Family Reunion/Pioneer Day Celebration

This weekend was spent with both sides of the family. What fun. We started out in Idaho on Friday night. We had an amazing dinner, as usual. The evening was a lot of fun, in spite of a Family Home Evening that went just about 25 minutes too long! Maybe in about 5 years some of my kiddos will be ready for that! :) We had a talent show afterward and the kids loved showing off their skills. Lily recited The Three Billy Goats Gruff, complete with character voices, Chloe sang Pioneer Children Sang as They Walked and The Oxcart Song, and Brigham threw a cup and hit his cousin square in the head. Talk about talent, right?! We also got to visit with Kim & Deron (my aunt and uncle) and Kyle (my cousin) who were visiting from Arizona. I've missed them so much. It was nice to visit and catch up. The kids were exhausted by the time we left (and we were, too!). We got home around 11:00 pm and got the kids in their beds. I can't believe I forgot my camera. I think I'm officially suffering from Placenta Brain, as my friend Shaynna calls it.

Saturday morning Stanton went to the office and fixed his neice's chipped tooth. She got pushed during the 5k race in Stanton's hometown. See, another reason not to be a runner! :) I got the kids all ready and we headed to the parade. This is the funnest parade ever because we get to be in it! Stanton's mom does a float every year. We finally convinced her not to do a Barack Obama campaign float (whew!) and ended up with America: We the People. Stanton's sisters made matching red, white, and blue tye-dye shirts for all the sisters and kids so we'd match the float. The kids had a blast throwing candy to the crowd and Stanton was our official "mister." It was actually very nice to get those little bursts of water every now and again.
Again, I didn't remember the camera, but Stanton did manage to take a few pics with his phone. Thank goodness for that.

This is Rachel. She's the one who got pushed over. Her lip doesn't look so good, but you'd never guess which tooth got chipped. And isn't she just cute?

After the parade, we went to Dave & Judy's for lunch and water games and visiting. The kids played on the blow-up water slide DA & Jen (Stanton's uncle and aunt) brought and the blow-up castle Don & Ann brought. It was nice to have all of them entertained and occupied for the most part and for most of the day. At one point I went over to look at Ann's new minivan and left the kids in the backyard with Stantona and company. When I came back, I learned that Lily had taken off her swimming suit in front of everyone and then proceeded to ask Jimmy to "Make sure nobody doesn't see my bottom." I think she took care of that on her own ... Nobody DIDN'T see her bottom!

A few more pictures from the day...
I'm beginning to wonder how much of my life is spent making that face....