Parker Family Reunion

June 2008

Centralia, Illinois

We all gathered together this past weekend in Centralia to enjoy fun, family, and friends. With our busy schedules and growing families it was hard to find a time and place that everyone could travel to so we all decided to meet at the most comfortable and fun place of all - Mom and Dad's house.

Shannon and Sarah made the long journey from Oak Harbor, WA as well as Crosby, Lauren, And Crosby II who traveled from Gulfport, MS. Since Crissie is just starting a new semester of school she and Michael had to travel in two cars! The babies are all just four months apart and starting to have fun with one another. Below are some pictures from our weekend.

pictured L to R: front row - Lauren , Crosby, Crosby II, Bennett, Coco, Sarah, and Shannon back row - Taylor, Michael, Crissie, Papa, Jessica, Parker, and Clif

As you can see from the pictures below the deck and the back porch became the place to be (and it also doubled as the playroom).

Playing and having a meal on the back porch.

picnicing on the deck

mmm.. that's good

The adults enjoying the beautiful weather.

Hanging out by the pool (and yes the pacifier is back...a long story for another post)

Playing on Crocdile Island

The children and I traveled up to Centralia the week before the big weekend and enjoyed Coco and Papa and I got to visit with a couple of high school friends. Below is a picture of my best friend Heather's little girl Lilly who turned one in June. Bennett had a good time showing her all of his toys.
Playing with the kitties
Scootin' around on our new scooter
Playing dressup with all of Coco's fun things
Ridin' the Big Wheel
There are too many pictures to post so I will include a slideshow soon.