Wilhelm Family Reunion

"Maw Maw" Katy (Wilhelm) Mitchell (Justin's mom), "Nana" Madalene Wilhelm (Justin's grandmother), Laura Kate, and Justin

Today we attended the Wilhelm family reunion. We really had a great time. It is usually held out at Justin's parents' house. Now that they no longer live in the country, a different location was chosen, Mike and Amelia Bogard's house. The food was great, Mike and Amelia have wonderful shade trees in the back yard to block a little of the sun and heat, fellowship was wonderful, and Keith brought the ponies. Needless to say, the ponies were the highlight of the reunion for everyone under the age of 20. I've included some pictures of the girls on Bubbles (white) and Bingo (brown and white). Anna spent the better part of 2 1/2 hours on one pony or the other. I was impressed how quickly she warmed up to them. That just isn't her nature. But, she is getting to be a big girl, after all :)

Laura Kate and Bingo

Laura Kate and Maw Maw Katy

Anna and Maw Maw Katy

Anna on Bubbles

Anna and cousin Riley

Keeping Busy

Having both girls home is wonderful. However, they start to get a little stir crazy doing the same old thing. We finally bought the girls a trampoline this past weekend. They love it. I'm pretty sure that they've jumped on it every day since Justin and Anna put it together. Since part of Anna's gymnastics class includes trampoline, she has been doing so many fun things that she has learned. Flips, splits, things that she would have been terrified to try 4 months ago. Laura Kate is really enjoying it as well. She would jump around the house before we bought the trampoline. She said she was a frog. Now, on the trampoline, she's a little joey jumping on the bed (from a Wiggles song).

A good friend of mine, Tena, has joined in my quest to find constructive activities for Laura Kate and Anna. So far she's bought them necklace kits and sent several kid's craft links. She owns two dalmations, Misti Blue and Garth, so the girls were treated to a dalmation activity today. Of course, Anna's dalmation is Misti Blue and Laura Kate's is Garth. I'm so lucky to have such an involved friend! I'm not very creative, so I need all of the help I can get!

This girls say "Thank You Ms. Tena!"

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