When It's Reunion TIme... Part 2

Friday morning of our reunion featured breakfast by Lincoln and MiCayla with yogurt parfaits and muffins. After breakfast we did skits--fairy tales that should have ended differently:

That was followed by a hike a few miles up Logan Canyon with most of our group. The weather was cooler that day and it was great for our hike.

Lunch was sandwiches, watermelon, chips, etc. put on by Susanna and Talmage. That was followed by Ted Talks for those who weren't napping.

After the Ted talks, the air was too smoky from the fires in Oregon and California to go outside so the rock climbing didn't happen. Instead we hung out at the house and played games.

We had a treasure hunt for the grandkids:

We had a dinner of lasagna and French bread and salad by Scott and Paula. Then after dinner we did Bergeson Family Jeopardy with questions created by David and Jan.

Saturday we had breakfast of spinach blueberry pancakes courtesy of Scott, Mindy and Camille. Then we cleaned up and drove home:

It was a fun reunion! Here is one last video of all the reunion attendees with their names, ages, and favorite things to do:

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