Monday, June 25, 2012

Douglas Family Reunion

This year, our reunion was held up Blacksmith Fork Canyon at the Hyrum City Park Campgrounds.  It was the perfect place for the reunion.  When we arrived on Thursday night, we got our trailer set up and then the kids played in the river.  The river was low and kids had a great time walking up and down the river. Cooper said one of his favorite parts about the reunion, was when he lost his flip flop in the river and he, Amanie and Harlie chased it until it floated away. I think they spent more time in the water than on the land.

That night, we roasted hot dogs for dinner. There is nothing like a campfire hot dog.  They always seem to taste better when you are camping.  Bryce hooked up the computer and speakers down in the lodge, and the kids watch Alvin and the Chipmunks the first night.  Everyone was tired, so we all crashed early that night.
We brought an assortment of items up to to the campgrounds to help entertain everyone.  I think the big hit was the aerobie frisbie.  We taught the nephews how to throw it the first night and after that, they were constantly playing with it.  That was one of my most favorite things....having the boys come up and ask me to play frisbie with them. 

Papa brought up his crochet set and I played with Jayden, Maverick, Porter, Jackson, and Cooper one afternoon.  It was fun to tease Jayden and talk trash to him the whole time.  I ended up winning but he was close behind me the whole way!
The Hyrum Park has a huge field that is surrounded with mature trees.  The kids had a good time playing on the playgound equipment and Clayon enjoyed going back and forth across the green bridge. 
We also played kickball one afternoon.  We even had Papa out playing with us.  We went across the street to play on this perfect field, but we quickly got kicked off by the ground keeper.  We did not have reservations to use the field, so we moved to a different field.  We still had a great time and it was a good activity for all different ages.  Many of the cousins participated.  This is definately something we will have to do next year.
We brought Clayton's tricycle with us and he spend lots of time on that.  Our campgrounds had a little circle driveway, so it was perfect for him to ride back and forth.  He also had a great time playing in the sand box. 

On Friday night, we were able to listen to Roger and Marilyn tell us about how they met.  It was nice to hear their story and to learn more about their lives.  Brandon put together a slide show and we enjoyed looking at old pictures of the family. 
That night we had a small campfire where we roasted marsh mallows and starbursts.  Its always so nice and relaxing to sit around the fire and just do nothing.  Clayton and Cooper enjoyed the melted starburst.  After the fire, some of the family went to watch "Red Tails" on the back of our trailer, while the kids went to bed. The weather couldn't have been nicer.  It wasn't very cold at night and it was perfect during the day.
On Saturday morning, I woke up bright and early to run a couple of miles with Jill. It was a nice, easy run up the canyon and it felt so crisp outside.  That morning, we had the tradional Douglas' scones.  Everyone helped mash out the dough.  We also had fruit and Carrie's yummy chunky salsa to go with it.  My favorite scone is cream cheese smothered with jam...yum.yum.
We had to be checked out of our campgrounds by noon on Saturday.  We all went to Mom and Dad's house to hang out and enjoy the afternoon and evening in the backyard.  We grilled chicken, steak and hot dogs and just sat on the back porch visiting with each other.  It was a really fun reunion and a great location!

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