The night ended with singing......

and cuddling....

and a general content feeling of being blessed at where we are in our lives.

Magical, wonderful......Eric!

Do you ever feel like the one you love has a power over you? Eric can make everything go away and make it all feel okay.

Have you ever seen the movie "Babe"? Come Pig.

The Derrick Family Reunion

We dove to Utah and as soon as we hit it's borders Eric and Liam got the worst allergies. Liam was pretty sick most of the trip and needless to say grouchy. But I got really cute shots of him being reclusive and sad.

We chatted on the porch at Aunt Debbies house in Heber, Ut. After and lunch and presentation of ancestor stories at Debbies church.

Becky snuck in a picture of her prize toe injury after running an overnight marathon.

Jake

Becky, a natural in front of the camera

Maren. Wasn't she just 3 years old? where has the time gone?

Dad

Sara.

Annaliese laughing with the girls in the living room.

Desi and Jon.

BUBBLES! and water games.

Rachael and Sherri provided the bubbles and a whole barrel of water balloons.

Sarah's bot, Sawyer blowing bubbles.

Anna tried her hardest to make a bubble land on the dog.

cousins and bubbles!

Cousin Sarah's dog.

Annaliese, Jenny and Krystal snooping through Aunt Debbies old Photo Albums

Uncle Dave joins the party to defend his bellbottoms.

Sharee and a yawning Seth.

Sarah hads an incident with an avacado while preparing the whole Derrick crew a luscious meal.

My Mothers brother, Milty and his wife Jeanie.

My Mothers older sister Maurine.

Anthony, the wrestling champion and super sweet kid.

Cousin Sarah's belly full of an almost to term baby boy.

James, enjoying Cousin Sarah's hearty mexican feast.

We played get to know the Derrick family games and fought the wind.

Sara found her way to the babies of course.

I think this might be my favorite picture of my Mom ever. Her back hurting, her feet swelling, the wind pounding her in the eye she just had surgery on and a huge smile on her face.

Liam spent a lot of time riding bikes with his cousins.

Desi and Seth. We just wanted to thank you guys for sharing your home with us. IT was so good to have alone time with you all.

Trafalga

We went to Trafalga with Jon and Desi and baby Seth in the sweltering Utah heat. We played mini golf and Liam lost 6 balls. We hit the rides and finsihed off with ice cream.

This was Liam's first time to drive by himself. He took it really seriously and didn't even crack a smile until it was over. He did a really good job but kept changing lanes in fromt of his uncle Jon who had to keep a very close eye on him. He did have a little fender bender incident but he drove on. It made me see teendage Liam in my mind. Man, that is coming way too fast.

This is Hilarious! Liam is at this stage where he is trying very hard to be cool and doesn't want to show too much emotion lest he embarrasses himself. I love how much control he demonstrates in this here video. If you look closely you can see me in my black hat with Anna by my side behind them. Anna wasn't even scared at all, she laughed through the whole thing.

Go Team!

Eric has been developing quite am imterest in soccer lately, and for a boy who's never been into sports, this is a big thing. He went to a Sounders game with some friends and thoroughly enjoyed himself.