4th of July 2010

Grandma Rose and 2 of her granddaughters....Amber and Ashley.
The pyramid....check out Syd on top with her broken arm
and Maddie wanted in on it too...trying to lick Jeff.!

Jeff, John, Chris, Don and Kyle.

Ryan....doing pretty well!

Lots of fun on the dock. We would wait until however was

skiing went by and tried to spray us.

Ryan being funny.

We had two days of great water volleyball. Almost everyone

was in on it. Syd and David were our ball retrievers.

What a serve!!!! LOL

The kids in the am would get up and be at their

creative best with Kinex and Legos! I couldn't

believe the things that were made before breakfast.

Look at the mess!

Syd was showing off her waterproof cast. When did they start

making them???? She got hit with a soccer ball and hairline

fractured her arm.

Lexie (Amber's friend), Sydnee and Amber.

Brother Chris and I.

Mom and Don.

Jen and Chris.

Chris and daughter, Ashley.

Kyle doing quite well himself.

Kyle rockin out to the radio on the boat.

Kids having a blast playing on the tube.

Chris, Jeff and Kyle.

All the kids in the hot tub. Connor, Lexie, Chase, Ryan,

Heather, Syd, Amber, David and Ashley.

The whole crew... 17 of us this day...and we were still missing

2 other brothers, Jackie, Brady and Grayson.

It was a blast but it was crazy. Lots of people, food, and fun. We had great weather...started out a little windy, but not humid and very warm. I think we were all very water logged by the end of the weekend. Ryan and Amber really got fried....I think that the water volleyball was so fun, that we didn't pay attention to the sunscreen. Ouch! Chris, Jen and the kids left on Tuesday, and after some serious cleaning....I took a long nap Tuesday afternoon. I am getting older!!!

What a great weekend.

Memorial Day Weekend May 2010

Happy, happy Grayson.
Chillin with Papa in the hammock.

Yipee...dad is feeding me, so I can throw up on him!!

Papa and Grayson looking out over the lake.

John and Heather.

Ryan and Heather in the boat.

Ryan having a pretty good spray for the first time out.

Captain Johnny D.

I thought he biffed it here...but no, he just leans very well.

What a beautiful Memorial Day. At least it was nice on Friday and Saturday....Sunday it was pretty cloudy and turned cool. Monday, the day we drove home, of course it was nice.

We had a nice time. Jac and Grayson came up on Thursday so we had an extra day with them. Then, Ryan, Heather and Brady came up Friday night.

We grilled out on Saturday and watched a movie in the evening. Everyone got a bit of sun so was tired. Grayson did really well, Suzanne borrowed us a "tent" that we put at the end of the dock that kept him out of the sun...we also put it up on the beach out of the wind. It worked well, and let Jackie sun a little at the same time.

Kids left on Sunday to beat the traffic and have all Monday to relax.

James Howard Dawson's Celebration of Life May 22, 2010

This is some of Jim's family from his 2nd marriage.

Two of his children, Tammy and Todd and his first wife

Terri and Todd's girlfriend and son.

John , Gail (Jim's wife) and Patty Dawson Schirmers and Grayson under blanket.

Jeff and Sydnee Dawson and Mark Davis on the right.

Jackie displaying the afgan Gail made for Grayson.

Syd..just chillin. Only child other than Grayson that was there.

Old high school friends of Jim's, Chap and I forget her name.

Denie Davis

John and sister Patty Schirmers and Grayson

Jeff and cousin Mark

Bobby Welch and Sharon Davis and Bobby's son.

They are cousins.

Mary Davis and Meghan Davis....Mary is Meghan's Aunt.

Guy and Danny Davis...brothers.

We made it for Jim's farewell. Gail had brought his ashes up from Arizona where he died this winter and she had a farewell/celebration of life for him. Jim wanted no service, no burial, so this is how Gail wanted to do things. It was held out in the country in Braham MN on Gail's aunt's farm. Gail was raised here in Braham and her son's live here as well.

It was fun to see old friends and family members we don't see very often.

It was a really nice time.

May 16, 2010 Grayson John Malloy's Baptism

The cake was beautiful.All Malloy's. Jac, Brady, Grayson, Kelly and Joe.

Jackie, Brady and Grayson

Grayson with his God parents, Rich and Kelly Gustafson.

Jackie, Brady, Grayson with Jackie's God parents, Don

and Diane Kloster.

John and I with Grayson, Jac and Brady.

What a beautiful day to be Baptised. The service went well, never heard a peep from Grayson.

The music was beautiful....Jane on piano and Shelley on flute. After the service we had everyone back to our house for breakfast. We have a special thanks to Kelly G for her photographic skills and also for bringing 2 big crock pots of biscuits and gravy and egg bake!!!! What a girl!

It was a beautiful day.

May 1st, 2010 Sydnee's 1st Communion

Syd in her beautiful dress.

Syd with Grandpa and Grandma and Jackie and Grayson.

Dad and Sydnee.

We arrived home on April 30th in time to make Sydnee's 1st Communion. It was held at All Saints church in Lakeville, MN. The church is huge and beautiful. I believe someone told us that there were 300 kids having their 1st Communion and there were 3 different services to house all the people. That is big! After the service, John, Jackie, Brady, Grayson, Ryan, Heather, Syd,

Jeff, Joan and I all went to Green Mill pizza for dinner. It was a nice time to visit and catch up

on all the news. Syd looked beautiful in her dress. All the girls looked like they were miniature brides.