All the kids made these cute little puppets. Some of them even put on a funny little puppet show with them.
Each day of the reunion had a theme, and this was our Mexican dinner. Rachel, Morgan, and Isabell
I am loving this shot of my nephew Zach.
Carson and I
My Uncle Joe in a sombrero. (and a few of his boys.)
Grandma Monica braiding Morgan’s hair.
Isabell
The kitchen crew for our Hawaiian dinner.
Michelle, Brian, Leilani, and Shae.
The first activity we did when we arrived, was to have my Uncle Fred teach us a little archery. We did turns for the adults and kids. In this first picture, my dad is in the background keeping an eye on Cooper. He was a little difficult to take care of in the mountains, so we decided to take turns, so I could stay sane.
Uncle Fred helping Carson.
The kids are learning a little safety and how to work the bows.
Aaron and Morgan
Aaron and Paige
Isabell and Uncle Shae
Grandpa and Haylee
A few of the ladies.
Cooper…a rare moment when he was sitting still.
This year for the Williamson Family Reunion, it was my Aunt Maureen’s turn to be in charge. She decided to have the reunion at Camp Success, a boy scout camp, about an hour from Ely, Nevada. We had so much fun visiting with my aunts and uncles and most of my cousins. It was really neat to have a reunion in the mountains that my Grandparents used to camp in all the time. It was so fun to hear all the memories it brought back, to be where they had spent so much time. It made us all remember and miss Grandma Glenna and Grandpa Lyle so much.
This is the Lodge that was so nice for feeding everyone and getting out of the terrible rain storms.
For 2 days this was home sweet home.
Trying to get a picture of the whole crew.
Well, we tried anyway. That was a lot of little kids to sit still for a few minutes.
My Aunt Maureen worked so hard to make sure we were constantly busy, and having fun. So many Thanks to her and her family for all the hard work. We had a great time.
I love our family tradition of going to the parade on the fourth. I love watching my kids get excited about the same things I liked when I was a kid. We now watch the firework with my extended family and also Aaron’s. My kids love to spend the holiday playing with all kinds of cousins.
Grandpa Rich and Cooper
Michelle, Me, Cooper and Meghan
Uncle Shae, Zach, and Carson
The whole gang
Lots and lots of cousins
Paige, Brinley, Haylee, Isabell, and Uncle Adam
Jacee, Morgan, and Rachel
Grandpa and Grandma Williamson
Jessica and Emery
While my sister was visiting from Michigan, we paid the big cousins to watch the little cousins, and headed out on a date. We went to Plum Loco for dinner (my parents favorite restaurant) and then went bowling. We played boys against girls, thinking we would get creamed, but luckily we held our own.
A sweet picture of me entering all of our names into the computer.
The mom. She was our secret weapon, she had taken a bowling class back in the college years.
The Dad.
Michelle and Shae doing a little couples bowling.
Aaron and I taking a turn.
I wish I had a video of Aaron bowling. He has some Fred Flinstone similarities.
We had such a fun night, it was good to be with such great company. We are already planning a rematch for the next visit.
Sometimes I think it is mean to make my kids wait all day to open presents, but its worth it to have a party with the grandparents. Paige was REALLY excited for it to finally be time to open them.
Cooper and Carson were a little bit too much help.
Paige was a great sport to put up with Cooper attacking her presents and all her balloons. We love having this sweet girl in our family:)
On July 25th we spent the day celebrating miss Paige’s birthday. We had a swimming party with her friends that afternoon, and then that night we had the Grandpa’s and Grandma’s over for another little party.
Paige opening her presents.
We decided to do cupcakes instead of a cake this year.
We borrowed Grandma’s blow-up water slide.
Paige and a few of her friends making a whirlpool.
Paige even let her big sister come to her party.
Happy Birthday Paiger!!
