We had a family reunion! I know, right? We have only had one of those that I can remember, other than this one. It's hard when you drop your kids off all over the country and when 2 of them marry military men themselves and some just need an attitude adjustment! But hey, we did it and plenty of people came!
Finishing the binding on the quilt on the trip up to Mom and Dad's!
Mom came up with the theme of celebrating all the holiday's that they miss celebrating with all their kids and grandkids because everyone is so spread out.
We had 4th of July with sparklers and pool and slip and slide time,
We had Christmas presents- white elephant gifts,
We had birthday celebration complete with mini cakes to frost and decorate,
The book has pictures of all the kids and grandkids. The quilt was a representation of each family. They chose the main color. I chose the square that would represent the family. We have green and a hunters star since Rob is Army and we move a lot and we own a lot of guns. Karl's is red- I assume for Arizona State and his is Wheel of fortune, because he is in the finance game. Mike's is maroon, I assume for Texas A&M and his is Sister's choice, since they have a lot of girls in their family. Cindy's is robins egg blue (not sure why. Probably because she likes that color) and is a windmill- they live in Washington state and were Air Force, so it seemed to fit. Dan's is.... I can't remember! It was birds in flight though. Was it blue??? Anyway, him and his wife both work for the airlines, so that's why the pattern. Lise's was purple, because that fits her and the pattern was bento box, because she loves anime. Tim's was a pattern that just looked digital to me, because he is into everything digital and it was grey, because he likes things plain.
We had Easter with the only two littles left that would participate in an egg hunt.
We went on a treasure hunt of places that Mom knew growing up.
I can't tell you now what any of these places are, but we went there and checked them off our list!
We went to the temple and did baptisms for our dead ancestors.
We visited with Great Grandma Keck
We played games and we chatted
What a great fun family reunion Mom and Dad planned! It was so good to see everyone that came. I haven't seen my sister in years and I had never met the two littles. Gretchen and Dan were a blast. I love people who aren't afraid to get into the fun even if it means getting soaking wet!
Until next time family! Love you all!
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