Family Reunion Day 3

     Our annual Family Reunion was actually centered around Little Camilla's sealing to her new family. She has lived with them since her birth and it took Social Services 4 years to finalize the adoption.
     We had lots of family and friends join in on the festivities of the happy day. What a treat it was to finally see this sweet little girl 'officially' join our family.

Camilla's favorite color is pink so her grandmother and great grandmother got together and made her a pink Sun Bonnet Sue quilt - something she has done for all her grandchildren when they turn four.

Family Reunion - Day 2

We had to work in the morning so all the families met up in Provo at the local swimming attraction - big pool with several nice, big water slides. By the time we arrived everyone was sunburned, tired and ready for lunch. We provided Subway sandwiches, chips and drinks and we all went to a park near Doug's parent's home on the west side of Provo. Swimming worked up appetites and the food was woofed down in a matter of minutes. It was fun to see all the kids playing together and getting to know each other better.

Family Get Together Continued . . . . . .

It was so nice that the kids didn't want to let a year go by without our annual Family Reunion. Lance, Paige and family came down from Park City and we met Matt, Jeanette and kids on the plaza next to Temple Square. The first thing we had to do was take pictures of Kegan and Cadence with the beautiful flowers and then Cadence got up close and personel with the flowers . . . .I think Keegan let go of her and back she went - nothing cuter!

We walked around the plaza and explored all the sites and then headed over to the conference center and the M1.

Throwing pennies in the fountains and water features is always one of Keegan's favorite things to do - he taught all the other kids where Grandpa kept the pennies and they were tossing them in too

We had an early dinner at the Lion House Pantry and then went over to the apartments for a nice cool-down swim.

Lance, Paige & Family Visit in Provo

Lance, Paige & family are the first to arrive for our family reunion this year. They actually came out early to attend Paige's family reunion at Bear Lake but we met them at BYU for a game center walk about and dinner at the Chuck A-Rama . . . . . not much of a name but the food is better than any other buffet we've tried.

More Family Visits

Since being on our mission in we have visited with more family than when we lived in our Colorado home for the past 15 years. This week Amber, Brian and kids dropped in and we were able to have lunch with them and give them a tour of our interpretation area. That evening they all came over and visited before they had to begin packing for their return trip. It was so thoughtful of them to look us up and give us a call so we could get together - it's been since the Bass Lake get together and the Family Reunion Cruise that we saw her and the kids last.

Mom's 90th Birthday Celebration

     We celebrated Mom's 90th birthday on Sunday - what a nice family get together! Aunt Sydney had organized a nice luncheon/surprise birthday party and Pammy had organized and published a very special "90 Memories" book complete with photos and stories about Mom from family and close friends. Everyone was on hand except Lance, Paige and kids who were getting ready for their trip to her family's reunion - we sure missed them. Uncle Buddy, Aunt Doris, Steve and Brian all drove in from Denver to join in on the fun, too. Pammy took lots of family pictures so we should have some great 'professional' shots of the event.
     We flew in on Thursday night after work so we could spend Friday and Saturday with Holly, Matt & Jeanette and kids, and Miq & Doug and kids. After the surprise party we drove down to Littleton to see the kid's new bathrooms and remodeling projects - wow have they had some nice work done.