On Friday, we rented a bounce house and had it all day in our backyard. The kids had a blast jumping on it and going down the slide, but in the afternoon it got really hot and they would only play on it for a few minutes. Finally, Jon put some wet towels on it and they started on it again.
All of Jon's siblings were there (there are 10 of them!!) except for Bill. We had a fun dinner together at our house and enjoyed visiting with each other. I'm telling you - there were some really cute kids, grandkids & great-grandkids there!
On Saturday morning, we got up early and drove to Provo. Jon and the 3 oldest kids hiked the "Y" and I stayed at Anne's house with the 3 little ones, Beth's boys & Jon's parents. After they hiked, we all met at The Cougar Eat on campus and ate lunch. We went to the bookstore and then drove back to Salt Lake. All the kids were exhausted and they were out!
I drove to my sister's house to pick up food that she had bought that day for me for Sunday's lunch and then we headed to Bob & Debbie's house for dinner all together again. They have such a fun backyard and Lindsey even convinced Bob to let her swim in their hot tub. That, of course, led to a hot tub FULL of kids!
We drove home to find my wonderful sister and brother Mike at my house to help me cut veggies & fruit to get ready for the next day. I was feeling so overwhelmed at the thought of putting on another major meal, but we worked quickly and they really lifted my spirits. We even went and bought 6 bags of ice and cream slushes from Sonic to celebrate our quick hands.
Sunday morning, Jon blessed Hailey at Church. We had wonderful family there and our sweet neighbor, Denny came too. Jon did a wonderful job and Hailey was a perfect angel during the blessing - just laid there looking up at all the wonderful Priesthood holders around her. Mike & Becky left early to come to my house and they had everything set up ready to go when we walked in the door.
The food was delicious (we had the meat catered and it was worth every penny - so good!), the weather was beautiful and the company was wonderful. Thank you to all of our wonderful family who came! We wish ALL of our family could have been there, but we felt of your love and support from far away.
It was great weekend! Thank you to Beth for planning the reunion and thank you to Debbie & myself (smile!) for pulling off some major meals!! My only regret is that I didn't take very many pictures!
Kate and Kyle...Kate loves this boy! She was disappointed to learn that you can't marry your relatives though. Just the other day as she was talking about the boys she liked, she said she like Kyle, but she can't marry him because she's "allergic to him." She meant "related."
Tyler (Beth's youngest little boy)
Hannah at the Cougar Eat
Emily
Brooklyn & Becky after getting everything ready for Sunday!
Food table
Nancy Moore, Hailey, Areli Olsen & her sweet baby, Lucas.
Hailey wore the same blessing dress that Brooklyn did
Oh, we sure love this little girl!
3 comments:
So sweet! You guys really know how to pack a lot stuff into little bit of time! Sounds like fun!
That was such a great day. I am so glad I was in town for it. She looked beautiful.
I never got the chance to tell you a huge congratulations! She is such a beautiful baby.
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