abbey and Lindsay ended the night with some puddle jumping!

LOVE these summer nights!!

Mueller Park Canyon

I have a lot of great memories of Mueller Park Canyon.

Hikes with friends.

 Young Women Girls Camp Prep.

Family picnics.

Tin foil dinners.

Playing in the stream.

Hot dogs, s'mores, and more!

Unfortunately, this may have been our last time going, because it has gotten so expensive to go up!  

$5.00 per person to walk in.

$8.00 per car to drive in

$30.00+ to use a fire pit.

$39.00+ to make a reservation

$49.00 to cancel a reservation.

Long story short, I had a reservation.  I wanted to cancel it.  But, when I realized it was going to cost me more to cancel it than to just use it we decided to go up.  And luckily for us, we have great friends that are ok with our spur of the moment planning and came with us!

We had a lot of fun visiting, roasting hot dogs, making s'mores and playing in the water.

Samuel and Andrew are two weeks apart!  Aren't they cute?

Andrew's "Old Man" pose.

Andrew's first time roasting a marshmallow.

I'm not sure what setting my camera was on when I took this picture.

 I didn't do ANY editing to this picture, and it came out looking like this.

I thought it turned out pretty cool!

Even leaving isn't too bad when you have this sunset to look at on the way out of the canyon!

Good-bye for now Mueller Park.

Hopefully you'll lower your prices one day so we can come back!

Fun with Jadi, Kaden, and Kaylee

We had a quick visit from Jadi, Kaden, and Kaylee.

They live in Arizona and we just LOVE their family!

We wish that we could see them more, but we had fun while we were together.

The kids had Fudgsicles and jumped on the trampoline. 

Their first time meeting Andrew...not sure why he's doing such a crazy face.

Thanks for making time to visit us Jadi, Kaden, and Kaylee!  

We love you guys!!  (And we hope Geoff can make it up next time too!)

6 Year Anniversary!

Six years.

I still feel like the luckiest girl in the world to be married to Darin.

We had a wonderful anniversary!

It started out with this beautiful bouquet!

Then we went to "The Garden" for dinner.

It was my first time there and I really liked it!

We got a nice seat with a view of the temple.

The food was delicious too!

We stated out with spinach artichoke dip with fried pita bread. 

It was tasty!

I am a lover of salmon salads...this may have been the best one I've ever had!

Darin had the Garden Lasagna, and it was really yummy too. 

(But, I think Darin was a little disappointed when he realized it was meatless, ha ha).

I kind of love this guy, like A LOT!!!!

Since Andrew is still nursing, we really can't be away for too long, and especially no over-nighters.

So, I recreated the "Wild West Room" at Anniversary Inn.

It may be silly, but I had fun doing it.

Happy Anniversary Darin!!

You are "WANTED" by ME!!  Love you!!

Fourth of July Part One---Breakfast

We had our wonderful traditional breakfast at Aunt Charlene’s house.

She is so nice to host this, especially because our group is getting so big!

The breakfast is always delicious, and I just love any chance I get to be with my family!

The breakfast is unbelievably delicious.  

Really, probably my favorite meal of the year!!

Baked French toast.

Ham and Cheese Strata.

Breakfast Casserole.

Sticky Buns.

Sticky Buns with pecans.

Pancakes.

Whole Wheat Pancakes.

Cinnamon Rolls.

Tons of Fruit.

Milk, Juice, and Chocolate milk.

Are you salivating yet?

Now do you understand why this is my favorite meal of the year!?

Ok, can I just tell you that I am in LOVE with Lindsay’s little patriotic outfit!?  Thanks SOOO much Sophie!!  We LOVE it!!

And thanks Bridget for showing me how to do the cute star in Lindsay's hair!

I LOVE being with this crew!

Aunt Charlene lives across the street from the temple.

The kids were skinny enough to fit through the fence.

 I had a lot of kind helpers to hold Andrew...

  

I wish I would have made a video of all the conversations we had.  

We were all laughing so so hard!!

Happy Independence Day!!