Thursday, July 22, 2010

Tonks Family Reunion 2010



Nice trailer and a HUGE load. We went swimming at cousin Curtis' house, felt good especially with the hot weather we've been having lately. Had some fun with cousins there. Then we left to go up to the campground and set up camp. Usually the weather is a little cooler in the mountains, not so much this time. It felt pretty much the same as in the valley. The second night it did cool down and that felt good. We had tin-foil dinners the first night for dinner and then came the smores. Turned out pretty good. The Brian and his son Alex led us in singing and told some great stories. It was a lot of fun. On Saturday, we went on some hikes to Timpanogas Cave or to the Cascade Springs, or just hanging out and visiting. Was fun and HOT! After lunch we had some fun games for everyone. BINGO, treasure hunt, scavenger hunt, fish pond, some crafts, etc, made for a fun afternoon. Some of the guys went later and shot clay pigeons. Dinner was dutch oven chicken, potatoes, cobbler and "death by chocolate", so YUMMY. I love Dutch oven cooking. Then we had Karaoke and everyone enjoyed that for sure. So many sang and danced while others sang songs. It was so much fun. Too bad there was a curfew or we could've gone on for hours. Time for sleep, I was soo tired I slept pretty good except when arm woke me up. Did too much again. Sunday was really great. We had kind of a memory time for our grandparents and those who have already gone to be with them. It was really special for me to share memories of mom and grandpa and grandma. Then those that wanted shared testimonies, it was a really special time to do that with family, I really enjoyed that. We had such a great time that we had to take camp down in a hurry cause we had 30 minutes till we were supposed to be out of the campground. Then we went to Jen & Casey's house for lunch. By that time we were all exhausted so we just visited for a little bit. Got home in the late afternoon and got all unpacked and then I think everyone crashed. We must of had fun by how tired we were, isn't that how it all works!!! It was a BLAST!!



Eating some LUNCH so we can go swim!!



Ready to go big guy?



Smile for the camera!



"Okay, Time to go, I think"



Katie BUG, getting her water bottle full to get people wet with



Dad throwing the football



My sweet cousin Stephanie, so great to see her!



Mel, Kyle, Renee, Jen & Steph visiting by the pool



Dan swimming



Mark & Dan waiting for the football



Such a CUTIE!



Such a sweetheart, isn't she!



Water babie!!



Katie playing in the hot tub



Sharon blowing bubbles in the hot tub



Cousin Mark down the slide with the football



Dad & Wade rushing to get the football in keep away



Sharon pretending to sleep, such a funny girl




What a handsome man. just love him so much



Katie roasting marshmallows for smores, as you can tell she was loving eating them



Brian & Alex led us in campfire singing and stories, it was really fun



Me and my buddy- She got cold so we figured out a fun solution!



Dad & Dan cooking pancakes for breakfast- YUMMY



Me on the hike to Cascade Springs



All together singing A Whole New World



Daddy helping the girls with the song



All singing together



Two little ANGELS singing



The whole family dancing together



Daddy dancing with daughters



Father & son singing together



Uncle Gary, Aunt MaryAnn & Uncle John, bros & sis singing together



The result of a bright flash in the dark, such a handsome BOY with BIG BLUES!



Casey, Curtis & Jennifer singing (hubby and wife, bro & sis)



Aunt MaryAnn and Sherri singing together



Katie dancing by the fire light



Dad singing Old Man RIver



Jordan singing-he has such a great voice too

2 comments:

Sharon & George said...

Melissa said she had such fun. Love all the pictures. Katie couldn't stop talking about her family reunion when she was in California. Love those three babies, and you take the best pictures ever. I think you can do our Xmas photo's this year.

steph said...

Sandra you did such a great and thorough report on the reunion... all I need to do is upload my photos and link to your page! You got so many great photos! I had so much fun! I'm sorry to hear that your shoulder was sore from too much! I pray that someday it will get 100% for you!