Calling all WALKER cousins.....

Just a reminder that we are going to have an amazing family reunion this year!

Sandra will be there!!!

- YAY -

and hope ALL of the rest of my AMAZING cousins will be there too!

Sandra will also be in the Boise area the 1st week of August -

we want to get together then! - who wants to join us???

email me: dianebphotography@gmail.com

and then when we decide when and where we are getting together,

I will be able to let you know!

now, since a post is more fun when it includes pictures.....

enjoy these:

(Jessica is creating an album of over 100 pictures from past reunions- for "the Vernon Walker Family" facebook page.....check our family page out on facebook if you haven't yet!)






who could stand to miss out on a performance by Elvis???


or magic tricks???
or the dancing???

or the rubber band rope???

how about...."that Dumb nut"??? -

Aunt Loa we are so excited to have you home!

will you PLEASE perform for us - my kids don't remember the story!

ahhhh - swimming!
and one of my FAVORITE of Grandpa!

- he was watching all of us dance!

now - are you in the mood to come to the reunion? - Hope so!!!

HaPpY bIrThDaY RYAN......

FINALLY THE BIG DAY IS HERE..........

RYAN HAS REALLY BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO HIS BIRTHDAY!

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO,

RYAN WAS COMPLAINING THAT HE HAD NEVER HAD A BIRTHDAY PARTY???? -

WHAAAAT?

NOT SURE WHERE THE CONFUSION CAME IN? BUT, I SHOWED HIM PICTURES FROM THE PAST 6 - AND HE FELT BETTER! - WE MADE "MONSTER COOKIES" TO TAKE TO SCHOOL TODAY- AND TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO ROAST HOT DOGS & MARSHMALLOWS OVER GRANDMA & GRANDPA'S FIRE PIT -

(THESE WERE RYAN'S REQUESTS - PRETTY SIMPLE!)
WE LOVE THIS BOY!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARY.....

MARY

we love you!


HOPE YOUR BIRTHDAY IS GREAT!!!

Medallion, Easter Dresses, Rosettes.....

Jessica received her YW Medallion today!

We are very proud of her!

I love how they added a ruby to the necklace...

"who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies(Proverbs 31:10)

also from the Young Women Personal Progress book:

"Give me a young woman who loves home and family,

who reads and ponders the scriptures daily,

who has a burning testimony of the Book of Mormon.

Give me a young woman who faithfully attends her church meetings,

who is a seminary graduate,

who has earned her Young Womanhood Recognition Award and wears it with pride!

Give me a young woman who is virtuous and who has maintained her personal purtity,

who will not settle for less than a temple marriage,

and I will give you a young woman who will perform miracles

for the Lord now and throughout eternity."

Ezra Taft Benson

Keep up the good work Jessica - we appreciate the example

you set for us and your younger siblings!!!

these are the Easter Dresses that I made the girls this week!

I got the idea of adding the ROSETTES from D.E. Basic's dress called "Sunday Best" -

I am really happy with how they turned out!

If I was a cool blogger like some of you -

I would do a little tutorial on how to make the rosettes.....

but, since I'm not - you can google it-

there are tons of instructions out there - or, come on over

I'll just show you how -

WARNING:

making the 6 rosettes took about as long as sewing both dresses!

I might make two more to put on a headband for their hair -

(the one in Nicole's hair was my experiment - before I googled how to make them,

so, I'll have to make her a new one for her hair)

the wind was not helping us out today......

but I wanted to get some pics from this special day!

Thanks Grandpa & Grandma

Thanks for inviting us over for dinner last night!

We had tons of fun cooking over the fire!

The kids haven't stopped talking about it -

and can't wait until next time!

WE LOVE YOU!

(mom you'll have to send me the pics you took)

Sewing....

When we were first married I sewed quite a bit -

but, as the babies came along and life got busier,

and the house too crowded to have all the sewing stuff out-

(and little fingers kept turning all the sewing maching knobs) -

I sort of gave up on it (for about ten years)-

lately I have just really been wanting to sew something -

but haven't made it to a fabric store.

The other day I thought I'd go into the local Youth Ranch to see if there were any baseball cleats.

I didn't find any cleats - but this chunk of fabric was staring at me!!!

I love it - and turned it into this.....

(ya got to love a dress that only costs $3.71)


thanks mom for encouraging us in 4-H all those years!

Aunt Mary, thanks for your help, too!

I LOVE you both!