Saturday, November 9, 2024

Three Birthday Birds With One Stone

 Bethany, Elinor, and Faith have birthday's within one month of each other in Feb/Mar.  Clark's, Greta's, George's, Peter's and my birthdays fall within 36 days of each other.  Something I really enjoy about having two distinct "birthday seasons" is it is fun to combine birthdays and get to do something bigger than we might if it was just one birthday.  

This year we rented this huge water slide and Peter and Greta had a combined party first, and then George had his party later in the afternoon.  And if I do say so, the day was a smashing success with no significant injuries-- its a win!



The concessions stand-- a selection of ice creams and popcorn

It was roughly 20 feet high



















Family Photos July 2024

Shout out to my magnificent son-in-law, Ben, for having the patience to take our family pictures.  He did a great job and I highly recommend him! Here is the official family picture of 2024.  Everyone here is legally in the family.  But it doesn't quite capture the reality of the family dynamic these days.
This picture is more accurate of what we mean when we say we are "all together".  Clark's person (Brianna) and Elinor's person (Hunter) are with us and we adore them.  Also, Grover is in the picture as well.
And they seem to tolerate us pretty well:)
My loves and my life's work.
We had a photographer in the past who would prompt everyone to laugh for a picture.  And I think it actually does can make a great picture, but these kiddos think its the funniest thing to way overdo it.  At the prompt, they burst into hysterical, overdramatized laughter.  And it kind of is my favorite thing.

Daniel--11 months

Greta- just turned 8
Peter-- almost 10
George-- days away from turning 14
Cannon-- age 16


Faith -- age 18
Elinor- age 21
Elinor and Hunter-- dating

Elinor, Hunter and Daniel

Bethany-- age 23
Ben and Bethany Matz-- married almost 4 months
Clark-- age 25
Clark and Brianna-- dating
Abe and Betsy-- married 27 years

Betsy-- age 47 and Abe-- age 49

Foxy Ladies Forever

The Brothers Fox
It's so sad that they struggle with self-expression.
The OG Fox kids

The middle kids power duo
They pretty much wanted their own photo shoot
Daniel LOVES Grandpa
He's sixteen.  I guess that's all that needs to be said about this picture.