Luckily, we were able to meet up with the Barneys Friday morning since Weston happened to be working in Cedar City that weekend! Jennie and I met at the park to let the kids play and we caught up on what had been going on in each others' lives. When Weston was done working we all headed out to lunch. I'm so glad that we were able to see each other!
Friday evening was the start of the reunion. My BIL Taylor (along with the help of Becky and Brittney) provided a taco dinner and his yummy homemade salsa for everyone! Each of my mom's parents and her sibs gave us a little trip down memory lane of their childhoods and we got to look at ooooooooooold pictures that were on display.
Early Saturday morning, Matt took Blake fishing with my dad and the boys. Neither Matt nor Blake caught any fish, but Grandpa let Blake help reel in one of his! :)
Later that day, everyone met up at a nearby park to play. There was a water balloon toss that turned into a water balloon FIGHT (of course!) and then a massive marshmallow gun war. 
After going home for resting in the afternoon, we reconvened again for dinner and an auction for which people were asked to donate items to help cover the cost of the reunion. I made a bunch of hairbows, Becky made some CUTE picture frames and my mom's homemade strawberry jam was the hot ticket, each of the three jars going for almost $30 a PIECE!! We bought an old BB gun ( you'll shoot your eye out!) , some beautiful patriotic necklaces for Brooklyn and a sand pail for Blake.
Jerry, Janell, Ken, Kay Lyn, Scott w/ their Dad, then their Mom
My Family ~ Taylor & Becky w/ Lexi, Brittney, Joshua (front), Heston, me, Brooklyn (front), Blake, Matt, Gavin, Dad, Cody (in front), Mom
Just in case we hadn't had enough fun for the day, we decided to light off fireworks!!!! This is a BIG thing for us since it's illegal in Arizona, even sparklers!! Matt bought a variety of TNT and with the help of my brothers, I think we took care of it! Gavin was absolutely terrified of all the loud explosions and ended up inside, poor punkin! We finally got him back outside to try a sparkler.
Sunday morning was church and relaxing for the rest of the afternoon. A rainstorm rolled in and it was so glorious to hear a bit of thunder up in the mountains! Mmmm! We had Hawaiian haystacks for dinner with anyone who was still around and took the kids to the park to play then headed back to Aunt Charla's and Uncle Scott's for ice cream sundaes, yum!
Other random pictures from the trip-
Gavin playing in the gutter in front of G&G Adams' house. There is ALWAYS water running here!
My Grandpa & Grandma Sorensen (my mom's dad and his wife) with the kids
My Grandma & Grandpa Adams (my mom's mom and her husband) with the kids
4 generation shot - I'll take one of these every time I get the chance!
Monday morning, we headed back to Arizona and stopped in Flagstaff on the way home to visit the Lowell Observatory. It was a smidgen on the boring side for the kids, but we did actually get to see one star that is far far away (it was still daytime)!
The telescope that discovered Pluto!
Blake peering through the telescope to see Arcturus, one of the brightest stars in the nighttime sky!
We had a great time spending the weekend with family and it was so good to chat with everyone and see where we have all been in the past few years. Everyone is so grown up now, it's hard to believe!! Can't wait to do it again!
3 comments:
Looks like you guys had a lot of fun! It's nice to have stuff like family reunions to look forward to! We need to have a SCCO 2008 married students reunion next summer! Or something like that! Oh, and to answer your question about Cade and underwear. It's on and off. I'll keep him in them for a few days and then after cleaning up after him constantly I give up and put him back in pull ups. He has been in just underwear now for about three days and I am determined to keep him in them. . . we'll see!
Yah for a new post :) Looks like you guys have been having lots of fun!
looks like you guys had a great time.
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