Manito Park

Yesterday we took the family up to Manito Park to celebrate Grandma Lee's birthday.



I had hopes of getting our annual Fall family pictures, but it didn't happen. Which is ok, I decided taking them here in our own woods would work just as well. So hopefully in the next couple of weeks I can get that done.

We started with an attempt of Dad with the kids...we couldn't get Meredi to smile - and of course when she did finally smile, Joseph broke down in tears! Go figure!



We moved on to some individual pictures -

Jason:



Madilyn:



Jacob:



Megan:



Jared:



Malorie:



Melanie:



Joseph:



Meredith:




And then some just-for-fun pictures -

The fountain at Manito:



Meredi in all her cuteness:



Our resident BFF's, Malorie & Melanie:



Dad and the kids climbing the rock wall of the public restrooms. It's a wonder we aren't asked to leave most public places.



And after this shot, Jason insisted that it was Jared who was "doing it" (making them wrestle). That's Jared on the bottom.



This one was taken by a kind stranger who thought mom should be in the family picture.



Joe hanging on the bird-bath:



This picture serves two purposes - 1) Shows that Meredi DOES have hair! 2) Shows that mom is at this family function - albeit behind the camera 99.9% of the time!