Sunday, October 12, 2014

Great pictures!

Always a lot of photo shoots with a photographer in the house.


A Father's Day photo shoot








Hanna, and her most awesome friend, Marin Williams. Photos by Jill, of course.












Thursday, September 11, 2014

September - School, Anniversary, Sweet Sixteen

First day of school 2014



I should have taken a selfie but I started a new job on the first day of school. I am the secretary for Sims Accounting. I work three days a week from 9 am to 3 pm. Perfect.

Austin and I celebrated our 18th wedding anniversary! Hanna gave us $18 and this note that says, "18 years later they still have the roaring flame of love! With four kids, one dog, 10 horses and one lizard!"




Barb, Dixie and I enjoyed a perfect fall day canoe ride at Cameron Lake.



It snowed on Jill's 16th birthday. Yes, we had this much snow on September 10.  Grandpa Buck put up this for sale sign as a joke that we wanted to move because it snowed in September:)


We invited the Sommerfeldts and Bevans (Matt and Josie) over for yummy dessert.

Then some friends closer to her age came with a sweet sixteen birthday cake.



The next day she took her driver's license test and passed by the skin of her teeth. We didn't practice parking on a hill and that about killed her points. But now she can officially date and drive!

Sunday, August 31, 2014

Gwiliam Family Reunion

The descendants of George and Vernice Gwilliam gather every few years for a family reunion. Actually this is not all of the descendants, probably a little more than half. What a great family! We stayed at Flathead Lutheran Bible Camp. We loved the camp and loved the reunion.

Playing on the lake was definitely a highlight!






Cliff jumping right next to the sign that says "Cliff Jumping Prohibited" - even Grandpa Buck jumped.







There are a lot of twins in the Gwilliam family. Here are 6 1/2 sets of the 8 twins in this family.

A Gwilliam reunion wouldn't be complete without a talent show and auction. Uncle Don entertained us with his magic show.


Jill, Hanna, Kaela, Julia did a skit called The Audition.

Ezra's talent was eating to the coolest song called "Ezra Eats"



On Sunday morning, we had a devotional right next to the lake. It was so beautiful. Jill gave a great talk on Do Good, Be Good.






Hanna and her buddy Kasen Nelson (Kayla Gwilliam Nelson's son)
Jill and her buddy Elise Gwilliam (Ezra's daughter who has a genetic disorder but shows lots of signs of autism. She doesn't speak.) Ezra said that every time his son, Brett, prays he says, "please bless that Elise will be able to talk again someday, maybe."
It is amazing to see all of the things that this family has been through: divorce, cancer, death, adoption, inactive children, etc. Time will tell what the next adventures will be. Just remember to always keep the faith!!!