Oh baby Bolton

Emma Elizabeth Bolton

Uncle Andy and the cousins

My sister Marian and her husband Andy had baby Emma last week on June 20th! They invited me to participate in the birth and I was blessed enough to be a witness as she was born into this world. It was one of the most joyful moments I have ever seen (other than the birth of our 3 kids). Emma is pretty pretty pretty and mama and daddy are so proud. I am very excited to be a new auntie.

The kids were so happy and excited to meet her and to touch her tiny hands and feet. Brooklyn seemed so big next to my tiny new niece. It's incredible how fast the first year goes by when you have a new baby. 


We made them dinner and stayed for a few hours...but I could have stayed a lot longer. She is the sweetest little thing in the world. Congratulations to the Bolton Family.

Here is the Archer clan meeting baby Emma for the first time. Proud new cousins Taylor, Camden and Brooklyn were very sweet with her. I just love the smile on Andy's face.

I think Taylor was the happiest of all! She loves babies.

Taylor and Cam

Happy 80th Birthday Grandma Nancy

Grandma Nancy, you ROCK! Gotta love family photos!

Singing the Birthday Song...

Hide and Seek with Auntie Marian & Julia!!














Grandkids & great-grandkids! It was hard to get the little kids to sit still for anything! They kept running around all night long.













Dinner with the kids is always a challenge!
Then - CAKE! Make a WISH Grandma! Love You! Everyone was there to celebrate. Even Aunt Jan from Virginia. I made a slide show and dad gave a speech and read a poem with Ed, Jan and Eileen. Then, we took so many family pictures, it might make your head spin. Taylor ate sunscreen, licked the rain off of the deck chairs with cousin Kylie, played hide-and-seek, piano, stole all of the fruit off of the table and watched Dora.Cam watched the slide show with all of us and pointed to himself in every photo.

It rained REALLY hard so we were like a bunch of sardines in my parent's house. It was still a lot of fun - hectic at times, but fun.