Family Reunion last June

Cute family photo at the family reunion.  The baby was five months old exactly on this day.  My favorite part of the reunion this year was the 5K and fun run/walk at the beginning of the day.  Thanks to my sister-in-laws that let me run with them...especially since I slowed them down when I got a few side-aches. 

My family is so awesome and cute!  Check out these fun couples!

My fun nephew was jumping into the back of a lot of photos...I think it's called "photo bombing" and I laugh when I notice him in the background of my photos.

I had to show off the baby in this fun photo!

Grandpa took a quick catnap during the talking part of the reunion.

And here is baby R, the cousin closest in age to my baby.  I know that when they get a little older, they are going to have so much fun together.

Family Photos taken this summer

I love this man...even if he struggles to keep his eyes open if the sun is out.  Most of the summer he is wearing sunglasses when he's outdoors and the sun is shining.

Here's the whole family together!  Aren't we a handsome bunch?!

Here I am with my siblings and parents.

Here's grandma with the granddaughters!  Aren't they cute...and they are such good friends too!

And the grandsons with grandpa.  Each of my siblings has one son so each of these boys represent  one family.  Can't wait till my son joins the gang!!

Family reunion Part VI

I wanted to add some fun photos from the reunion.  As with most reunions, we ate a lot of food.  Here's one of the youngest members of the family getting her food.  Yum!

And when you are the very youngest member of the reunion, you get so much attention.  Sometimes it's overwhelming!

Here's my brother and his wife!

Mom and Dad! (and a animal cookie?)

My sister and her hubby!

And Me!  My husband went home early because he was running a half marathon the next morning.  I stayed playing a game called Boxers or Briefs with everyone.  I almost won!

Silly faces.  SM won a sucker that had a crazy mouth on the outside.

Another silly face because of a silly sucker!

Family reunion Part III

Friday night we played a Minute to Win It games with the kids.  In the first game the kids had to balance a Starburst on a tongue depressor for one minute.  My brother then increased the number of Starbursts on the sticks for the kids.

And then they played the game where you move the cookie down from your forehead to your mouth in one minute.  It was so much fun to see them try to move the skin on their faces so that the cookies will move.  What I noticed is that without all the wrinkles and age, their skin does not move very well and they have a very difficult time moving the cookie on their faces.

In the next game, the kids took one pencil and balanced it on the back of their hands and then with that same hand, they had to catch the the pencil.  And then they increased the number of pencils.

In the last game...the kids had a Kleenex box with Christmas bulbs in them.  They had to shake out all of the decorations in a minute.  They were so cute, all of them.

What a fun evening.

Family Reunion Part II

Friday morning we took some family pictures, ate some lunch and then we drove up to Cascade Springs.  As a child, my dad took us up to Cascade Springs and we loved it.  I think the kids enjoyed all the water.

When Jeremy and I were either engaged or first married, we drove up to Cascade Springs.  It was earlier in the morning and there was a mama moose and her calf, walking in the springs.  Jeremy and I sat on those stairs and watched the moose for awhile.  This trip brought back that memory.

It was a beautiful day.  As Jeremy and I were on our way back down the mountain, we got stuck behind some cars.  We were very confused why we were stopped.  Finally we saw the teenage son run back to the car with his camera.  They had stopped in the middle of the road so that the teenage son could run out and take a picture of a mother moose and baby.  But the crazy thing was, these moose were right there next to the road.  It was so stupid of that boy to get out the car and get so close to the animals.

So much fun to be together as a family.

Family Reunion in July Part 1

My sister-in-law organized a family reunion and we had such a great time.  One of my brother's brought some games for us to play...Minute to Win It games.  Here we had one minute to put up a pyrimid and take it down.  SM did it...barely.  I wasn't quite so talented.  I am not very fast under pressure.

Soon the kiddos joined us and began stacking the cups.  It was so much fun!

As you can see, we stopped timing once the kids joined us and just let them have fun and be creative.

We had a lot of fun.  The reunion started on a Thursday evening and went until Saturday afternoon.