Whirl wind summer so far and I come from fantastic STOCK!

So its been a fantastic summer so far.. I am way under slept and like an infant I've got my days and nights mixed up but so far I think it's worth it!First i completed my 3rd year at Girls Camp (as an adult leader).. it was fun and EXHAUSTING! but i survived.. I'm not sure what will happen as far as weather or not I'll go again next year but I think if they want me I'll do it again...

I couldn't fit all our girls in one shot.. skit night

all the girls w/ our Bishop for Bishop's night

camp fire w/ smores!

after Camp I set off to pick up KayLea from my parents and then pick up my Mom and head to Washington State for a mini reunion, My Mom's siblings hadn't all been in one place in 17 years and so it was an amazing weekend.. the purpose was to paint a garage my 83 yr old Grandpa constructed BY HIM SELF!!! with homemade trusses etc. it was a sight to behold and I think the paint job was the icing on the fantastic construction cake!

  KayLea also had a fantastic time she got to meet some cousins for the first time.. before I add the pic's I should explain the generations in my family (actually on both sides) is a little well lets just say interesting.. My Mother is the oldest of 7children.. I am the oldest grandchild if I've counted correctly I am the oldest of 20 grand kids.. so that means I have an Uncle who is just a few years older than me and one that is about 2 yrs younger than me.. so I explain this because my kids have the same "issue" I had growing up in that I was always the oldest (by quite a bit) of the children my own generation but had a few "friends" in the next up meaning I am far closer to my Aunts and Uncles than I am to any 1st cousins.. so the following pictures are actually of KayLea's 2nd cousins or my Uncles children making them MY 1st cousins.. KayLea had great fun trying to figure out how we were all related but then decided it didn't matter because there was a GIRL COUSIN HER AGE!!! actually Hannah is just a tad big older than her but they both bonded over American Girl dolls and Nintendo DS games and had so much fun running like mad catching slugs and climbing trees.. they enjoyed (a little bit too much if you ask me) terrorizing Hannah's little sisters but had a great time!

   The one thing I was kind of the squeaky wheel about was wanting a family picture of my Grandparents and all the siblings (remember it had been 17 yrs since they had last been ALL together) so here are some pic's of that!
 
  So it was a fantastic weekend.. KayLea got to see where her Great Grandparents live and meet (many for the first time) great Uncles and Aunts.. we all agreed to not let as much time pass before we all meet up again (next year's BIG reunion is in yellow stone!) and I think the thing that I took out of it all was that I come from pretty AWESOME stock! All of my Mom's siblings are quite diverse in their occupations and interests and when they all get together it is a great mix of conversation and opinions.. it was GREAT! the boys are camping in the Sierra's this week with their California Grandpa more pictures to come I'm sure!
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