Parties for the Bride and Groom to be!!

We had a bridal shower for Meghan one afternoon during the reunion. All the dads took the kids and we all enjoyed our time "off duty"! We had a great time and it was fun to realize that our family is now complete. We have all the sister and brother in laws!




It is also tradition to have a groom family party. The tradition started when Andy joined the family. My brothers threw a silly party with games such as "Andy belt" or the microwave game.....Well all the original games were there with and added car pull given this was the last wedding! There was lots of music throughout the evening and at some point each of the brothers ended up in their spandex. Sounds weird and it is but we thought it was so funny.

Let the Party Begin! Guess who turned 60?!??!

Dad turned 60 a couple of days before the reunion. We surprised him with a party and had lots of fun all evening long with dancing, games, tributes/skits from each family, and cake! Happy Birthday Dad!!

Adam challenged my dad to do 60 push ups between the two of them. He got to 30 and Adam did the other 30! Then Jane felt a need to try and top them both!

Jane joining in on one of the relay races

Reunion Happenings!

We had lots of fun hanging out, eating (we are all really good at that!), playing games, boating, jet skiing, and of course there is always some silly competitions that go on whenever we all get together so celebrating my dad's 60th birthday and having a family groom party provided lots of reasons to compete. We also went on a beautiful hike where we jumped off the rope swing into icy cold water, we watched a FABULOUS show called Who Killed Juanito Bandito (we laughed the entire show), and went out for raspberry shakes. Apparently you can't go to Bear Lake without having a raspberry shake!

This is the home we stayed in

Bear Lake

Let the competition begin!!
Doesn't Andy look cute?!?!?

MeghanAmy
Andy and Amy with our raspberry shakes

Andy, Lucy, and Lucas

Grandma won Jane's heart with treats!

Clayton, Andrew, Reid, and Tanner

Who is that under there? Yes, it's Brian!

Jessica, Camie, Lydia, Emma, and Lucy having a slumber party on the last night

Jane, Andy, Lucas, Amy

Grandpa

Ethan going on the rope swing

Everyone hanging out at the rope swing

Yeah! That's me!!

Reunion Time!!

How can you not have fun with this many people all under the same roof in one giant house!?!?

Lydia, Emma, and Lucy

Grandma and Grandpa C!! We love you!

The Trip Out West....Family Reunion Time and oh did I mention there is a wedding at the end of it?!?!?

We left bright and early (2:45 am to be exact) to make our trek west. We had it planned to meet up with Matt and Camie at the first gas stop. Our final destination was Bear Lake. Our trip was 20 hours total. We crammed 14 hours into the first day with some stops along the way. I've always wanted to visit Mt. Rushmore so that can now be crossed off my bucket list. We also stopped at Wall Drug and it just so happens we were in town during the annual bike rally. We were surrounded by Harleys! On day two we stopped at Martin's cove. I really liked it there and learned a lot about the pioneers during our visit there. Our kids were tired from waking up early. Here is lucas taking a rest while the others watch a movie about mt. rushmore

This was taken in honor of the Bunkers and Powells!! We miss you guys!

The kids loved pulling the handcarts. Yeah, it might be fun for 5 minutes but can you imagine traveling across the country like this!?!?!

Teddy Bear Park

We all enjoyed going to this cute Teddy Bear Park in a very cute town called stillwater.