Reunion 2011, part 1

I tried to choose only a few pictures to put on but couldn't, (you know me!) so decided to do this in two parts--so my blog account doesn't cancel me. 
We had a great reunion even if it was only here in Utah. Oh the woes of that! But as reunions go, the best part is reconnecting with family and visiting and eating and playing and we did that in abundance.


So, everyone was able to arrive by Thursday so that evening we met in the park and Kristy and Liz did a great meal of Chicken Elizabeth and all the trimmings. It was delicious!
The little ones enjoyed the swings and slides and the open field to run

And, the big ones enjoyed basketball and football

 The next morning was our service project and Brendan's eagle project combined. We met at another park and since grandpa had cut out a bunch of wood cars, everyone got to sand
and sand
and sand!   Then came the part everyone was waiting for and that was to paint them.  What fun we had!


Zach got creative and made his purple--not sure the church will accept that color, but it did look pretty cool. That was part one and the next part was putting together hygiene kits. (If anyone still wants to donate--contact Allyson or Bren)

Allyson had everything organized and ready to go so we had an assembly line going. It didn't take very long and then... we again ate--always so much good food at reunions--Reed and Allyson brought a great meal of barbecue sandwiches with all the extras. This picture of Trey has become a tradition now--he always eats the same lunch.

The little ones had fun playing at the park and as always, the babies were loved by everyone.

 

Here Joshy J-dog gets to meet Joshy!

The next part of our day was spent at the pool, cooling down from the heat of the day.

After the pool we ate dinner at the park, thanks to Christie and Darren and John and Laura. We had yummy sandwiches, salads and desserts. We had fun visiting and playing

The 3 oldest girls had fun in their cage--until the boys attacked them
Our three youngest grandsons

Little Max is less than a week old! It was a fun day and so glad we got to help Brendan with his eagle project and help those who have so very little. We were all tired and slept good that night--well except the cousins who had sleep overs, but that is what memories are made of. More to come.