Family Reunion

Well, I guess it's about time these photos were posted. Serious slacking has been going on for the past year with this blog. Hopefully that will change though :) Anyway, we had such a great time at our family reunion last summer. We started off and first stopped in Pryor, Oklahoma to Stay with and old friend, Leah. The next day we drove to Rhonda and Justin's and stayed there over night. Then we all drove to Kathy and Rob's and the next day drove to Ray and Sherry's. We had a blast! Yes, being in the car for 4 days straight can sometimes be a bit much, but we had fun with family, took TONS of pictures, did some sight-seeing along the way, listened to books on CD, read and chatted. It was wonderful.


While in New York we had fun hanging out with the family, did some more sight-seeing, did some hiking, went camping, played games, went to Niagra Falls, went to the Palmyra Temple, visited the Sacred Grove, and saw the Hill Cumorah Pageant.

On the way back, we took a little detour and stopped in Kirtland, OH and then went to Carthage Jail and took that tour, and stayed to night near Nauvoo where we were able to watch the pageant, check out the sites and do some family history work. What a great trip!!! Here are some photos of this adventure!

Sunset over the Mississippi outside of Nauvoo

 

Karsten and Nick chillin' at the Falls

All the girls checking out the cool family history binders Sherry and Ray made for us!

Liz on the teeter-totter

Matt, Kathy and Trent on board of the Maid of the Mist

Gwen, not to mention the rest of the kiddos, loved their smores :)

Ryan all warm and snug

Cheese balls... great but messy snack! Gotta love those cakey orange fingers :)

Hailee having fun with the bubbles

Ahhh....Summer and Ice Cream- now what in the world can be better than that :)

Mom and Matt at the Smith Farm in Palmyra

Grandpa and Seth all tuckered out!

Seth having a blast at the lake- squish that slimy stuff in those little fingers!

Matt wearing Dad's sombrero

Stick-Tac-Toe for Uncle Stick courtesy of Famous Dave's

Matt & Denise at Niagra Falls

Let the Watermelon eating contest begin! Nick was the winner :)

How many nieces does it take to make teeter-totter work for Uncle Matt?

 Matt and Warren in front of the St. Louis Arch