Reunion

We FINALLY were able to find a time for our family reunion.  We had originally planned to do something in August before school started but it just never got planned.  It has been in the back of our minds for the last six months but nothing was panning out.  Thankfully we were able to pull something together last week.  We decided to camp locally here at South Willow Canyon just a half an hour from our home.  It worked out great!

Rick pulled our trailer up on Thursday night and we stayed until Saturday.  Our main day of fun was Friday.  It got a little chilly but we were able to bundle up in coats and blankets and stay warm by the fire.  Rick made a dutch chicken and potatoes dinner on Thursday and we enjoyed sitting around the campfire singing songs with the littles.

We stayed in the Boy Scout campground.  This campground is my favorite in South Willow.  There is a stream that runs right through it and the children had a fun time throwing rocks into the water.  Yes, we did get wet shoes and cold tootsies!

Scout and Charlie taking an afternoon nap on our bed.

Brach and Brady

Kendra and Brady

Kendra and Rafe playing the match game.

Safe and Scout making silly faces with grandma:)

The guys hanging out waiting for dinner to get ready.

                        My cute Gary strumming on the guitar.

Henry watching his dad play some tunes.

campfire scene....

I celebrated my 51st birthday on Friday night surrounded by my family.  Kendra made this delicious cake for our dessert.

                                        Piñata time!!

Cute Henry wearing part of the piñata.

All of these pictures were given to me by someone else because my phone was dead THE WHOLE TIME we were at the reunion.  Another fun thing that we did but didn't get any pictures of is bottle rockets.  The kids each decorated their own rocket and then with the help of grandpa and Uncle Brach, they got to shoot them up in the sky many times.  Then we got to chase them wherever they landed.  Sometimes they landed in the stream, sometimes on dry ground, and poor Scoutie's ended up in a huge pine tree never to be seen again.

Even though our reunion was close to home and relatively short it was a fun time playing games, riding ATV's, fishing, singing around the campfire, crafting with the kids,, and ultimately just being together.