Feeling a bit guilty

Isn't it OK to not feel like blogging because you're having way too much summer fun? The guilt comes from taking a few minutes out of my summer fun to check up on all of you, but NOT taking a few extra minutes to allow YOU to check up on US...and the longer I wait, the more pictures and things I have to write about. I just don't want to think about how much time it would take to get caught up! This is a work in progress people!
After the Ragnar (Yes, I'm still back in June) on Saturday Gary and I were SO tired. We went to my Parents house to hang out with my brothers...including one who was visiting from Calgary with his wife and cute daughter. We hung out with them for a bit until we both pretty much fell asleep...Sunday morning the Fears Family Reunion officially began!
After church, we headed over to Susan and Drew's home (Gary's sister) for family time...we got there a few minutes before the rest of them got home from church. Have I ever mentioned before that I'm the luckiest aunt in the WORLD? I have the cutest nieces and nephews EVER! And the best part about it is....THEY LOVE ME TOO! The second all those girls (and a few boys, but they shall remain nameless in case of future embarrassment) walked in the door and spotted "Aunt Tara" they screamed and came running over tackling me in a big hug. Then, one of the girls spotted Susan's big huge box of ribbon that was out for the 'getting ready for church' thing that morning (all the girls had cute ribbon in their hair) and decided that they wanted to do my hair up in ribbon...well, one thing lead to another and it turned out they wanted to make me into some warrior Indian princess. What a HOTTIE!!!

Here are some of the girls: AshlynOh, this one's a boy...but he's got three sisters: CharlieEmma Grace and Callie RayeBrennaEliza...LOOK at that huge smile!AlyssaThere are several more cuties, I just don't have pictures of them. Just trust me OK?

Had to post this picture. Here is Gary's brother, Brad and Abraham Lincoln...Or, maybe Gary decided to do something funky with shaving his beard off. Which just cracks me up every time because he's always trying something new and totally random when he shaves.A family reunion tradition that I think is super cute...each grandchild makes a scrapbook page about themselves (with or without the help of their mother) and then they make enough copies that each family gets one and the original goes to Grandma. This is done every two years and is a really fun way for the cousins to share something with each other. AND, this is why Gary and I haven't had any kids, I don't scrapbook and have NO idea what I'll do when I have to start making scrapbook pages! :)
Below is Brady telling all the cousins about the pictures and qualities he put about himself on his scrapbook page.And this is SpencerThese are a few pictures of the entire family playing "Little Sally Walker" and boy was it hilarious! It was a first for me...and I don't think I've laughed that hard in a long long time!

Below is Miralyn "doing her thing"
...and GaryLook at this cute picture! I think there are seven of them all lined up in a row. This is how they slept. I remember sleeping like this with all my cousins during family reunions...what a fun thing! I have to admit, I was a little jealous. I just wanted to go lay down and snuggle with them all!

We can't wait for two more years when we all get to get together again! It sure was fun to see everyone!