Lawlor Family Est.1978: November 2009

Odds and Ends of the month!

Here are some odds and ends of the month. This is the second time I'm trying to post this! The first time they had some kind of edit error and I lost everything! Bummer! So here we go again! Hope I don't have to do it a third time!!!!!!!
So today I got domestic for some reason! I actually did all the dishes by hand! And I don't do that very often! I'm the dishwasher queen! I love my dishwasher! If it can go in the dishwasher - it's there! And dishes will wait on the counter until they can go in the dishwasher!!!!! So like I said! This is odd! And this is two days worth! Last night we had a Relief Society Activity and I made two dutch oven dishes to take to it. Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas and Peach Cobbler. So there were a LOT of dishes as you can see!

This past week-end we also had stake conference with Elder David Evans. He graciously accepted our offer to stay with us. He is so neat! The kids came over to meet him after lunch and he talked to each one that could come. He told us some wonderful stories and gave us advice and left a wonderful blessing in our home. Never in a million years could I imagine the position we find ourselves in now. A General Authority in OUR home!!!!! What a treat and a blessing!

Here is little Levi - such a handsome little man! Still not sure who he looks like!

He brought his sisters Emry and Elise for Halloween. They met Anna at the door, so they were all able to say, "Trick of Treat!" So cute!

One Saturday, Kadee and Steve were able to go to Salt Lake to see a football game his brother was in (he plays for U of U) so we watched the kids for them that day. That night we had a YSA party to go to, so Clinton and Elizabeth agreed to watch them for us! Here a some pictures they took of all the fun they had!

It's great to have such loving, helpful sisters!

Playing some games. Elizabeth is a genius! She had them playing musical chairs for about 1/2 hour! So much fun!!!!!

Burton's in-laws sold their home and had to move and needed a new home for this electric car. Stanley said, "We can use that on some of our jobs!" so they bought some new batteries for it and Burton took it out on a test drive. I got to drive it too! It's soooooooo quiet! And fun!

Here's our chunker's Bensen. He's smiling and talking and laughing! He's so chubby! You just want to squeeze him!!!!

That's all for now!

Lawlor Family Halloween Party

Every year our big Lawlor family gets together for Halloween. We have Navajo taco's, play games and have fun! Everyone helps bring the food, Sharlene and Gary fry the fry bread and the kids dress up and the parents have games to play and pass out candy - it's a fun evening! And one that I personally missed! I was sick and didn't go, but I sent my camera and these are the pictures that came back!

Kensi, Karsen and Maeley waiting anxiously to play! Gotta wait for dinner first!

Not sure what was going on, but Maeley doesn't look too happy!

The newlyweds getting comfortable on the grass!

Alex and Emmee, Elizabeth and Clinton in line to get their delicious fry bread!

More of the family getting their food

Looks like Richard helped with the fry bread this year. Don't know what Jeremy is doing?

Putting the finishing touches on their fry bread!

Emmalee always comes up with the cutest costume for her and Burton to wear! Jasmine and Alladin!

That's Stanley kneeling in front of our game and here's Kensi playing another?

Stanley getting the kids to play our game and passing out candy.

Here's Karsen playing a game

Good job!

Maeley waiting her turn to play!

It's Grandpa's game! The pumpkin plays a song while the top of it opens and shuts. You have to throw a little stuffed bat into the head before the lid shuts. It's fun!

Maeley trying to get it in!

Did it make it? Where's my candy? Happy Halloween! Great costumes! (some of the people wore them - it was after halloween and some didn't want to dress up their kids again!)

Baby blessing

Wow! I'm really late with this one! Alex and Emmee blessed their big boy Bensen the middle of October! It was a beautiful blessing. I'm excited to see what kind of boy he becomes! And Emmee made his cute little outfit! Good job Emmee! Can't wait to see what you do with a girl!!!!

Proud parents!

Here's all our family that could get there before the meeting started. Alot of us had to leave before the meeting was over otherwise we would have waited until afterwards!

The grandpa's - three generations - Greatgrandpa Lawlor wasn't feeling good so couldn't be there!

All the priesthood - again this was before the meeting started. I think we're missing 2 or 3 others that got there just as the meeting started. This is a very handsome group of valiant priesthood holding men!