This last week all of my aunts flew into town for a surgery my grandma had. My grandma has 7 daughters, four of which live out of state, so it was a family reunion of sorts to have them all here at one time. One night we all got together at my mom's house to play games together and just plain laugh...

One of our favorite games to play is called L-C-R. It is a dice game and someone always wins a pot of moola! There is inevitably tons of screaming and laughing and, of course, shouting over one another to be heard. In the end, Courtney took it all and was the big winner of the night...

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I have a challenge for you, fellow bloggers...

Here are the rules:

1) Choose the 4th folder where you store your pictures on your computer

2) Select the 4th picture in the folder

3) Explain the picture

4) Tag 4 people to do the same

Here is mine:

This picture was taken 3 days before Christmas this year at my dear friend Cara's house. We were having a "Happy Birthday, Jesus!" party for all (and I mean all) of the kids. Olivia is shown here with her two best boy buds, Bryce and Noah. We also had the pleasure of spending this time with Zeke, Selah, Ella, and Halle, Aunt Kelley, Uncle B, Uncle Jarrod, and Aunt Cara. We read a book about the first Christmas, ate pizza, opened presents, and then sang happy birthday to Jesus and ate delicious cake made by the afore mentioned, Aunt Cara. We also made a personalized tree ornament with each child's handprint on a ball, but we now only have one because Liv's didn't make it out alive. Of course. All in all, we had lots of fun with our friends.

Nate was sitting at a curb in the car with the kids and Olivia saw some signs out her window...

"Look, Daddy, the signs say NO Skateboards....

NO Bicycles...

And NO Old Ladies!"

Meet my brothers...

My youngest brother, Johnny, is 22 and 9 years younger than me. That means I used to change his diapers, give him baths, and push him in a stroller. He was one of the cutest babies I ever did meet, not exaggerating. So it would then be reasonable to assume that I would have a hard time imagining this baby brother growing up and ever becoming a husband. But, alas, it has happened! Johnny is now engaged to be married to Courtney and I am very happy for them. Courtney is a fun, lively character who makes our family better and most importantly, makes John happy. One of these days I will be posting pictures of their wedding day and I will introduce you all to my new "sister."

But you may ask.... the title of this blog is "Meet my brothers..." Where is the other brother?

Let me show you....

This is my brother Brian. He is only 15 months younger than me and I did not change his diapers. I did play Luke Skywalker and Princess Leah with him in the backyard and I did pass notes between our bedrooms when we were supposed to be taking naps. He is the father to my super cute niece, Avery (see previous blog postings), and his wife is Rachel, my friend. Brian is lots of fun and has a very big heart, but mostly he can take all your money at poker like no one else.