Family Reunion 2010

This year we had a family reunion at Bear Lake. My dad's family has a reunion here every other year and this was the year. My siblings were all together with all our kids and it's been like 4 years since that happened last. We stayed all together in one big cabin, which we have since vowed to NEVER do again. But it went pretty well, other than ther always being someone sick so at least 1 of the 3 bathrooms was always off limits to everyone else. (38 people, 3 bathrooms total, not OK)
We did crafts played games and just sat around and talked a lot. Here are just a few pictures of some of what we did...

Danielle OcklerChristian Kidd

Just a few of the boys playing Rock BandEhren rocking it out! bow making

Kids crafting on the deck

My brother and sister-in-law doing the ironing of the crafts,

with a few kids waiting for their turn for their craft to be ironed

more bow making (we did it almost every day)

more crafting on the deck

Bailey's 1st time in the pool

more poolshe actually really liked it and I was SHOCKED

here is her very first attempt at the pool

cousins watching Bailey's 1st pool adventure

It was really fun and there were no real injuries or fights or anything. Pretty amazing I thought. The kids had a lot of fun playing with all their cousins, 22 total at the time (23 now but that's another post). There was a lot of Geo-cashing, swimming, beach going, running, screaming, laughing, and late night talking. We were glad to come home and be able to sleep and shower and do laundry whenever we want. Bailey did not enjoy the reunion for the most part. We had never given her a bottle and when it gets noisy she REFUSED to eat so I would have to shut us in a closet (the only quiet one was the one in our room that connor had also decided should be his urinal so it didn't smell so hot in there) and calm her for like 30 minutes every time she wanted to eat. Needless to say I was more than exhausted by the time we got home.