We are HOME! We just (well last night) got home from Jake's annual family reunion! We went to Palisade Lake just outside of Manti for the reunion this year. We had a lot of fun at the Lake and the boys enjoyed playing with all of their cousins. 
Jake swam a little, but I although I thought I might was too much of an Arizona girl and chose to stay warm rather than get to wet in the frigid Utah water (I am too used to the bathtub temperatures of the water down here). We had a great time visiting with all of the other (chickens) -- We did enjoy going out on paddle boats and Jake enjoyed throwing Jacob and Ryan in the water!
The kids enjoyed jumping off a floating island with all of their cousins, and a couple of uncles and an aunt. 
That night we had a talent show and almost all of the grandkids sang a rousing rendition of Popcorn Popping!
This is the scene that greeted some Jake's mom and dad and a few of his siblings that went straight back to Kanosh. There was a brush fire on the mountain just East of them and the wind was really whipping around -- I guess it was fairly serious as there was a tanker truck parked outside there house and they were told to be ready to evacuate. They lost power for several hours -- we missed it all as we were visiting Dan and Lisa in Aurora. 
On Monday, Jake helped build Emmy's house with his Dad and two brother in law's and nephew. 
Ryan and his cousin Jed got FILTHY dirty and he enjoyed playing with him. Ryan and Jacob are actually still up in Utah for a few more days and they will fly home on Saturday by THEMSELVES!! The little girls and Luke were all playing with Owen and Janell's puppies as they tried to get some cute poses for there website and then we got a picture of them before they went in twenty different directions.
This picture of Spencer is just a cute snapshot that I got while we are at the lake -- he wasn't so into his cousins for the most part, preferring to hang out with mom and dad -- but all in all I think he had a blast too.
It is good to be home, though.
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8 comments:
Looks like a lot of fun! At least you got to enjoy a little cooler weather for a few days! Glad you're back!
Hey! The lake looks like so much fun! That's way scary about the fire though, maybe it was a good thing they were gone.
okay, you get the cutest close ups of Spence! What a doll! We are still in sedona right now, but I thought I'd drop ya a note to say hi. Glad your reunion went well....a lake is always fun entertainment! We'll get in touch soon--
It looks like you had a lot of water fun! How fun canoeing! That is a cute picture of Spencer! Glad you had fun!
i love, love, love the last picture of spencer... he is so happy! i am glad you had a fun time and took lots of pictures of the fun things going on! good luck to ryan and jacob for the flight home!
Welcome back!!! Looks like you had a great time. So how is the week looking for you teaching still good. Sorry I missed your call. Hope to talk with ya soon :)
Long time, no talky. Way fun pictures from Utah. Our pool is in the early nineties and anything below 90 is cold to us now. Sad, I know.
Deana... I'm glad you found our blog AND that you remember us! I saw yours when I was looking at Angie's too and I thought about posting and then was sure that you probably forgot who we were... it seems like such a long time ago! I still remember what an awesome neighbor you were and that you brought us yummy homemade bread that was still hot. :) Your family has grown and your kids are adorable. I love the pictures. It looks like you had fun in Utah. We moved out to MN in June. We miss the mountains, but it's beautiful here too.
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