The Sperle Reunion

It seems like we always seem to miss the weekend of the annual Sperle Family Reunion held at Greg's house in Park Rapids, MN. Well, this year I took action and requested that the reunion be held at a time that we could actually attend. And what do you know? My wish was granted. We had such a blast playing in the water, hanging with the family playing games, singing songs, doing crafts and making icecream and eating 3 pounds of gummy bears! Eli loved having so many cousins around that he could chase and boss around and bother. I'm surprised that I don't have any pictures of him with Ashley as he called out her name all weekend "Ashee" and wanted to be everywhere that she was. It was pretty cute, but I'm pretty sure that Ashley found it pretty annoying.
Sadie also loved all of the attention that she got from cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents. In fact, she loved it so much that she didn't want to go to sleep! Here she is being spoiled by Emily.


Eli and Gabe share a love of cars. Here they are trying to share the cars.


Aunt Paula had a special craft planned: Hats!! All of the kids personalized their own visor. Here's the girls looking pretty in their fancy hats. (Don't tell Mary that her daughters are posted all over the internet in their bikinis.)


Who has the patience to play Ring-Around-The-Rosie 100 times? Cousins. Ahhh, Eli loved every minute.


And they all fall down!

Pictures From Uncle Darren's Wedding

Uncle Darren's wedding was beautiful. The kids are so excited to have a new aunt. Talia is beautiful and sweet and we are so excited to have a new Zeman. We celebrated the joyous occasion by dancing into the wee hours of the night. (Seriously, Eli is quite the dancer. Now I know what they mean when they say "cut a rug.") We all survived sleeping in the same hotel room and with each of us having a cold. Sadie was a little cranky because of the cold and fever keeping her up most of the night before the wedding and I felt like she wasn't representing herself very well as she's usually so content and happy. Here's a few:


Eli refused to button his shirt all the way up so he could wear the tie that went with his outfit.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Elton John

Fun In the Sun

Because I Can't Just Post About Sadie's Fingers This Week

A little brother and sister time.

P.S. Only 10 more days until our trip to North Dakota.

As Promised, Sadie's Fingers

Sadie must be double-jointed or something. I notice quite often that Sadie has an unnatural spread to her fingers. I often try to replicate her finger spacing with my own fingers and it involves me straining with all my might, then using my other hand to help move my fingers into the same positions that she does naturally. Maybe she's Mork or a fan of Star Trek. Either way, it is an unusual talent. Here are some close-ups of her fingers from some random pictures I took of her: