Happy Birthday Uncle Mike

Happy birthday Uncle Mike!

My dad said it best on your anniversary, you are like a brother to him. We are all so lucky to have you in our family. We love you so much & hope you have a great birthday! xo

Happy Anniversary to Karen and Mike

Happy Anniversary Aunt Karen and Uncle Mike!
You two are so perfect together, we all hope you have a perfect day.
xo

Happy Father's Day Minch Dads!

Happy Father's Day to all of the super Minch Dads. Starting with Grandpa. Here is a recent photo of Grandpa with 2 of his kids and 4 grandkids + great grandson in the oven :)

And an oldie but goodie of Grandpa when he first became a Grandpa! Grandpa, you are the best grandpa & dad and from stories Aunt Karen and my Dad have told me, a wonderful Uncle too. We all love you so much. (I am expecting some great comments about all the great hair dos in this picture)

Beckie and I are so lucky to have a wonderful dad, who is also the best Poppy to Luke, and a really fun Uncle! We love you Dad!

Being an Uncle is an important job, the Minch kids are lucky to have really great ones. Uncle Mike is always so fun & easy to talk to, he is the best dad to Kristin and Kaitlin. Love you Uncle Mike!

Uncle Robert has always been so fun, Beckie and I loved visiting him & Aunt Alice when we were kids. He is loving to his own kids. We are so lucky to have so many great dads in our family. We love you all and Happy Father's Day!

Aunt Karen and Uncle Mike visit

Aunt Karen and Uncle Mike came to visit, we had a great time. We just should have taken more pictures!

Luke got an awesome Christmas gift from Grandpa, Clara, Aunt Karen, Uncle Mike, Aunt Deb, Uncle Jim, Matt and me, basketball lessons.

Happy Birthday Uncle Mike!

Happy Birthday Uncle Mike!  Kristin said it best last year, "Everyone loves my Dad!"  You are a great husband, dad, brother in law, son in law and uncle.  We all love you and hope you have the most awesome brithday.  Love, Jessie, Matt and all the Minches

Happy Anniversary to Karen and Mike

Happy Anniversary Karen & Mike!

Aunt Karen and Uncle Mike are one of the most loving couples I know.  I think that they really built a wonderful marriage that is very focused on family. 

I hope that you two are going to go out and celebrate your years together, your happy marriage and wonderful family that you created together. 

We love you both! xo

Happy Father's Day to all the Minch Dads

Happy Father's Day to all the Minch Dads! Just like the Minch Moms, we are so lucky to have such great men in our family. Our Minch Dads are pretty special and have taught us all so many great lessons. I was bragging to Matt the other day about how awesome Grandpa Minch is. Grandpa has always been ahead of the times. Grandpa was the first person I ever knew that drove a hybrid car and the only Grandpa I know that would eat sushi. He has always been accepting of other people, traveled and appreciated the finer things. He is so knowledgeable, he takes care of his body & mind. Grandpa knows when it is time to be serious and time to have fun! Most importantly he loves and supports his family. We can all learn from Grandpa that no matter how old you are, you can try new things and still learn.

Steve, Robert and Mike are all great dads like Grandpa. They all put their families first and take great care of us. They teach us new things and show us how to love each other. While they all work hard, they all appreciate a good time. I think that is such an important trait to learn from them. They love spending time with their wives, and like my dad said part of being a good dad is being a good husband.

Thanks to all the Dads for being so great to all of us. We love you!
Jessie and Steve
Karen, Mike and Kristin
Robert and Cassidy

Cancun Thanksgiving- Family Picture Night

Nana showing Lukey the nativity.
Jessie and Donna
Jessie and Matt
Cousins, Kristin, Beckie, Jessie and Kaitlin. Does anyone else think we look like the Fanta girls?
The Johnsons
Minches
The Greens
Johnsons

Cancun Thanksgiving- Dinner

Kristin was so smart she made all 27 of us a dinner reservation at the Italian restaurant for dinner. The food was great, we had the choice of turkey or beef tenderloin.
Two of my favorite guys before dinner :)
Matt, Dad and Me.
Matt, Dad and Terry
Mom and Me
Table 1
Table 2
Dad, Barb and Dan
Beckie and Steve
Lukey really enjoyed his dinner
Lukey's cute girlfriend Ava
Sharing with Poppy
Playing the drums after dinner
Dad, Mom, Pam and Terry

Cancun Thanksgiving-Fun in the Sun

What a great Thanksgiving! With 27 vacationers there was always something fun happening. Matt and I were so lucky to celebrate with the Minches: Donna, Steve, Beckie, Steve, Luke, Mike, Karen, Kaitlin, then the Bacas: Kristin, Brandon, Leon, Susan, Krista, Ray, Elle, Ambrose, Anneliese, Ryan and Ava, along with the Schneider's Barb and Dan, and the Salazar's Terry, Pam and Tyler who brought Tyler's friend Paxton.
We had great weather with only one rainy day! Body surfing was a daily activity. Here is Steve & Brandon catching a wave!
Kaitlin looking hot with her boogie board.
Yeah! Steve was cheering for his wave.
Some vacationers (myself included) just like to lounge.
Beckie and Luke, if that bikini looks familiar, click here to see another picture of Beckie and Luke.
Happy Hour is every hour! Tyler, Dan, Terry, Steve, Karen, Mike, Kaitlin and Kristin.
Brandon taking sweet Elle for a swim.
Ray and Ambrose splashing around.
Body surfers, Matt is waving.
Nana and Luke
Those guys aren't drinking girly drinks are they? Dan, Steve Green and Brandon with Chichis.
Cute Ava with her Grandma Susan.
Beckie, Donna and Jessie
This is one of my favorite pictures of our beautiful beach.
One of my favorite vacation activities is collecting shells.