Tarullo Family Reunion with some Lichfields and some Prices!

Cara was in charge of planning our first annual Tarullo family Reunion. She did a great job. Thanks Cara! We stayed at the Sylvan Lake State Park. It is a beautiful place!!! She picked this spot because it is close to Fulford Cave. We have been promising to take Travis there for about ...um...ten years now. We finally managed. Rod, Celeste, Travis, Brandon, Cami, Cara, Dave, Quinten, Braden, Stephanie and Caleb all went into the cave. Callie stayed out with Drake. I stayed out with Aiden and Suzy had Layla. Mom and Dad took a nap. We set up a screened tent that Travis had brought up. I blew up a mattress and made a comfortable place for the little ones to hang out. Aiden did not fell well so he slept there most of the time. During out Three day, two night stay we ate, hiked, fished, played with Dad's float boat, played the card game "golf" and enjoyed the "secret agent man, chichiawa 2" That was Brandon. He had fun investigating the racoon paw prints on my car. Caylee and Brandon loved roasting the marshmellows. Caleb loved starting the fire with a TON of lighter fluid. He came away with less hair on one arm than when he arrived. It was a fun trip. Who is planning next years?

Layla Walking?

Cara, Dave and Layla arrived yesterday afternoon for a birthday celebration dinner. Cara brought a recently purchased little push cart for Layla. She has been practicing walking with it for days and loves it. We all ran to the front entry way to watch Layla. She stood there in the middle of the floor and just looked at us. We coaxed, cheered, encouraged, and plead with her but she would not budge. So Grandpa nonchalantly walked behind her thinking that would make her move away from "that big old scary guy". She cranked her head around and glared at him but would not move. I guess she just didn't want an audience. Later, I did catch her walking behind it in the kitchen. Aiden thought it looked like great fun and joined her. He walks much faster than her and soon left her in the dust without her little push cart. I wish I had pulled out my camera for all of this. Sorry about that. I am including a picture from two weeks ago when she was practicing standing in the middle of the room. She would bend stick her bum up in the air, folded completely in half and then stand up with her arms out wide for balance. You could see her little toes gripping the carpet for all they were worth. The best part was her great big smile of accomplishment. Grand kids are so fun!