Yea, new family pics!!! We have been wanting to get new family pics since zander has been growing sooo big. So we finally got them. I thought they turned out pretty darn cute.

 And its not very easy to get 8 people looking forward and smiling at the same time, but we succeded.

 Some funny faces here and there, but overall, pretty good.

 Even when I try to put zach first, joey's picutre loads first!
Joey age 13 (almost 14)

 Zach age 15( almost 16)

 Allison age 12 (almost 13)

 Abby age 7

 Jason age 7

 And Zander age 1

I couldn't decide on his picure so this cutie got an extra in here, I can't believe that he is already 1. He is such a fun kid.

 

So another reason I have been slacking in the blogging is that February has been a difficult month for us. Abbys grandma, (my aunt) passed away. This was so hard, and I think we all have been having a bit of a hard time dealing with it. Death is difficult to deal with anyway, but when its someone so young, and someone so close, and this is my kids first time really having to deal with a death in the family, so we have been having a lot of discussions and family time. But I think that they are all doing ok now.

We are enjoying the great spring weather, the kids sports are keeping us crazy busy. Joey is in rugby, Abby is in volleyball, alli is still in dance, and also chruch basketball, jason is starting baseball, and zach is starting golf. What a crazy life we have. But we love it and we are happy.