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Monday, November 8, 2010

birthday pictures....

Camille Anaya... Charlotte Claire got a little present too....I got them both princess Barbies....


A princess doll!


Evelyn Joy is eleven now...she doesn't play with her Barbies, so she put them in a bag and dumped them out for the little girls...they didn't know why she thought it was so funny.








Tired girl....


Overwhelmed.



Jonathan got a waterbottle.



Charlotte Claire likes her new dolly.






Isn't this what teeth are for?

Mali made a fishy cake....


Aaron made cinnamon buns...oh my goodness, they were good....he looked the recipe up online....


Abigail has to pick a healthcare plan for work....she always has something to do.







Aaron just loves it when I get the camera out...




Camille






Benjamin and Ashley....they go together like peas and carrots....seriously though, she is a very nice girl. Camille LOVES her.







How many kids do you see in this picture? I counted twelve...and don't notice the clutter, please.









Sam thinks a balloon is a good pillow.









Jonathan hopped around in the bag for a while....








The kids did not appreciate this...but here they all are, having pork chops and mashed potatoes









When I sat back down, there were 19 of us at the table...Suze told me this morning that she was falling off the bench down there at the end....but she said it cheerfully. She likes when Emily and Abigail are here.









Evelyn will not like this....













Mali made the cakes....but we of course couldn't find any birthday candles....Camille didn't care.

















Well, she has one birthday candle...



Aaron, Camille, Kathryn














Camille, Kathryn, Princess Charlotte Claire, and Mirielle.....
















Emily wonders why I don't leave them alone...Joseph, in the foreground, looks so young and innocent with is hair shorter....what this picture couldn't capture is the fun and silliness that was going on....






















We went around the table and everyone said something nice about Camille...she was embarrassed....
















Charlotte Claire said, "You are cuter than a little piggy!" Camille took that as a compliment.



















Aaron and Camille....(this alone is worth all the toil and sufferings of having lots of kids...)




















































































She was really embarrassed....























Paul hates when I take his picture....
Emily Anne and Charlotte Claire are 22 years apart....

Having all the kids here is fun, to say the least. The only reason they put up with me taking pictures of them at the table is because, as Evelyn said, "we better let her, or else she will make us change our clothes and take a family picture!"
I had a wonderful weekend at the sister's conference, but don't have time to write about that now...putting these pictures up took too long, and my Camille wants her cereal.....



































8 comments:

FLmom7 said...

What fun! Happy Birthday to Camille!

Tereza said...

Looks like I'm not the only one with a hubby who hates taking picures! Nice to know:):)
Well you did well stealing pictures of all the kids! Mine put up with it if it's a birthday or Christmas....but I get no other excuses:):)

Happy birthday to Camille! She looks like she feels loved!

AUTISMOMMA said...

Camille is so cute. Her party was just beautiful...almost brought tears to my eyes and they're not even MY kids!

Mom said...

What a gorgeous day! So happy for you! Just thinking of buying pork chops for 19 people though made me nervous! ;-)

Anonymous said...

My favourite photos are the ones of Camille hugging big brother and her tired & overwhelmed, it shows how little she still is and it's just so cute. lol you didn't find candles, how lovely you are so relaxed about it. Appreciate you loading all the photos. Happy Birthday little sweetie pie.

16 blessings'mom said...

Thanks for the birthday wishes! Bonnie, the pork chops were ONE DOLLAR a pound! I get them at my favorite store, they are always fresh and good, they were on sale. Mirielle marinaded them, so they were extra good. But really cheap...about nine dollars to feed all of us. And four dollars worth of potatoes, plus the butter and sour cream...not as expensive as it seems....and about $4 worth of carrots...and water to drink. And I love the picture of Camille hugging Aaron, too! Aaron is my child who bugs me the most to have another baby.....

16 blessings'mom said...

Actually, she marinaTed them....

mommeeof10 said...

Looks like fun! Happy birthday late to Camille.

We are starting our birthdays soon. We have 1 in Nov, 2 kids and hubby in Dec, 1 in Jan, 2 in Feb, 1 in Mar, 2 in Apr (me and 1 child), 1 in May and 1 in September. Since Hubby got a new job today, yay, maybe we can buy christmas and birhtday presents and still eat. :)