Family Reunion- July 2010

My Granddad Gil (Mom's dad) was about to turn 80 so it was the perfect excuse for a get together.   Every single on of my Granddad's children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren were able to come celebrate with him over the .  Some of the time was just my parents, siblings and our families and we filled up our time hiking, swimming and playing around grandma and grandpas house.  The cousins sure love to get together and it is fun to watch their relationships grow.  I can't wait to see them all again in a couple of weeks for Christmas!

 Alex and Axel.  Their names share the same letters so there is an immediate bond there but this day they decided to go by princess Leia and Luke.

 Brad built a fire pit in my parents yard and it got a lot of use roasting marshmallows.

 My brother Kyle, his son spencer and I.

 All the grandkids, minus the three babies, slept downstairs in a room with mattresses on the floor. They sure had fun down there but bedtime was a bit challenging.  It was just too much fun to calm down and sleep.

 Grandpa found a gorp rock on our way to Mary's Lake. 

 Taylor, Kayce and Lulu.

My hottie of a little sis, Hillary.

The group having a break at the lake.

 Laura and Annalyse.

 We got to go swimming a couple of times.

 One of the days Laura and I took all the kids minus two to Main Street on the bus.  Here they all are waiting at the bus stop.

 All of them enjoying their loot from the candy store.

My Uncle Keith is an amazing cook and my Uncle Chris is really into smoking meat.  So they made a pretty incredible birthday dinner in honor of my Granddad.  Here is Keith with is ribs prepping them.

And the final product.  (sorry this is sideways).  I hear they were very good.

 A bunch of us enjoying the fireworks on the 4th.

 My Granddad giving some sparklers to Ayden and Janelle

 Two of my cousins Zach and Laban.

 All the cakes for my Granddad.

We put together a book for his birthday with pictures from his life an letters from all of us to him.

 Granddad with is 4 children. Kay, Chris, Kim and Keith.

 Goofy kids.

 When they smoked all the meat they started around 9 p.m and had to watch it all night long.  Some people took shifts but we all hung out and talked for a while before we went to bed. 

Ayden on one of the hikes.

 Alex and Spencer.

 My cousin Issac and his wife Stacy.

 This is my whole family.  Parents and siblings with their kids.

 My Uncle Chris, Aunt Melonie and Cousin Connor.

 All the grandkids.

 My Aunt Kim, Uncle Carl, Laban and Jodi, Issac and Stacy, Zack and Mollie.

 The whole entire group.

My amazing parents.

Beautiful Sister.

My Brother Taylor, Kayce, Alex, Lulu and Eleanor. 

My family.

My Brother Kyle, Laura, Janelle, Spencer and Annelyse.

The three youngest grandkids.

Janelle and Ayden.  The two oldest grandkids.

My mother and her girls.

 My siblings. Keeping our personal space on our own chairs and tape dividers.

These pictures just remind me what a great time we had!  Thanks also to Laura for all these pictures.  She took great ones and I can't find mine so it worked out great.  Thanks!