Pictures

Well here are the pictures I couldn't get uploaded yesterday. We are currently going through Boise, Idaho. We stayed at the Hampton Inn in Tremonton, Utah last night so we could get some much needed showers and some real food. (We hadn't bathed in two days and basically ate snacks the whole time.) We are about 500 miles from Seattle, so hopefully (fingers crossed) we will get to Seattle tonight and get to stay in a bed again. Stay tuned for more pictures!!

Here is the RV my mom and step-dad rented for the trip. It is actually very spacious. It will seat 10 people (although I would not recommend 10 people) and had all the likeness of home-stove, sink, microwave, refrigerator, freezer, & bathroom. There is also a shower on here, but we are not using it.
Here is mom and Rachel sitting in our driveway. They came and picked us up at our house so our vehicles weren't sitting outside all week.
Our captain, My step-dad Keith.

Ellen thinking she is cute wanting to drive. (Don't worry-we didn't let her)
We started the trip by going through Kansas and Colorado. While going through Kansas, we had to use the Kansas Turnpike. I am really glad we went through Kansas at night because there is really not a whole lot to see.

Here is Matt taking a crack at driving. The first few minutes were rough, but he eventually got the hang of it. Keith and Matt drove all night long. We stopped in Limon, Colorado for them to sleep.
As you can tell from this picture, I had no problem sleeping.

Here is a picture of Colorado. Some of the scenery was flat, but mostly hills.
Ellen couldn't handle all the excitement of going through Colorado.

I don't know if you can tell, but in the far distance is the Rocky Mountains. It was really cloudy that day we went through Denver, but we still got to see some of them.
More of Colorado landscape. Matt was intrigued by all the open range that Colorado and Wyoming have. There are even cattle guards at all the on and off ramps so the cattle don't get out.

And We're Off...

Well I have pictures of our trip so far, but I haven't had time to upload them. We are currently in Wyoming; we left last night around 6pm and my step-dad and Matt drove all night and we camped out in Colorado and we got back on the road about 8 this morning. We are hoping to make it to Salt Lake City tonight and see some fireworks. There is a possibility that we should be in Seattle by tomorrow night. Stay posted because I am going to try and get my pictures up.

Fun in the Sun

This last Sunday, Rachel and I drove to Mark Twain Lake to spend a day on the water with my Uncle Andy and Aunt Adrienne and kids. Even though it was raining in the morning, we were able to go out all afternoon. We had so much fun!!

Here is Abigail and Rachel. Abigail is the oldest of my Aunt and Uncle's 3 children.

Once again, a true Mennemeyer. Just hand her a can and she will drink it up.


Our boat captain...my Uncle Andy.

My Uncle and my cousin Christian.
This was Abigail after Christian pulled her in the water. She was so mad because she was already dry and had on her clothes. Needless to say when we dropped Andy off at the boat ramp, Adrienne, Rachel, and I threw Christian into the water. That really cheered her up a little bit.

When I got back from the lake, I went to Matt's mom and dad's for dinner. Matt's sister Amy and her husband Chris brought up their 2 boys, Jack and Samuel. Here is Samuel showing me how he can ride his bike.

Family Fun!!

Tonight we were at my grandpa and grandma's house for a grandkid picture. My cousin Billy is in from New Mexico, so we thought this was a perfect opportunity. We also got to play with his two kids, Arianna and Riah.

Karli loved the baby. While I was feeding Riah, she kept pulling on the bottle.
Abigail, Ellen and Becky
Look at this great bunch!!!!
Arianna and Riah
Happy Karli

James and Greg
Grace and Greg
Karli, Rachel and my Aunt Adrienne

Father's Day - 2008

For Father's Day this year, my two sisters and I went fishing with our dad. We really had a lot of fun. After the fishing, we went to my grandpa and grandma Mennemeyer's house and had a really good dinner and visit. It really turned out to be a beautiful day.

