Arriving from Okinawa after a long flight. It was so fun to see them come out of customs and to have Shawn and Sydney recognize us and run to us!
I see grandma and grandpa B!!!!
They look pretty good for a 12 hour trip...
Glad to finally be in the US and at grandma and grandpa's house.
Bryn, Kate and Shawn enjoying some of our play food and toys!
Arts and crafts and coloring are always a hit.
Kate and Bryn outside with grandma and grandpa...they are 6 weeks apart in age!
Shawn loves it when grandpa makes him a biggggggg train track!
We went to the splash park but the winds picked up and the temperature dropped so it was a bit cold but we had a great time being together.
One night we went to Incredible John's Pizza for dinner and enjoyed the arcades and rides with Sydney and Shawn.
Suzy and Sydney racing Shawn and Spencer.... I forgot who won! They are all winners in my book!
Kate is a little angel....is a happy go with the flow child.
Kate getting to know Grandpa B.
I promised Shawn we would go bowling one night because I know how much he loves it. This was his reaction when he made a spare! He is a sweetheart!
I have a talent of winning toys from the claw machine. So I spent like 5 dollars and won 4 stuffed animals...Sydney had to leave them here and when I talk to her she keeps reminding me to bring them to Maryland when I come.
A visit to Donnally Park is always great fun because there are lots of ducks to feed and also lots of fish in the pond which I think Shawn enjoyed more than the ducks.
One of the ducks pecked the bread out of Shawn's hand and scared him so we had to hold him because those Honkers were trying to grab all the bread from us...It was a bit scary for me too! They must have been super hungry that day!
Feeding the ducks from a safe distance we climbed on the picnic tables!
The double swing is always a hit for the kiddos.
I had just bought this tiny pool for Bryn but Sydney and Shawn had a blast filling it with water and dumping water into buckets. We also filled water balloons and had a water fight.
Ok Spencer... take it easy on Sydney she is a kid...This shot captured the moment perfectly right before the water burst all over Sydney. I think she wasn't to happy with how hard he threw it but she was a trooper!
I have a really large tub and all my grand kids love bubble baths in it...of course they are in bathing suits using my tub like a pool and we even put food coloring in it...its green....
Water balloon fight with cousins at Crane Park...Gracie, Sydney, Shawn,Andrew , Mckay and Hannah.
Cousin Time...waiting to leave for church together!
Sweet girls...Taylor, Lucy and Sydney...where is Maren???
We have 13 grandchildren and number 14 will be here in 6 weeks. We will have 9 granddaughters and only 4 grandsons so of course Grandpa B wanted a grandson picture...and only two of these will carry on the Bjarnason name...Andrew and Shawn.
We had a dinner at the farm and had water fights and lots of family.
Getting ready for Uncle Dwain to do a magic show.
Spencer and Suzy
Magic show a hit...Andrew, Mckay, Shawn, Benson,Aunt Karen, Jared and Sarah... the kids were so into the show..Thanks Uncle Dwain. It was awesome!
Taylor, Gracie and Lucy
All the family at Uncle Ron's...Back row: Spencer, Suzy, Dad, Ashley, Clarke,Char,Spencer with Hannah,Nick, Kellie,Karen and Dwain...Middle row...me holding Bryn, Taylor, Elise,Sarah....Sydney, Maren, Stephanie, Lucy, Ron, Andrew behind Ron, Mckay. Porter, Jim and Jim's dad...Gracie, Shawn, Benson, Ron...hope you got this!!!
Enjoying a swing with Bryn...she loves to be outside!
Shawn loves water balloon fights.
Everyone trying to get Spencer Hyer wet....
Swinging at the park right out my front door.Its so nice to be able to walk here and have a beautiful park with swings and grills and shade!( Shawn)
Bryn...
Char and Andrew!
Ashley, Bryn and I
All the cousins...great fun . I am so glad we went to Crane Park and hung out for 5 hours with many activities and great family fun!
Sydney is always such a little lady! So cute!
Mckay was quite the athlete in our 40 foot obstacle course...adults enjoyed it also.
Uncle Ron with the three youngest babies...Bryn, Kate and Jasper.
Memorial Day would not be the same without a trip to the cemetery in Turlock where they Honor all the VETS. Grandpa Bjarnason is buried here.
When ever I took pictures of the girls I would never see Maren because she was hanging out with Bryn and Ashley!
Spencer Hyer and Suzy with Kate....I always call him Spencer Hyer because we have my son Spencer and it's always hard to keep them separated so I just call Sarah's husband Spencer Hyer...It works!
Shawn giving Hannah a big cousin hug...this is the first time they have actually met...Precious!
Dad...worn out on blanket and my two sons...Clarke and Spencer getting to enjoy some time together!
Ashley, Bryn and Sarah.
Suzy and Sydney getting some lunch..Yum!
Love this photo of the looks when Uncle Dwain did a magic trick with Spencer's dollar. How did he do that????
There's the dollar.....I never thought Spencer and I looked that much alike until I saw this picture...WOW you can tell I am his mother for sure!!
Sweet Hannah and Sarah enjoying a hug... She is a sweetheart and loves her grandma B.
Bryn, Kate and Sydney hanging out!
I am so glad we were able to spend these few days together and that we will have forever together in the future. We are such a blessed family and have such a rich heritage of love and joy! We are so proud of all of you and love you so much!!! Hurray for Israel!!! We have alot of future missionaries out there!
And And I can't forget to include Ally in our fun! While we were having our family reunion Ally and three sisters were having a bit of water fun with Mark. This is Mark whom Ally has been working with for quite some time. He and his wife Sarah are getting baptized on July 26th...Ally has been praying for this for some time! Again a big shout out...Hurray for Israel!!
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