Our Big Fat American Family Reunion

The week before our mini-family reunion was my extended family's BIG family reunion. We were missing two of my 10 siblings and their families (12 people) plus my son who was still on his mission and not everyone was there the whole time. But by the end of the reunion there were 60 of us there. We stayed in a house near Bear Lake just over the border of Utah in Idaho. We all took turns cooking the meals. We had fun games called "Undokai" which is a Japanese word my sister-in-law gave us. We had a talent show, a testimony meeting, and an outing to the ice caves. We also rented some canoes, a kayak, a paddleboard, and two jet skis and had a day at the beach. Unfortunately my brother broke his leg halfway through that day in a freak accident on the beach. But we were all able to help him get to the hospital and get the care he needed. Despite that, it was a good reunion.

Getting ready for Undokai. Everett and cousin Anna were in charge. There were four teams.

This competition involved removing wrappers from Starburst with gloves on. Talmage is working hard.

Susanna getting the wrapper off

Cousin Will with Melanie coaching and Kent filming.

Cousin Clyn and SIL Melanie

My brother doing the tango with his wife at the talent show before he broke his leg.

My cute grandson

Cousin Thys

Trying to take a family picture of the whole group.

We're missing my dad and SIL in this picture because they were setting up cameras. Sadly the pictures with the whole group turned out blurry.

Mom and Dad

The view at breakfast: Talmage, Clyn, Abbie, Faith, Hope, Martha, Mika, Miles, Mindy

The other side of the table: Scott, Camille, Charlotte, Max, Will, Lukas, Drew.

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