Reunion II

The second reunion was with my family, a week after Nathan's family's reunion. It really was great to see almost all of both our families this summer. With families as large as ours, it's definitely an accomplishment to get everyone (or nearly everyone) together!

First we picked Nathan up from work and splurged on a yummy treat at Gormandise, a gourmet bakery in Salt Lake. We let S pick one out and she chose this chocolate mouse (a very yummy choice). Nathan LOVES their peach pastries.

My brother, Eric, was in charge of the reunion this year. We started with a temple session in the Ogden temple. This isn't something my family has done many times before, so it was neat to be there with quite a few of us. Mom said she hopes we can enlarge the circle of our family who can be together in the temple. With Nathan's help, I was able to bring a few names to have us do the work for from my Mom's side. I felt like it was significant that we were in the temple together 6 months exactly since my dad died. It was our first time gathering with everyone since we lost him. :(  After the temple, we went out to eat at the Blue Lemon. That night our little family camped in a tent in Eric's backyard. S was very excited about this. We bought her a sleeping bag all her own. I actually slept pretty well, in spite of the F-16's flying over late at night.

The next day we all met at the Hill Aerospace Museum. More of my family joined us there. I actually really enjoyed looking at the planes with Nathan and my brothers. They know a lot more about them than I, so they could explain things to me. It was interesting.

This is a B-24. I wanted to see this one because I read
the book Unbreakable by Laura Hillenbrand  recently and
the plane that crashed was a B-24.

Lori and I in front of an F-16. When we were younger
we were driving and saw an orange flash over the mountains
and later learned an F-16 had crashed in the valley on the
other side of the mountain range at the time we saw the flash.

This jet was the most intriguing one to me. It's super
long and most of it's bulk is way at the back. It's also
super fast.

We spent the rest of the day at a park where we ate, played games, and visited. It was great being together. It's good to have a chance to be together. Some family I see more often than others, but it's nice to catch up with everyone.

Playing with water balloons. There may have been
some water fights that erupted as well. I may
have gotten wet. :)

S and her daddy

Nathan bought a glider at the museum. He
let these girls help him shoot it off.

S always loves playing with Aunt Lynda!

And here's the lot of us!