Reunion Time

On Wednesday, we started our journey to our reunion. This reunion for my side of the family was by Pinedale, Wyoming. Since Chris got off work at 5:00, we decided it would be smart for us to go only half way. We stayed at the Wyoming Inn at La Barge, Wyoming(population 431). We were somewhat concerned that we would find our night's stay a disasterous experience, but everything was just fine. By the time we arrived, Christian was so ready to get out of the car. He kept giving me kisses, almost like he was saying thank you for getting me out of the car. While we were unloading our luggage, we had a chance to talk with the guy next door, named Larry. Larry, a Schawn's man, talked to us about our adoption, and we talked a little bit about the Church. Larry said he was a jack-Mormon; He smoked outside his non-smoking room and mentioned drinking coffee with his breakfast. Regardless of these habits, we could tell religion meant a great deal to him. Larry teared up when we mentioned that the adoption has helped teach us that we are all brothers and sisters. He was very friendly, and even took the time to knock on our door and let us know our car's interior light was left on. Once we got in the motel room, Christian was excited to play on the floor. Christian did pretty well for his first motel experience.

On Thursday, we finished our journey and got to the reunion spot around 10:30am. Once everyone was there, we at lunch. At 1:30, we played Steal the Flag. Everyone had a lot of fun. I have to say that my team won. Chris and I were on opposite teams. After Steal the Flag, the women in the family went into Pinedale for a special get away activity. Tiffani taught us how to make these really cute scrapbooking books. While we were gone, the men played some games with the children. One of the games was a beard making contest. My brother Nathan had to get into the fun. Here are the pictures:

Nathan

Ashley

Analiese

Camille

Tyler

Madison

Jacob

Kaden

Rachel

That night we had dinner and then we had a little fire side. We had skits, stories, songs, and a little spiritual message.

Smooth and Creamy.......I love it on my blog

On Friday, the men went fishing while the women played with the Children. Melanie and Sarah came up with a cute treasure hunt, played sticker tag, made pet rocks, and sang songs. Once the men were back we had lunch. We had a funny picture contest. Kaden won for the kids and Chris won for the adults. We then all played games. Some played shuffle board, fumbley pegs, and Settlers of Catan. My favorite game was fumbley pegs. This game is a lot like spoons. We might have pictures of shuffleboard being played, as it was one of the most popular reunion pastimes, but Chris protested my doing so, much to his later regret. After the games, we had dinner and then had our little fire side again. After the kids were in bed, the adults played more games. It was alot of fun.

On Saturday, we had a devotional and then had breakfast. We then got ready to go home. After every thing was clean and packed, we played Mafia. We all enjoyed this game and would have played it more if we didn't have to go home.

I wanted to show two other cute pictures:

Partners in crime

Christian's future partner in crime, Luke