Sunday, August 2, 2015

Family Reunion

Even though my parents were serving a mission in Texas, us siblings still wanted to get together for a reunion, so we invaded our parents' home one weekend in July and had a grand time.

Taco salad upon arrival.





Enjoying a little lovin' with Derek and Tansy's twins--Alex and Carolyn.

Aubrey and Alex



Sage and Carolyn



Jonathan and Alex
 


Kimberly and Carolyn


A little Wii time





Darrell took pity on the weeds in my parents' flower bed and garden


 Bead time


Carolyn and Alex


We had a day trip to Reservoir Lake.  It was beautiful, but a little chilly.





Tyler, me and Emily


Braving the water.  It was pretty chilly.



Derek and Tansy were the only adults brave enough to try out the lake.  They raced each other to a twig floating out in the lake.



Chillaxin'











The reunion would not have been complete without a cousin show.





Outside fun



Tyler



Tyler, Olivia, and Megan



What do you do when a garden didn't get planted this year?  Why use it as a big sandbox, of course!

Emily



Tyler and Olivia


Greg hung the swings up and swung Silas from up there.


We made an early-morning donut run.  Van's IGA has yummy donuts!



Playing basketball with Derek


Emily and Samuel



Homemade rootbeer



Derek, Samuel, Greg, Brooke and I went to check out their new property.

Samuel on the backhoe.



We hiked up the hill on their property to Greg's internet relay communication tower. 



A couple different views of the valley at the top.





A rousing game of volleyball



We sure had a great time with family, although it was weird to be there without Mom and Dad.  Here is Emily's face as we drove away.  She sure didn't want to leave.



And then the silly girl fell asleep with a blanket in her mouth.



Antelope Island

One day in July we decided to check out Antelope Island.

Megan, Emily and Tyler with a buffalo.



Megan



Emily



Tyler



Walking down to the Great Salt Lake




Wading in the Great Salt Lake.  The kids loved wading and wished we would have brought swim suits so they could have gone swimming--maybe another time.







Megan, Emily, Tyler and me



Buffalo on the island

We ended the day at Dickey's BBQ.