Swimming for the Reunion

We spent a couple days down in Richfield playing around for our reunion.  On one of the days we went swimming with everyone.  All the kids loved it and it was nice to take a dip in the pool with all the hot weather we were having.

Here's Kenna going down the slide.

Railey was a little nervous at first to go by herself.  But after about 3 times she was a pro and doing it all by herself with out anyone catching her.

All the big boys went down to the other end and practiced their diving and flips and belly flops and such.  This one is Seth

Here's Damen.  He has always hated jumping off the diving boards he doesn't like the water getting in his ears.  But he perfected the dive on this trip and isn't quite as scared to dive off anymore.  Good Job bud!

James Reunion 2011

Right after getting back from Oregon, we had enough time to do laundry, water the garden and then the next Thursday we were off again to the James reunion. We had lots of fun but ended up having to leave earlier than expected when Steve couldn't end up finding a sub for the temple. Jenny planned it this year and put in lots of time and effort and made it lots of fun. We had it down in Loa and set up the tent trailer for what the kids called camping. At least there were some marshmallows the first night!

Damen and Railey roasting their mellows



Mike, Steve, Railey and Seth after having eaten their mellows and before heading back to bed.

The next morning we woke up and went running, oh it's cool down there. It was so nice to run almost wanting a jacket, it hasn't been that way here for a few days. But then after a yummy breakfast we headed down to Capital Reaf, where Steve and the boys went on a hike while Railey, Kenna and I went and played in a stream (red and muddy one at that)
Damen, Seth and cousins

Isaac, Damen, Kenneth, Joe, Seth

The kids loved finding all these crevices to take pictures in

After the hikes we had lunch then headed back for some games and relaxation.this pole. I guess we are off to some sort of start I don't know if it's good or bad, but she Before we started in on dinner I took Kenna out to the back porch where she played and played on sure is a good pole dancer (it helps her keep her balance, she does the same at the pool)

Here were some of the relay games that we played in the afternoon.

Damen going around the bat 10 times!

Thanks Jenny for all your hard work and making the reunion another fun, "Awkward Socializing" time.

Oregon (Big Bailey Reunion)

So after we left the beach house with the majority of the family sick or about to be sick with a 12 hour flu we headed towards Salem and then out to Silver Falls State Park. Lets just say it was Sunday July 3rd and it was crazy. There were so many people and the Rangers were obnoxiously rude and put a very nasty taste in our mouth about the whole place. We had a lodge that we would be staying at and though we were early we had come straight from church and needed to change our clothes we wondered if we could check in early. NO. We wondered where it was. Not going to tell you! We wondered if there was a place we could change other than the bathrooms that had 39 people in line. NO! So we didn't listen and drove up another road just long enough to change clothes when a ranger pulled up and though she was nicer still told us to hurry and get out of there before the sheriff came and ticketed us.

We eventually were able to check into the lodge and it was just that an eating area below and all open to sleeping area above (bunks all around the eating area below). There were bathrooms but no showers. So we were a little nervous about the sleeping since by this time all the kids were hacking but we ended up surviving the night. I was so sure the kids were going to wake up throwing up like the rest of the family that every move they made I was jumping up to check on them. Let's just say they had a great sleep and Mom did NOT.

The next day was great though and we had fun hiking around to all these falls. There were 11 falls in this park. All within walking distance some distances were just off the road others a couple miles away. But still it was amazing. These were all big falls not just little things. It was rather beautiful and we had a great time. We were supposed to stay until Wednesday but ended up leaving that afternoon to go visit with Steves family. But it was fun for the short time it lasted!

The kids and Steve racing back to see who touched mom first. I couldn't take Kenna in the stroller on this one so I stayed back with both Grandmas.

Kenna patiently sitting in her stroller. She sure did love this thing. Still does.

We've been reunionited- Part 2

We headed off to discovery park on Saturday afternoon to have our lunch after heading down the canyon. I didn't think I had ever been there but Mom and Dad informed us that we used to come all the time. Why don't I remember this fun park? Oh well I'm just glad I know about if for my kids.

Railey and Kate on a rock

Damen "falling in the water" while watching the ducks. Boy he stunk after!


