Reunions, Reunions, and More Reunions!

 

Caution: Picture Overload!! (You're welcome! ;) )

Within two weekends right in a row, we had three reunions (just on my side!) to attend and one family camp out, which could be considered another reunion I suppose. So we headed down to Bear Lake on Thursday July 17th after our dentist checkups-which both came back cavity negative!! :)

We started the trip off by stopping at my sisters house to drop off some yogurt and for me to get zoned (Thanks Tam! She's Awesome!) while Tommy went and ran the shoots for my bro in-law. We ended up staying out there until late in the night having a good time catching up!


Here's just a picture of what our fridge looked like with all the Chobani we took to my family! Inside was stuffed on top, behind, and even in the drawers with yogurt!



The next day, Friday, we didn't do much, just hung out all day doing laundry (well I did), while Tommy slept :) But it payed off when that night I had the most awesome privilege to go to a fireside with my Mom and brother and some sisters, hosting Ashlee Birk, the author of the blog "The Moments We Stand"! It was an amazing, spirit filled (I cried the Whole Time!) fireside about the Atonement and her life experiences incorporated into that! I could have listened to her, her stories, her strength, and her testimony for hours and hours! So for those of you who have not read her blog,,, I Highly recommend it!


After the Firseside. I wanted to get a picture with Ashlee but felt like that would be weird to ask! And we had an "older lady" take this picture and she wasn't quite sure how to run my phone so it's a little off centered and the lighting was bad... But that's Ok! :)

On to the next day, Saturday, was the whole reason we came down. It was my Skinner reunion, which we missed last year, so I was really excited we could go this year! We went out to that and ate lunch, visited, played games, and shot skeet (clay pigeons). Tommy definitely had a good time doing that! And had a good competitor to shoot against, which they just kept switching on and off winning :)

When we left the reunion we stopped at Tam and Er's house again because they were roping again so Tommy went and ran the shoot for a little while, and then got back on a horse after 3 years and tried his hand in roping, again after 3 years.


Man!! Aen't that some eye candy!!



 

 

That was a catch!! (I think it was this picture! I had so many I couldn't remember which one he caught on!)

And this was my favorite part of the trip!! Well, maybe not my favorite, but it was close! I seriously Love kitties!! These Are my favorite pictures of the trip though! I laugh every time I look at them! (You'd have to know the cat! haha)

This is Stacy! My niece's adopted kitty! We were just takin a few selfies ;) and the last picture was my nieces idea of a photo shoot with "baby Stacy" all wrapped up!

And then we had a birthday party that night for my nephew who is now 20!! I can't believe it!

The next day was Sunday and we went out to Tam and Er's again to go to church with them! It was really nice spending a lot of time with them (and Stacy! ;) haha I had to add that in!), because we usually don't spend a whole lot of time with them. After church Tam zoned Tommy (Thanks again Tam!!) and we went to my brothers house later that night for another birthday party for my niece who is now 2!! So we got to hit two birthday parties in a row and I was so glad, because birthday parties is the one thing I have really missed living away.


The Birthday Girl and Tommy... She absolutely !Loves! him!!

We went home Tuesday night, but Monday was the last day that we did anything.

Monday we went to my favorite place in the whole wide world! Bear Lake! (the actual lake) I could spend every day out there and be perfectly happy!


You can't capture the beauty of Bear Lake on a camera! I wish you could, but this is the best I could do!
And it doesn't help that is sideways :/

On our way home from the lake we stopped at my Mom's house and raided the garden of peas and strawberries!

That's another thing I miss from living at home is the home grown produce, it's always sooo much better!! And I took it for granted while living there and even hated doing the gardening! Man the things we learn when we grow up and move away from home!