Tahoe Trip

Here's some more of our Tahoe reunion. Tanner kinda came and went

so I didn't get as good a variety of pictures as I wanted taking care 

of the kids by myself. I did get out on the boat one morning though

and got to wakeboard. My sisters and I were saying how its not bad that 

a bunch of chubby chics can get out once every two years and pop right out 

of the water on a wakesurf. Go chubby girls!!

 (we don't say 'fat' in our house - that's the 'F' word)

Amy has always missed it because of having just had c-sections. 

But she's still got it.

 I couldn't get B to get in the water at 7 am so he sat and snuggled Grandma

 Rick secretly (okay maybe not so secretly) loves being the Rock Star Uncle with 

the boat and the awesome pool

I did eventually make it over the wake, but not for long

 Heidi probably gets out there more often than any of us. Not bad for a 40-something mother-of-four

 Maybe after Grandma's knee replacement she'll be able to get back out there and tear it up

 He may be as big as me almost but he's still a snuggler

 This was at the end of the scavenger hunt I think. That's B in front, racing to the finish line

 The boat never left the dock without every single seat taken up. Rick 

spent about 90% of his time at Tahoe taking people on boat rides.

 Jolie, Brynn, Elle

 Every time I got up to go take pictures, Sketty would start freaking out. I ended

up just throwing my camera to whomever on the boat and said "Take some pictures"

 Grandpa and Tristin

 Out of focus, but you get the idea

 Love this one: Bryson is all smiles, Caleb's doing 'thumbs down', Jacob is doing 'thumbs up'.

Who had the most fun?

 Poor Jacob. I've been hit by that head many times so I know how hard it is. 

Doesn't even phase Bryson

 Those who were privileged to go on the boat were also privy to Rick's frequent potty breaks

This one's pretty cute too. The kids all love just hanging out on the boat

 That's why we call him "Batman". Don't know what made him try this but it worked.

 Check out the crazy eyes. I'm telling you he's a feign!

 Grandpa and Hudson

 We kind of take over the whole beach with all 40 something of us

 Poor Brynnie ran to get her life jacket and the boat took off without her. She stood on the dock for quite some time, willing them to come back and get her.

 All the girl cousins just have so much fun with the babies

(Lexi and Tayah)

 Jared made some cool "swords" for all the little boys and Brynn was a good sport for Tristin

 "I'm f-f-f-f-freezing Tavin, lets go in the hot-tub"

 My first thought when I saw this picture of Elle was "This IS my happy face!"

 Look at that ripped little boy. A full bucket of water is pretty heavy!

 Yea for teamwork! AJ and Hud

I am totally in love with this old "70's" action! It reminds me of all the old pictures of us growing up and all our trips up to Tahoe way back when. We've been going there for 45 years!

Meinzer Reunion Pics

Here you go Mom!

 {only missing Zach-currently serving in Ghana}

 . . . and going in order . . .

Debi, Rick, Jacob, Alyssa, McKay
(this is where Zach would go)

Frank, Jessica, Joely, Michele, Jamie, Jacqui
{I did very little editing on this picture}

Morgen, Marc, Nate, Heidi, Caleb, Nicole

 Kayley, Elle, Connor, Mike, Lexi

(loved their background! How come all the others didn't turn out this good?)

 Andre, AJ, Becky, Isaiah

 Tavin, Jared, Tayah, Amy, Tristin

{love the licorice Tristin's concentrating on)

 Stetson, Hudson, Me, Bryson, Tanner, Brynn

 Emily and Jeff

{again, very little editing. Thank you}

And last but not least, 

Mom and Dad

For those of you that don't feel like counting:

8 children, 8 in-laws

24 grandkids! . . . for now . . .

This year's theme was "Pirate's".  Let's make next year's theme "sunscreen" people.

It would help the photo editor TONS!!!

If you looked at the raw images you could tell we'd been up there a few days when these pictures were taken. Everyone had sunburns and raccoon eyes, and/or bags under their eyes.

I vote next time we take pictures the first day.

Pregnancy Shots

I was able to talk Amy into letting me take some pregnancy pictures for her last week. Fourth child and she finally got some. Little Faith is due shortly so I'll get to play with a sweet little baby girl soon too. 

 I think Laney is finally not scared of me:)

 Cade was cracking me up with all his different faces. 

I'm still teaching myself photoshop by error and error. I could not, for the life of me, figure out how to straighten this stupid photo.

 We tried this shot with our own kids when I was pregnant with Hudson and it didn't work either.

This is the best we got with the Goodfellow trio.

 Love this one of Laney

 This is pretty sweet too

 Cade is my favorite little boy besides Hudson.

I think this look says it all

 Payge had to make sure she got her one-on-one shot with mom too

 Amy's very photogenic!

And she has a gorgeous profile!

Stetson was freaking out so I had to stick him in his high chair with some grub right next to me and he was making faces at Amy.