We played on the playground and I think Bri won for the most static funny hair

After the park we headed back to Chris' for pizza and a rousing game of "Noodle Hockey." The kids and adults had a blast. I wish Kenna would have let me play a bit.

Reunionited-Part 1

So this year for reunion we stuck around close to home. But ya know I have decided it's just as fun all you really want to do is spend time with each other, so it was great fun. Jon and Brooke did a great job planning and organizing the fun. We started off Thursday night with a BBQ and then a little program which the rain eventually took inside and didn't allow for the Marshmallows to be roasted. But it was good. Chris and Caralee's family did a skit on how Jon wanted to charge everyone by how much more they weighed at the end of reunion, Damen sang "Oh Canada"....

Grandpa did his magic show

But when the rain and lightning came the camping came indoors. Yes, we had 3 tents set up in the basement!

Friday we got together and went swimming at the way fun Lindon pool then headed up to Mikes wedding reception (no pictures I didn't want my camera to get wet or bother keeping it hidden so someone wouldn't still it.)

Saturday we went up to Cascade Springs. We had a great time. It's so pretty up the canyon.



All the boy cousins

All the girl cousins (too many little ones so moms got to sit in too--Kendall couldn't hold them all)

The ones who started it all

Steve hauling Railey around

Damen playing in the water

More to come in another post! (it's giving me problems downloading all the pictures)

Hoopes Reunion

We had a great time at the Hoopes Reunion today. I only took pictures of my own kids and didn't take too many of those so I can't show all the fun but just a little. We got there and had breakfast then were pretty much on our own to visit and play in the water, play horseshoes, buy stuff from all that was brought to purchase, figure out what we wanted to buy at the auction (I really wanted a baby afghan that Aunt Sharon made, but once I tried to convince Mom that's what I wanted if I had another baby, I didn't have to spend money on it). The kids had a blast with their own cousins and even with their 2nd cousins. It was fun seeing all my cousins, we rarely get together anymore, so everyone is grown up by the time you see them again (if you see them again). Steph was here from Hawaii, so she fixed us some pig and that was yummy as was the rest of lunch. More water, more playing and then the auction (Troy was missed as the auctioneer, but his son sure tried hard--why do young people have to die?) After all the fun we had to head home to get Steve back to the temple and me home to prepare another priesthood lesson.

Brianne was sure making Kenna laugh and helped me get a good picture of her.

Railey bought a few bubbles and loved them there and continues to love them as we type out on the porch. Loads of fun and loads of laundry.

This is a picture of Damen with a water shooter thingy but look at that slip and slide in the background the rigged and put together this whole sprinkling system just for a tarp that was used as a giant slip and slide for the big kids, it was pretty impressive.

This was Railey blowing bubbles, it looks like she needed to blow a few bubbles out the bum to push that swim suit out (it was that way all day no matter how many times we tried to pull it out)

Here's the boys playing more with rockets and guns.

Bailey Reunion 2010

We had a great time at our reunion last weekend. The scenery was beautiful the weather was tolerable and the company great! Here are a few highlights from our fun

Daddy and Kenna by the river

Seth the little dare devil, crossed the river and was holding on to a branch on the bank

swimming suits were forgotten

Pictures were posed for

brothers had fun seeing what they could get the other to do

family pictures taken (I wasn't going to take Kenna across there actually were some bigger rocks with water flowing over and I was afraid I'd slip and go in with her)

beer bottles posed with

dogs tolerated the 2 year olds fun

wii rock band was played all night--oh it's so loud!!!

more wii

here are some shots of the little Olympics we had this was the pong game--you had to bounce the ball into a cup

The Bailey siblings have awful nerves so it was a race to see if they could carry a penny across the porch on a knife. Well Dad figured he would be fancy and carry it in his mouth (truth be told his mouth is probably more steady than his hands)

Crochet relay was crazy

Kate and Railey spent a good amount of time on the teeter-totter. Only problem was it was all ride for Kate and all work for Railey (Railey weighs a lot more)

The boys could be found on the merry-go-round (that thing makes me sick)

water balloons were launched almost all the way to the river (a good distance)

shirts were painted thanks to Aunt Carolyn.

We had a great time and loved seeing everyone again. Thanks for the fun time at the cabin and yes because we slept in our tent trailer it counts as one of our 5 camping times, (see goals on the side)