Here is Rachel and Ellen putting worms on their hooks. It was funny because Rachel didn't really want to touch the worm, but that was the deal-we had to bait our own hooks and take our own fish off.
Rachel posing with her first fish. She literally cast out her line and within a few minutes had a fish!!
Ellen is posing here with one of my fish. I know it is really little, but it seemed with every fish I caught, they were smaller and smaller. After this one, I quit.

Even though little Miss Grace broke her arm a few weeks ago, she is not letting anything stop her. She is still as active as ever.
This one is really funny because my little cousin Karli was walking around most of the afternoon chewing on a rib. Hey, she thought it was good!

Welcome the Kaimann family!!!

Well it took me some convincing, and some time on the phone with Brandi, but they finally have a website!! Visit and enjoy her pictures.

http://thekaimanns.blogspot.com/

A True Mennemeyer

This last Sunday we stopped by my grandma and grandpa's house. My aunts and uncles were there along with some of my cousins. We were having so much fun laughing and talking when all of a sudden we looked at Karli and she had grabbed my aunt's beer mug and was drinking it. It was really very cute because she grabbed the cup one handed and slammed down the mug when she was done. At the age of 14 months, she is already learning she has to have a few to fit in. :-)

Mmmmm......tasty!

Will It Ever Stop!!!!!!!

Well as all of you know, we have just been pounded with rain. I has been such a dreary last few weeks that we are ready for some sunshine. I know we got some today, but we are in for a real treat tomorrow: a rain storm. I hope it decides to hold off because tomorrow night is the Warren County Relay for Life. Last year we got rained out and hopefully we will be able to make it the whole night tomorrow.

My grandpa had a lovely suprise with all the rain we have had: he had a gravel bar in his bean field from the creek!! It was about 20 feet wide and 2 1/2 feet deep. The creek completely blew out the bank

My grandpa had to build the bank back up because of all the rain they keep calling for.

What a busy Saturday!!!

Well I guess you could say that we had a pretty busy Saturday. My godfather got married and so did Matt's cousin Jacob. I attended Steve's wedding and we went to Jacob's reception.


Here is one of the newlyweds, Steve and Arlene Damron. They had their wedding and reception at the KC Hall in Troy. They had the hall decorated into a beach theme...it looked great!!

Here are my cousins and their significant others - Michael and his girlfriend Shelley, Billy and his wife Jessie, and Greg and his girlfriend Andreanna (sorry if I didn't spell it right).

Here is the whole wedding party. On one side is Arlene's kids and on the other is Steve's.

This is the newest addition to Billy and Jessie's family, little baby Riah. She is just so cute and in this picture she is only 5 days old.

The next wedding we went to was Jacob and Stephanie Schneider. They had their reception at the Holy Rosary Activity Center. I loved all the lights!

Here is the happy couple - Mr & Mrs Schneider

Here is Miss Allison. She was a really pretty flowergirl, although she looks really mad in this picture
Here is Jeremy and Mindy's little girl, Tinley. Mindy is due in about a month with their second child, also a girl.

Here is Diane with her neice Madison.

Alex's 1st Communion

Well, we headed West for our nephew, Alex's, 1st Communion. We left on Saturday afternoon and came home on Sunday afternoon. Mike, Robbyn, Jeanne, and Sean rode with Matt and I. We had a blast in the vehicle!! When we first got there we ate at Texas Roadhouse and then we headed over to Matt's sister's house, Anna. After that we headed to our hotel. We then woke up really early to go to 7:30 mass for Alex's 1st Communion. Since their church is so big, all the 1st Communicants got to choose which mass they wanted to make their 1st Communion at. After church, and pictures, we went back to Anna and Steve's for brunch. It was such a nice weekend that we were all able to play outside with all the kids. It really was a fun time. Thanks Anna and Steve! See you in a couple of weeks.

Mike and Robbyn posing for a picture.

Anna, Steve, Alex, & Lauren


Miss Lauren and me

Lauren and her buddy, Sean

Miss Nina

Well Mike and Matt decided that they wanted to play like all the kids, so I had to get a video of it.