* the beard family *: November 2010

Happy Birthday to David!

Keagan was invited to his very first friend birthday party this summer. My long-time friend, Kara's, little David was having a party at World of Bounce down here in Grove City. We'd never been there before and weren't sure what to expect but it was a BLAST! The place has giant, adult-sized bounce houses to play in (including adults!) and a big bouncy slide that Keagan adored. Jeff and I actually admit that it was a pretty sweet slide. :) Keagan got to play with all of his friends which are the kids of many of my high school (and HT) friends so it's really fun to watch, even if it makes us feel a little old!

Doing some stretching?

Bella and Keagan - she followed him around saying, "Hiiii, Keagan"

Whee!! Notice Keagan's hair flying in the wind.

All the kids

Birthday boy!

2010 Annual Teynor Reunion

Our reunions haven't exactly been "annual" lately (unless "annual" means every 25 years or so) but the extended family took the initiative and planned a reunion for the family in New Washington this summer (and to celebrate my birthday...coincidence?). What a great location! We had a nice shelter, plenty of area for the kids to run and a fairly nice day - or at least the kids enjoyed playing in the bit of rain we got. And, of course, we had lots of good food! It was fun to see some of the extended family and their kids, many of which we hadn't seen before or at least in years. Given such short notice, many family members couldn't make it but we're already talking having another next year. I vote "yes!"

Just hangin' around

MaMa and Keags

Yeah, that's our boy!

Dill taking good care of his cousin. So sweet!

This is how the big boys roll. Mostly I love the "1983 Annual Teynor Reunion" t-shirt making it's first appearance since our wedding!

Our little chipmunk

And here's Uncle Joe keeping the kids entertained with fun activities like "Run around that tree 10 times"

Playing in the rain (mind you, this is the same day that he wouldn't play in the water at the water park)

Fun in the Sun

We were looking for something different and fun to do during the day to get us out of the house and we found this water park in Powell (thanks to Holly!) that is SO cool. It's got all kinds of water everywhere, a playground and best of all, it's clean and free! Jeff and I took Keagan there one Saturday and were a little disappointed that he wasn't very into the water. He did love the playground though so it wasn't a wasted trip. We were so excited about it, we took the rest of the fam the next day. Dylan seemed to love it more than Keags so it was worth it. We're hoping he'll warm up to it a bit next year when he has another year of experience under his hat.

Assessing the situation

Moved on to checking out the playground

Check out that hot bod :)

Whee!

Rocky, rocky

Dill getting warmed up

And then really taking a bucketful on the head

Watching the action

A New Tradition?

We were looking for something different to do 4th of July weekend, and Aimee and Mom suggested Alum Creek. Now I'll admit, I'm not a big fan of lake water. I like to know what it is floating around my legs under water. But we did have a really good time. We grilled out and did a little picnic lunch before hitting the water. The boys had so much fun swimming around! We weren't sure how Keags would do but he loved the water and loved getting dirty and playing in the sand, as you can see from the pictures. He was exhausted by the time we left. The adults had a good time people-watching, and let me tell you, there was some good people to watch. Apparently, we missed the memo that it was totally cool to just swim in your clothes!