Family Adventures

My mother and three of my siblings and their entire families joined Dale and I in Utah this weekend for an extended family reunion.  The reunion was a great excuse, but I was most interested in the 7 adults and 7 children of my immediate family being in town together for 52 hours.

Wheeler Farm, tour of my new place,
Rodeo
    We sat 6 rows behind the livestock the cowboys tried to wresle with.  I couldn't help laughing every time the pooped!  We saw bucking bronco's and the bull rides, but my favorite was the one where two guys had to rope a cow and milk it, racing to the judges to show them their milk first in order to win!

Tubing down the Provo River
    We thought 7 adults and 7 children (the oldest at 6 years old) would be okay in 7 tubes.  You know, one child in each adult's lap?  Well, 25 yards into the float, Amber pulled herself, her infant, and her toddler out of the event.  100 yards down the river, Jeremy's wife and infant got upturned and panicked which pulled that family out of the river, Mom lost her tube trying to help... and 6 of us (3 adults and 3 children) made it down the river in safety!  The others were left to walk through the brambles bare-footed, until they were able to hitch hike a ride back to the Tube Rental establishment. 
     May sound like a nightmare, but really was at least a story, and a nice way to view the mountians in the canyon.

Thanksgiving Pointe Dinosaur Museum
     "The largest Dinosaur Museum in the world. Literally."  Nough Said.  The cutest part was when Nathan and Jeremy had to play with the dinosaur sized velcro stuffed parts to build their own dinosaur.  Loved it!

On Sunday, we all got together for dinner and played games the whole afternoon and evening.  Dale loves games and is really good at pulling a group together around them because he gets so passionate :).  With the weekend over, we'll go swimming and play games on Monday and Tuesday nights... I love my family, and I'll miss them when they leave again.