Family time...

Okay, we had a BIG weekend! Friday night was Orvis Risner's Fall Festival (note the previous post with the cool cakes!). Here is the one and only pic from the eventful evening...Dustin and Jodee both had their faces painted--pretty professional looking if you ask me! HA! Yes, I was the artist, and yes, she did ask for the black cat on her forehead! Dustin got the eye patch as a prize and had me paint a mustache to go with it so he could be a pirate. Dylan is holding up his measly little prize, a miniature flashlight! He loves it, so we were all happy...it was a fun and busy night--even Josh got in on the face painting to give another parent a break. We had fun, then had to get into packing mode for the next morning and our trip to Mineral Wells, TX.

Mineral Wells was the location for our "Fowler Family Reunion". It was great! We were missing 2 families, and one spouse, a total of 11 people, but still had 58 people in attendance! BIG family, huh? It was great to see everyone...some we hadn't seen since our wedding--10 years ago! Here is Jodee and her cousin Samantha--good buddies:
Here is Josh's grandparents, "Pop Pop and KK" and all but 6 great grandkids.
Here are Pop Pop and KK with the grandkids...all grown up!

We had so much fun, one of Josh's aunts rented a moon bounce--which the kids all loved. Kept them busy too! My favorite part of the weekend with the family was Saturday night, the singing was amazing, and hearing favorite Fowler memories was so special!

The other great part of the weekend was getting to visit my sister, Heidi. She is a teacher down in Texas, and she let us stay in her apartment--thanks Heidi!!! We loved seeing her and her new place, and the kids love playing with her. She went to church with us Sunday, so we got an extra long visit with her...it was so nice. Here are the kids (yes, the boys are being goofy!) with their aunt Heidi: We feel so blessed to have such a good family. We love you all!