July Part II- Reunions

The (extended) Porter Family Reunion...

So the weekend after Brian's bday, I drove the kids out to Utah. Brian stayed behind to spend another day with Julia and then of course he had work. The drive went so perfectly! It was amazing! No one fought and we sang songs and just actually had a good time together. It was amazing!

The day after we got there we had a Porter family reunion with all of my Dad's side of the family. It's usually down in Provo up the canyon, which is a really nice place to have it. My parents were in charge this year and did a great job!


We showed up to start off the fun with a hike. It was just our family (John and Lisa and kids) and Ed and Jeff that came to that part. It was a pretty decent hike and my Dad stopped us every so often for a little story. He really put some thought into it.

 They rented a cotton candy maker and brought this huge slip n' slide. Even the adults were involved with it. That was probably the best part. It was hilarious watching all the adults tandem ride down or just go crazy. There was also face painting, (swedish) fishing for the kids, volleyball and water volleyball. It was a really nice good summer family reunion. There wasn't any drama, just nice time together. We all had a blast.

Of course it's sad to not have Grandpa there. He was always big on the family reunions. We did a little tribute to both him and Diane since this was the first reunion we've had without them. Sad to have people so close to us passing away. Glad we had as many there with us as we did. It was a reunion I don't think we'll soon forget!

The Cousins....

 
 The whole crew....

 My favorite picture from the reunion! My sweet Nana.

The rest of the time that we were there we just did the usual. Hung out a lot, ate meals together and let the kids play. My parents had bought us these passes to a water park and to a place where we could play laser tag, bumper cars, water boats and more. That was a lot of fun for all of us!

We took a trip down to Provo to swim at Seven Peaks and stopped in on Nana. This a picture with all the great-grandkids on my Dad's side. (2 more on their way)

I was able to spend a little time with a few of my best friends from high school and college. It was good to see them and spend some time with them. I have so many great memories with them!

 

We even had a date night one night. My parents had bought us tickets to a BeeGees tribute band. They were really good and it was a perfect night. We went out to dinner first then to the concert. The night was beautiful and seeing the mountains all around us and the sunset made it such a great evening. I took so many pictures this trip, but these are the ones that made the cut. It was so much fun to be with family.