The Fam

Ryan's Family:

Kelle and Max (Ryan's Parents)

Kelle and Max were high school sweethearts.  They are so cute together!  Kelle loves sports.  She plays tennis on a regular basis and used to play indoor soccer a lot too but just had a really bad knee injury and needed to take a break.  She also is really, really good at crafts.  She treats me like I'm her own and I love her!.  Max: He LOVES to golf and is really good at it.  He also loves to ski in the winter time.  He makes the best BBQ chicken ever on the grill!  He is probably the most gentle guy I know.  They both are so excited to be grandparents! 

From left to Right:

Derek-Derek is Ryan's little brother.  He is the star of the party!  Right now he is going to college to become a nurse.  In the winter he is a snowboard instructor and in the summer he works at a golf couse.  We are all jealous of his jobs because they are so much fun.  He also has a really big heart and would do anything for us. 

(skip Ryan and I)

Erin- Erin is Ryan's little sister.  It is so fun to have her as a sister.  She is game for anything.  She is always up to having a good time.  She just graduated from college and has a big girl job now!  She is going to be such a fun aunt.  Kids LOVE her! 

Caiden-Caiden is a senior in high school.  He is so sweet.  He doesn't talk much but when he does it is always something that cracks me up.  He is on the golf team in school and I hear he is really good. 

More Pics of Ryan's Family:

Heather and Max: This picture doesn't show it well: we were soooo muddy!

Max and Ryan

Ryan, Heather, Caiden, Erin, and Derek

Aunt Chris ,Uncle Paul, Ryan and Max

Heather, Bettie(Ryan's Grandma), and Ryan

Caiden, Ryan, Brandon, Ben, Erin, and Jess playing minute to win it!

Heather, Ryan, Max, Caiden, Kelle, Erin, and Derek at Laser Tag (one of Kelle's fav things to do)

Caiden, Max, Kelle, and Heather at Erin's graduation

Derek and Erin

Caiden, Ryan, and Derek

Kelle, Heather, and Erin

Max, Caiden, Derek, and Ryan (They love going golfing together!)

Kelle and Max

Playing games on our Christmas Ski Trip: Caiden, Aunt Kathy, Erin, Heather, Kelle, and Uncle Jeff

Kelle

Caiden, Erin, Kory(Heather's Brother), and Caiden on New Year's Eve

Both sides of the family for Heather's Graduation

 Heather's Family: 

The siblings (from right to left): Brandon, Karl, Kory, Mom, Dad, Bj, Nat, Heather

                        

Adams and Louise

Adams and Louise are Heather's parents.  They were also sweethearts before his mission.  They have raised six kids and survived!  The youngest are twin boys and my mom made it!!  Adams is a big guy with a huge heart.  He is a man of few words but when he does talk, pay close attention because it's something of value.  He loves taking the grandkids on errands with him during the day.  Louise is an amazing mom.  She is so laid back and I think it's because she survived all of us kids so she knows she can conquer anything.  She loves to garden and spend time at the cabin playing sudoko. 

BJ and Treasure's Family 

Bj is Heather's oldest brother.  He has always been a good older brother and watches out for the rest of his siblings.  He is the biggest tease!  He still teases us even though we are all grown up.  Treasure is just like her name, she really is a treasure to our family.  She has the strongest spirit and cares about everyone around her.  She is also the super mom!  She can do anything!  Klint is their oldest boy, he is almost 9 years old.  He is so sweet and his dad is his biggest hero.  He loves to go hunting and be outside with his dad.  Emma is 6 years old and is an amazing artist.  She doesn't say much but she can melt you with that beautiful smile of hers.  Gracie is 3 years old and is a spit fire!  She is the biggest actress I know.  She can sing and dance and just loves attention.  Ruby was just born in March and is so perfect in every way!

Natalie and Aaron's family:

 Natalie is my (Heather's) older and only sister.  She is seriously the best friend I could have.  She has ALWAYS been there for me.  When I was homesick at college, she cleaned my mom's house to earn money to fly out to see me, she was there when Ryan left on his mission and took me shopping to help ease the pain, she surprised me and picked me up from my mission, she was the first person I called when the doctor told me it would be really hard to get pregnant.  She is the best in the world.  Aaron, her husband, is a great guy.  He is so generous!  When he takes Ryan dirt biking he pays for everything and refuses to let Ryan pay him back.  He LOVES sushi and always invites everyone to go.  Liz is 11 years old and is the older grandchild.  She is so responsible and is a good babysitter.  Liz and I go to Zumba together which is fun.  Jayden is 9 years old and is the biggest dare devil ever!  He isn't afraid of anything.  Infact, he just had surgery on his leg because he broke it going off a job on his dirt bike.  Alex, aka Albert Einstein, is so funny and loves to give hugs and kisses.  Our birthday is a day apart so we always have our birthday party together.  He LOVES Ryan's parents and asks to go visit them.  Otis is a terror already and he is only 2 years old!  I love watching him run!  He is a big tank!

Brandon and Kresta's Family

Brandon is my (Heather) older brother.  He is probably the nicest person you'd ever meet.  He will call just to talk and see how you are doing.  He dated Kresta before his mission and so while he was on his mission Kresta and I became very close.  She really is like my own sister.  We were going to get rid of Brandon if he didn't marry her after he got home!  She is always helping people around her.  I swear she takes dinner into families atleast once a week.  They have four kids.  The oldest are 6 year old twin girls: Brynlee and Breklyn.  Breklyn is more of the athletic one that likes to play rough.  Brynlee is more artistic and loves to make things and dance.  I love how they are each other's best friends.  They are so sweet.  Krew is 4, he is so funny and always says the funniest things.  He loves Brandon and gets so excited when he gets to go hunting with his dad.  Kash is my little buddy!  He is almost 2 years old.  I love this little guy.  One weekend we had him and he was sick but even when he was sick he had that big ole grin from ear to ear.  

Karl and Rielee

Karl is my little brother, he actually is a twin to Kory.  Karl just got married last week!  He is the clown of the family and can get as all rolling!  The grandkids love him because he stops what he is doing and just plays like he is one of them.  Rielee is awesome and is just like one of us.  She is fun and the grandkids have fallen in love with her so fast.

Kory

  Kory is the baby of Heather's family.  He is Karl's twin and they are seriously so funny together.  Kory and I are really close.  He has the sweetest heart and is going to make one girl really lucky one day.  He is going to school and is starting his own business.  He would do anything for anyone, really he would!

Here are some more pics of Heather's Family:

Brandon, Natalie, Karl, and Kory

Karl, Heather, Bj, Klint

Heather and Jayden

Ryan, Gracie, and Emma

Heather, Jayden, Liz, and Ryan

Liz, Ryan, Klint, and Jayden

Ryan, Bj, Karl, Brandon, and Krew (Thanksgiving tradition: Skeet shooting)

Ryan and Kory

Heather, Louise, Kresta, Grandma, Adams, BJ: Playing games at the cabin

Ryan, Krew, Alex, Breklyn, Emma, Brynlee

Klint, Liz, Alex, Jayden, Gracie, Emma

Klint, Jayden,Grandma Louise, Heather, and Breklyn

Fishing with Grandpa Adams

Thanksgiving at the cabin