Phelan Fest 2008

Yes we are already at that time of the year again for the Phelan Family Christmas Party! Our Family has grown so much over the last year that we had to rent an outdoor picnic area to accomidate us all! John and I sent the girls with My sister, Uncle Ryan, Mom-o and Catfish while we attended a memorial for one of our college track coaches Doc Brown. The girls came home with lots of fun stories about Santa really being Scotty's dad and playing with all of their cousins! Mom and Dad enjoyed a nice weekend off! :) So just to remind you, there are 12 original Phelan Brothers and Sisters, I think 31 Phelan grandchildren and I think 20 great grandchildren!

Kids hugging Santa!

I never thought I would see the day...The Marheineke girls with Santa!

Ryan offically a Phelan, he sat on Santa's lap!

Lisa "always a good girl and forever a Phelan" Braun

Santa catching his breath and drinking a cold one!

Helping clean the ducks!

Grandpa Catfish uploaded these pictures of the girls the ducks from one of his recent hunting outings. We even got a picture of Evie picking up a duck! They are so cute holding the ducks and can't wait for Grandpa to teach them how to shoot!

Daddy Goes Fishing

The weekend after Thanksgiving we were back in Fresno for the HS State XC championships and a little R and R. On Sunday Catfish needed to get one of he son in laws out in the wilderness with him. John so graciously braved the cold at about 7500ft up at Huntington lake for a nice day of fishing. The guys were one fish short of 2 limits and John got the biggest catch of the day. Not the biggest catch of the family though, a couple of years back Mom-o pulled a 26in trout out of the water and to this day still has the record. Ask her and she will proudly show you the picture!

Evie's Bad Hair Day!

Did you think it was possible for little ones to have a bad hair day? Well Evie definitely confirmed that it is possible! Wow, there was nothing i could do to get it to stay down!