Last weekend I was blessed with a new sister! My youngest brother Jeff got married! We are so excited to welcome Tonya to the family! She is loved and adored by all her nieces and nephews and they are very excited to finally call her Aunt!!
Rehearsal time! The kids were very excited to be in another wedding... they were all commenting how this would be the last one :)!
Our kids are growing up!
We are officially even at our house (Shae 8, Monreau 6, McLleyton 4, Stennson 2!!)
So crazy blessed to be loved by this man!
Brothers!!!
Sweet Stennson turned 2 on their wedding day!!! We didn't really celebrate him, but he is loved and cherished! Couldn't imagine our family without his sweet, laid back, easy going personality!!
Cousins!!
The whole family! What a gift to have 5 brothers and 5 sisters! 29 & growing...
Tonya was stunning! It was a beautiful day!
One of the highlights of the day for the kids was definitely the party bus!!!
Pretty cousins! Meg, Sophia, Monreau & Patrice
Handsome Boys...
Dancing away!
And on to the reception where we really danced the night away! Our kids were a blast!!
Monreau and my dad!
So many sweet girls! Jeff and Tonya were so kind and had 14 kids in their wedding!!!
The four 4 year old boys!! Who managed to find dancing partners :)
Blessed to have a new sister!
Love this fun candid!
It will be her wedding day before we know it!
Best of friends... loving the drinks!
McLleyton was exhausted by the end of the night :)
My friend Laura took the wedding pictures- I can't wait to see them! I definitely missed so many fun moments of the day, but I am sure she got them all!
And now on to a few highlights of the past 3 months... of course I have a million pictures... but here is just a few to keep myself updated (or kind of :))..
Spring break 2013 we spent in Captiva Island, Florida with cousins!!
It was such a fun week!
Our last day there... trying to extend our stay! :)
Such a gift that Matt joined us for the last few days!
Loved the ocean time...
And one of Stennson, just because he is getting SO old :)...
The day after we returned from Florida Shaelyn had surgery to remove her Tonsils and Adenoids. Not a fun experience, but so grateful that we did it! It has really improved her health in major ways!
She was so brave and we made it through the long recovery!
Monreau is SIX!!!! Yay!! We celebrated with a girls day out and a laid back evening with friends at home!
Cake in their PJ's :)
Stennson LOVES sports! So fun to see! Sleeping with his basketball happens regularly!
We wrapped up a busy school year with a 2nd grade performance...
Field day fun...
Grandma turned 60 :) We had a fun night celebrating her!!
McLleyton turned FOUR!!!
He had two requests for his birthday- go golfing with his dad and have friends over for pizza! Both were tons of fun!
We have a 1st grader! Monreau graduated from Kindergarten!
We welcomed summer with open arms and A LOT of joy :)...
Monreau finally ditched her training wheels and in all of 5 minutes was riding on her own :) (we live on a hill... riding doesn't happen here!)
And enjoying every second of a schedule free... cottage living... summer days!!!
These two really love each other!
Love this pic of James & McLleyton
Cousin Fun is endless from home... to the cottage...
Celebrating America!
(In a big way!!)
2nd Annual Jonker Olympics complete!
Stennson loves being 2!
Pool hours are endless! McLleyton has become an amazing swimmer!
Silliness! Hard to believe it has been a year since we have had paci's in our home!
(They found these while cleaning out a drawer!)
The joys of having these 4 all home and together are endless...
I keep trying to think of ways to slow summer down! We are so blessed!
Love, love, love all of the pictures! Love being able to keep up with your sweet family through your blog! The pictures of your ENTIRE family at your brothers wedding are incredible! What a good looking group! God is good!
ReplyDeleteHi there, this is going to sound funny...my name is Cara Syers and I am Abby Jansen's sis-in-law. I stalk your blog through hers, but I formerly Cara Jansen and I lived on the same floor at Calvin as your sister Jill! (small world). Anyways, I saw that your daughter had her tonsils and adenoids removed...I'd love to get some info from you on that...our son Brady is constantly "snoring" because he is always clogged up and swollen. Poor guy can hardly breathe due to some allergy stuff. Wondering if you could e-mail me (wcsyers@msn.com) so I could ask you a few questions about it! Funny also that Abby is the comment before mine :) My blog is syersfam.blogspot.com if you want to balance out the stalking! Thanks so much!
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