Wednesday, September 24, 2008

soccer time!

i recently went to samantha's soccer practice and snapped some pictures of her in action. since my crazy schedule of being a teacher, grad student, intern, and photographer has prevented me from seeing any of her games, her practice is the next best thing. i was really glad that i had the opportunity to go, and i really look forward to the next time. and of course, we all went out to dinner for a nice meal afterwards! it was lots of fun. i took some pictures of riley too. all he wanted was to join in with sissy's practice!

























samanthas 7th birthday

a few weeks ago the family gathered for my niece's 7th birthday party. the family gathered at the campground, and lots of cousins had lots of fun! here are a few pictures of the festivities.










Monday, September 22, 2008

ferreira fun day - grammy's retirement party

this is the other side of my husband's family - his mom's side. one of the best things about getting married is gaining all of the family members! this past saturday the ferreira family came together once again to celebrate grammy's retirement. this family has been through a lot in the past two weeks, and that's putting it mildly (scroll down to see post). they all deserved a day to just relax, have fun, laugh, and drink. and that they did! grammy must be so proud of her family! :) i was so happy to be there and wouldn't have missed it for the world. and there was a special surprise visitor...jim's sister jenn came all the way from canada to be there!!


soccer time!

kendra


kristian and kailey

jim getting in on the action!


samantha

kendra and kailey

nothing like playing soccer with a beer in the hand...

dini and mike


kendra and samantha


grammy


the cheese ball stealers!!


this one doesnt even need a caption

cool picture - kendal


kendal again



dance party! - zach's got the moves!


grammy and her eight children - donna, linda, al, scott, chrissy, pam, joe, val

grandchildren - dylan, josh, kailey, kendal, jenn, stan, melissa, tanya, jim, zach, jeff...and there are at least 6 people that i know of who are missing from this picture


great-grandchildren - kendra, nathan, riley, samantha, tyler, blaize...my future children will be a part of this club someday...

last but not least - the out-law club! all of us have been lucky enough to marry into the family. oh come on, you know you want in! haha :)