The original 2007 PDF is available in Dropbox.
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Father's Day 2007
A memorable moment was a family "lightening" tournament ... there's even video below!
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Cookies & Cousins ... and Flies Up
Time for a Westra Cookies&Cousins. It was up at Shane and Alicia’s new house in Pleasant Grove. The big boys had fun playing flies up. Derek and Danielle watched Colton, giving Jen a little break. Cooper had fallen asleep on the way and was in a mood, saying "I ready to go home" over and over. He finally relaxed a little and played with Adria, running up and down the hills in the yard. There was a little excitement when a tick was discovered on Taylee (got it off before it burrowed in her). Chris’s boys had birthdays so they got to do the penny plunge. There were plenty of treats, and Alicia made her yummy meltaway cookies.
Not many pictures ... some out-of-date video though!
... something as simple as a football can bring the family together!
Monday, April 9, 2007
Easter Party 2007
Easter was April 8th this year. The party was the day before on Saturday, April 7th, 2007.
Scott had rented a cotton candy machine for a ward party earlier in the day and was brought it to the Westra Easter party. Grayson also loaded up the bicycle built for two (I swear I have memories of photos of the kids on the bike. Can't find them though.) At the party we ate, then hid the eggs and let the kids have their hunt. Scott, Shane and Derek were funny hiding them, using duct tape to stick eggs way up high. Everyone laughs at how many eggs Jen brings, but it really isn’t that many divided among all the kids (and Wendy’s family didn’t come up this year).
Some Adria additions I found after I made the first collage ;)
and a cute one of a little Rella-bunny
An egg "oops" at the Blackham house prior to the party. Colton was "helping" ...
Here's a little video from the party ...
Sunday, February 4, 2007
Cookies&Cousins (and Cakes&Coins!)
Cookies and Cousins ... and cakes and coins. Mom/Margie was trying to host monthly family gatherings, and for February, we were celebrating some birthdays too. Mckenna, Alyssa and Callahan. So in addition to lots of cookies, there was cake. And coins. The "penny plunge" where the birthday kids could attempt to grab as many pennies as they could from one container and carry them to another.
Here's Jen's Journal entry ... "Made some cookie-press cookies for the “Cookies and Cousins”. At 6:00, we went out to my parents, we were actually the first ones there. Mom set up a “penny plunge” for the birthday kids (McKenna, Alyssa and Callahan) to see how many pennies they could transfer from one bowl to the next in 30 seconds. Shane and Alicia brought sugar cookie hearts for the kids to decorate. Landon ended up going home with Scott and Amy, as his sleep overs with Kellen are one of the highlights of his off-track time."
Later in the year (in August) Grandma and Grandpa would come out to the Blackham house for more birthdays (Cooper and Keaton) in the Fall. They brought the pennies and the bowls. This Penny Plunge was caught on video camera.
https://youtu.be/CtTQ9jItlrY
Monday, December 25, 2006
Friday, November 10, 2006
Birthday Limo and Family Dinner
While we didn't get the whole Westra clan together for Jen's 36th birthday, Mom/Dad and the younger brothers made it for dinner ... and a ride there in a limo! Grayson arranged it all as a surprise. Here's Jen's journal entry from the day:
November 10 (Friday) Happy birthday to me. Gray sent an e-card a two separate flower arrangements. VT dropped off a gift, RS dropped off a card, Mom called. Then a third arrangement was delivered (3x12=36). The babysitter showed up at 6:00 as scheduled ... but no Grayson. Not a huge surprise, I knew he was planning something and it was taking longer then anticipated. Olivia had let the cat out of the bag a little, calling to wish me a happy birthday saying sorry she couldn’t come tonight (letting me know that it was a group gathering). Gray finally showed up around 7:00, with a huge limousine. Inside were Clay and Courtney, my parents, Shane, Alicia and baby Rella, and Derek and Danielle. We drove to Ruby River for dinner, then dropped everyone off. Gray wasn’t overly impressed with the limo service, the ride was a bit jerky (Gray started to get a little carsick), one of the TVs didn’t work, it had a “Vegas” smell, and the driver didn’t know much about the controls (to heat or cool things down). Gray also gave me a new video-recorder as a gift.
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