Reunion Time!!

This past weekend we went to Ashton Idaho for the Marsden Reunion. We left Thursday night after work and stayed until Sunday afternoon. We took my brother Cory with us as a birthday gift, and then Tyler brought a girl, Stacy, with him.

Friday morning we drove to Horseshoe Lake to swim, canoe, and jump off the dock. The water was perfect temperature and had no leaches! It is so beautiful up there.

I've been experimenting with my camera lately. Here's a few of the results, nothing too fancy.

Cory was the only one who dared do any fancy drives and tricks off the top of the dock. It took about 3 tries to get a good picture of him. We scored him a 7...his legs aren't together, and his foot is bent!!
Later that afternoon we took a drive up in the mountains and definitely broke in our new truck. We found this path that it looked had been driven once or twice before. There was some beautiful views at the top.
Friday night we went to the reunion for a little while to visit and eat cobbler, yummy!. It had been really humid all afternoon, and threatened to rain. It poured for about 10 minutes is all though. We were all hoping it would have poured all night long. The farmers sure could have used it up there. The sky looked really cool though. Too bad my camera doesn't take very good of pictures when it's dark.

Saturday morning we went shooting before the reunion started. Cory was quite a good aim. I'm pretty sure I didn't hit anything, but had fun anyway. We also stopped at some old houses and took some of the old barn wood and old/rusted hinges for me to use in making crafts and house decorations. I'm very excited about it!
After a potluck lunch at the reunion they had some games, both adult and kids. Gichin and his cousin Jordan participated in the hay relay. The team they raced against was girls, so sad to say it wasn't too much competition!
Cory and Gichin both participated in the pie eating contest. The guy who won, was stuffing pie into his mouth by the handfuls, and it looked rather disgusting!

Gichin, Cory, and Tyler also took part in the horseshoe tournament.

Cory and Tyler were on the same team and did really well. Their strategy was coming back after the other team had 6-7 points, and it worked really well until the semi and final game. They took 2nd place though, and it was surprisingly intense and fun to watch! The last few games were so close!

After the reunion we went to Gichin's cousins house to ride some 4-wheelers, have dinner, and play games.

Cory especially loved this and decided he is definitely going to have them when he grows up!

He also found his favorite chair at Grandma Marsden's. It was incredibly comfortable!

Happy Independence Day!

For the 4th, we went down to Delta to celebrate with my family. We left after work on Tuesday, and got down in time to watch TJ, Marcus, and Cory play in a 3 on 3 soccer tournament. They started out really well, but got tired pretty quick after 3 games. I think they played 6 or 7 games total in about 3 hours. It was fun to watch them play together.




Wednesday morning before the Parade, we had the opportunity to participate in breaking the world record for the longest bunny hop! 3,000 plus people hopping down main street with bunny ears for 5 minutes!! It was quite exciting.

Before the Parade starts some planes from the military base flew over main street two times. It is pretty awesome to watch.

This year is the Centennial Celebration of Delta this year, so there was a lot of cool floats celebrating it's heritage. It was a lot of fun, and of course the candy and treats are nice!

We had a big BBQ with some aunts, uncles, and cousins at our house. Before the swimming tank was swarmed with smaller cousins, us girls decided to cool off a little bit.

Then we built the most amazing sandcastle you've ever seen in the sandbox!

And of course the wouldn't be complete without fireworks. Kait wasn't too sure about fireworks, and especially the loud and whistle ones. But she eventually got used to just the quiet pretty ones. I love fireworks, and it was fun to see them all over the sky on our way back to Provo last night.

The Land of Zions!

Just wanted to post a few pictures from our quick trip to Zions this past weekend. Even though it was short and a bit exhausting, we had a blast and enjoyed the beautiful scenery. We did two hikes. First was the Emerald Pools. All three were so beautiful.

This is the upper pool, which was the biggest with the most water.

The lower pool had a waterfall, which is one of my favorite things in nature.

Kait was such a trooper in her hiking pack. She loved being carried around, and loved to look at everything around her.

We arrived late Friday night and camped at a free campground outside the park a little ways. We were very disappointed to have missed the fire safe period by just 4 days.
Kait was such a good helper setting up the tent! All she really wanted to do was climb and play in the dirt!

Our second hike we did was the Narrows. It was nice to walk in the
cool water in 100 degree weather.

It was so beautiful. I love the mountains!

We hiked about 1 1/2 miles in and then played in the water for a little bit. Gichin climbed some caves that were on the opposite side of the river.

Just another cute picture of Kait!

And another! You would think she was mine!

We were all pretty exhausted by the end of the day. But it was a wonderful mini vacation!