When It's Reunion Time

Last week my extended family had a reunion up at Bear Lake. We rented the same large house that we have rented two times before and gathered for activities, meals, and lots of conversation. We had a fun time and I hope everyone enjoyed it.

Monday night was Family Night where we sang a few songs and then played a few games related to family history.

Tuesday was the Undokai. My SIL has Japanese ancestry and Undokai is the name she uses for a bunch of team relay races. In the afternoon, I worked on dinner (salads and pulled pork sandwiches) and Scott helped drive an expedition to a small lake with a rope swing which my teenagers enjoyed. Unfortunately my son accidentally left behind a shoe, now lost forever. That evening, we had a talent show. Later Scott built a fire and helped the kids make s'mores which was very popular.

This is my SIL, organizing the Undokai.

This relay was run up the field with your teammates serving as obstacles.

Heidi was too pregnant to participate so she was my photographer and took this picture of her youngest.

This was the carry a cotton ball on a rubber spatula relay. We started spitting on the cotton balls to make them stick better.

This relay was stick as many toothpicks into a marshmallow as possible without using your hands. It was pretty impossible.

This relay was empty a bottle full of apple juice using a straw as fast as you can. I was pretty concerned about backwash.

Early Wednesday morning, I went with my brother and SIL and a few of our children to the Star Valley Wyoming temple which was about 1.5 hours away and we did baptisms for some distant Dutch relatives. Talmage got to do a lot of baptizing which he enjoyed. I hadn't done baptisms since before I got married so that was fun for me.

On Wednesday afternoon, we rented a jet ski and a couple of paddle boards at Bear Lake and did some boating. That evening, we took a big family picture and then had a testimony meeting with the adults and older kids while the younger kids watched a movie.