DeTHORTENHAUSEN'S REUNION - A MONTH LATE

Over the Memorial Day weekend, we had such a wonderful reunion with our Kentucky family! All of us were there (except for Elder Nathan Bettenhausen). It's amazing how even after being apart for over two years, we still feel and act like family! Yellowstone was incredibly beautiful! But the company was even better! I'm soooooo grateful for our DeThortenhausens!

MY kids - Just entering the park:

Starburst, Skittle, Raisin, and Juice

Scott was super proud of his buffalo picture.

Grandpa with Red Skittle and Mango

The Browns

Mary and Aaron

Lovin' the great outdoors!

Uncle Chris with his great niece, Mango

Raisin with Scott

The Bettenhausens with my Cody

Crazy Kids and Men

Scott

Us

Skittles, Raisin, and Starburst

Look at these strong men!

Learning about birds...

Becoming honorary park rangers.

With Red Skittle

Me and My Eternal Companion
I like him!

Red Skittle loved the orange color in this guizer

The Lillywhites

The Browns

Us

Isn't this picture amazing?!

Thank you! I took it.

Love that freckled face!

And both of these two got KINDA close to a buffalo.
See the brown "rock" in the background?! It's actually a buffalo.

Love these bears!

Church was actually outside.
It was so fun to be worshipping with many other tourists, dogs, and children, etc.
The ward even brought us the sacrament outside.

Here's the entire crew!
Back Row: Cody, Scott, Skylar, Chris, Hammond, Mark and Jacob
Middle Row: Kiara, Me, Katia, Aaron, Amy and Mary
Bottom Row: Skittles, Mango, Juice, Starburst and Raisin

Best spot in town: Grandpa's shoulders

Aaron just hanging around.

Mango is along for the ride.

At the lake.

On the rock.

Kiara with the two cutest 6 year olds EVER!

MY girls!

Key Lime Pie and Kotten Kandy

Mommy and Son

Just thinking.

Who are these people?

Stick pull - Not sure who won.

The gang

These two are the BEST of friends!

Look at these pelicans

Happy Birthday, Cody!

Cookie Cake and Presents

Mary is so talented!
She drew the dragon on the cover of Cody's new art book.

My adorable grandchildren... so far.

On the way home....

At Shoshone Falls

Katia, Skylar, Mango and Jude

Shoshone Falls with Grandma and Grandpa

I feel sooooo blessed! I love my Bettenhausens, Thorntons, Lillywhties and Browns! This small Kentucky family is surely growing! Can't wait until our next reunion!

WHAT HAPPENED TO MAY?

 May has been wonderful! I can't even begin to express all the joy we've had this month. I'll try...

Of course, May starts with May Day! I sent my daughters crocheted bouquets.

Mango and Kotten Kandy

Key Lime Pie

The Browns love celebrating Star Wars Day on "May the 4th" Be With You:

Skylar, Katia and Mango are dressed for the event.

And then they went to the theater to watch the movie.

It was Mango's first movie in the theater. She fell asleep.

Scott joined in the fun.

Sheila put on a great concert with her YSA group. They jammed out to gospel music WITH Yahosh Bonner. 

Isn't Sheila adorable!

Me - Sheila - GJ

She's the one in the middle.

My nephew, Kade, got married to a wonderful girl: Sarah!

Kade and Sarah

Aren't they cute?!

Then came Red Skittle's 6th birthday! He celebrated with a Minecraft party. Grandma and Grandpa got him baking supplies and dinosaur accessories.

Bro, He's SIX!

He got to see the movie with his parents.

And he helped make his Minecraft cake.

Isn't he the cutest little baker?

He's so smart and capable. I just adore this kid!

He enjoyed his Creeper pinata.

I held my first piano recital in Idaho. I sure love my piano students!

I love my little studio.

Everyone of these kids had never done a recital before.

I was sooooo proud of them!

And Mother's Day was so fun!

A rose from church
The Good Place DVDs from Scott

And my daughters got me Foyle's War DVDs

Kiara went hiking with her to guys!

GJ and I are still LOVING our new business. We're having lots of fun!

GJ and her infused honey!

Me and my jams and jellies!

Best Friends Forever!

I LOVE my sister!

I worked at the voting booth this month too!

Unfortunately not a lot of people came out to vote, so I read an entire book while I was there!

The Bronze Bow was a good read.

And...

Ashton came to visit from Kentucky so we went to Red Robin.

Mango finally made it into Jude's dog crate. She was so proud of herself.

My daughters got to visit together and sent me photos.

Isn't Mango just precious?!

I love to see the temple! ... and Katia!

I'm glad we are eternal companions!

Scott is so good to me!

My amazing primary pianists - Abbi!

She is a treasure!

She just got her mission call to Scotland/Ireland.

Love these yellow fields in Idaho!

Mango is 9 months old!

But wait! There's more... Stay tuned for next week's post when I write about our DeThortenhausen Family Reunion at Yellowstone.