We were Sooooo blessed to be able to have our cousins, the Malletts come up over New Years weekend!!! Every time they come for visits, it gets harder and harder to say goodbye!
So, here's a smattering of pictures from a glorious weekend with our favorite cousins!!!!!
Daniel told Mercy that he wanted to take a nap...and that just invited her to pounce him! :)
Sarah and Merry playing
Mercy and Merry
Merry loves looking at you through something!
Merry and Liberty playing on the stairs
Andrew taking Mercy for a spin in the front yard
Peter and Sean trying to fly the kite, and Ethan and Mercy playing with puppies
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Mercy really wanted to take one of them home!
Pictures never do the sunset justice....
Friday night was Ethan's birthday, so we had a campfire and cooked hot dogs and roasted marshmallows! :)
Blackmail picture! In David's defense, that was his book when he was young, and he hadn't seen it in several years! :)
Andrew, Mercy, Sarah, Sonya and Merry
Ethan with his present from Sarah and Mercy
Hannah and Ethan making bread
Mercy helping Sarah milk
Saturday was the Hale get-together! All of Daddy's siblings were able to come, and I think only 3 cousins weren't able to! So good to see and catch up with everybody!!!
Aunt Judy, Me, Sonya and Samuel looking at the scrapbook Sarah had put together
Aunt Donna and Paige
Rachel and Sonya, and Grandma's 17th and 18th Great-Grandchildren! :D
Aurora, Paige and John
Daniel, David and Shawn
Uncle Earl, Daddy, Uncle Charles, Uncle Jerry, and Uncle Roy
Uncle Roy and Aunt Rene with their Grandson, Ryan
Samantha, Jack, Rachel, Me, Merry, Samuel, Paige, James, and Aubrey
Gavin and Aiden
Mercy and Ethan
The football always manages to come out at Hale gatherings! :)
some of us went out on the land and did some target shooting. Aunt Rene and our Cousin James are both of them Police officers, so they also taught us some handgun safety.
Andrew and Samuel
Aunt Rene and I
we had to move the target, so I was just standing there, and Amy had the camera... :P
Caden, Sam, Peter and Ethan
Peter giving David a 'Piggy back' ride! :)
This was my target...not bad!
Amy's turn
Samuel and Mercy
Standing around watching
Andrew shooting the 22
Peter's turn
Sean
Sean jr.
Cooking is fun, when there are little girls helping! :)
cuddled up on the couch watching Cars 2
on the way to Church the next morning
visiting with some of the Schattes Sunday evening
Liberty!!!
Samuel and Mercy helping put chickens out to thaw
Daniel and Ethan being gentlemen and giving Sarah and Mercy a ride in the wagon
Ashley and Liberty
Last cuddles on the couch before the sad moment when they had to leave...
how can you not smile along with her?
Merry and Hannah
Hannah can make funny faces! (and she might kill me for putting this picture up...but I think it's cute!)
Sarah and a very tired Bugaboo
Me and Merry
Daniel and Ethan
Hannah and Mercy
