Family Reunion part 3

And now what you've all been waiting for - the awards: in our kid's family order - oldest to youngest:

• Vic: best behaved
• Kathy: most prepared
• Kyle: the wettest - also the best errand boy. He went on 2 bike rides - what a good sport
• Kat: iniator of water mischief
• Ashley: day care coordinator
• Kamryne: dynamic duo with Anna
• Kaitlyn: the slugger - she broke the pinata
• Alyvia: the busiest
• Kenzey: most at home baby
• Chris: Character (tease)
• Chantelle: quick cake decorator
• Chelsea: Animal lover
• Chayce: most celebrated - Happy Birthday
• Devin: most daring - the 4-wheeler pulling the pipe
• Julie: muddiest (after the bike ride)
• Anna: Dynamic duo with Kami
• Nick: The drinks guy - always bringing others drinks
• Jane: Happiest baby
• Mahon: Protector (from spiders) - at 5:30 in the morning - turned out to be a daddy long leg
• Cindy: Aracnophobic
• Kate: most curious

Other miscellaneous happenings:

• We played jeopardy with family facts 
• We did a word search with all the names in the family
• The boys gave Vic a blessing
• Nick helped Grandma take pictures (10 or so of the same shot - the trampoline)
• Devin brought in the (bear proof) cooler and opened the lid to find tons of earwigs
• Of course, everyone backed in when arriving
• When Devin's family left, Kami was sad because her dynamic duo was gone. I had a cousin like that.
• Windy during dinner both evenings, cloudy and looked like rain - we thought we might get poured on, but we didn't. The weather was really good the whole time.
• Kate said "No way" all the time.
• We missed Gene's family and Missy's family. Hope they can make it next time.

I would like others to comment and write other happenings that I may have missed.

Family Reunion Part 2

We had a birthday party for Chayce - 1 year old.

Kaite's lucky hit broke the pinata. Everyone had a few tries.

Grandma and Grandpa enjoyed holding babies - Lyvi loved her grandpa.

Lyvi reading in Grandpa's bed (when she was supposed to be napping)

Grandma got kisses from Kate - grandpa got fist bumps (below)

Kenzey

Grandpa and Lyvi

Grandpa and Jane

Grandma and Jane

Kate

left to right: Kenzey, Jane, Chayce, Kate & Lyvi
Kenzey, Jane, Chayce and Kate were all born in 2013.

We also enjoyed playing family Jeopardy - Kathy made up the game with answers on the Baldwin and Olsen family. We also had a word search game with the names of everyone in the family.

We all went to church in Ashton and then headed home.

Family Reunion Part 1

 We enjoyed some time with our family at Kyle & Kat's place in Ashton. We met on Friday night and set up camp, had a pulled pork dinner and roasted marshmallows. most of the kids slept in tents. Dad & I slept inside.

Saturday: Kyle & Julie got up early to go on a bike ride. Later, Kyle went on another bike ride with his brothers - I was tired just watching. Saturday morning we had breakfast burritos and cinnamon buns. 

Cute table decorations

Vic enjoyed playing with the dogs: Sam, Esau, and Zoe. All the kids enjoyed playing with Zoe as they walked by - especially Chelsea, Kate and Nick.

The kids enjoyed the trampoline and slides and water.

The big kids enjoyed bike rides, water fights, water volleyball, and 4-wheelers.

water volleyball

water balloon exploding

Audience of the water volleyball

Kyle pulling Devin

Devin pulling Nick - very slooowwwwllllyyy

Devin pulling Kyle - he sure was dizzy when he got out.

JUNE ACTIVITIES

Been busy in June. We spent a couple of evenings with Kyle's family.

We gave Kyle his birthday gift a little early.

We enjoyed watching Ashley and Kami in the ballet. The girls did a really good job.
They are so much fun to watch. 

Kami's Kindergarten graduation. See Kat's blog for a better pic of Kami.

The flowers in the garden are really gorgeous. I tried to take pictures that showed off the deck Kyle built. The flowers look really good around the deck. I just wish they bloomed all summer...