The Chaplin Family: Family Reunion & a Blessing.....

This last weekend we had our Weaver Family Reunion. It was so much fun. We all got together at a park wore our Weaver Family Reunion t-shirts, played games,kids played in the water and on the toys, and we eat great food. Then the next day we all went to a hot springs pool and swam, and then headed to our cousin's house and had a big BBQ with all the fixins. We played more games and hung out and then we had a big birthday cake to celebrate all the summer birthdays, the kids put on a puppet show and then we did a play that my Aunt Teressa put together about our ancestors. It was really fun learning about how the Weaver Family came to be and how our ancestors lived and how we got to where we are today.

A very special thanks goes out to my Aunt Teressa and my Mom
for putting together such a great family reunion and getting us all together.

The whole clan!

The Chaplin Family

The Tinker Family

Nama & Papa & Tinley

Mikey & Danielle & Jace

Taos & Broxton

Playing Games

And more games

Grams & Brody playing cards

The older kids doing their puppets show (The Three Little Pigs)
for the little little kids

After the older kids did their puppet show,
Broxton did his own puppet show all by himself.
It was so cute!

Then on Sunday (July 10, 2011) our baby girl was Blessed. Her Uncle Mikey blessed her and it was so wonderful. There is something so special about a Blessing and having your little receive their name... the name that they will be known by for the rest of their lives. It was also special because Tinley wore the same Blessing dress that my mom and I wore on our Blessing day. Aunt Danielle got Tinley her bracelet too. It is a special tradition that she wanted to do for Tinley... get her a bracelet for her to wear on the 3 most important days in a little girl's life.... her Blessing day, Baptism day, and her wedding day. It was such a wonderful day and Tinley looked so beautiful.

Below are my babies on their Blessing day!
These pictures are so special to me. I just love them.

Tinley Lake - Blessed July 10, 2011