Wilson Family Reunion

Over the 4th of July weekend we had the opportunity to attend Todd's family reunion down in Utah. It was quite the weekend! We were able to start our little vacation by staying the night with our friends, The Bates, down in Provo. It was great being able to see them and catch up a little. Kaitlyn has gotten so big. They left about a year ago and she was just a little bit younger than Everett is now. She was so cute though. The minute we walked in she started saying "Everett". It was so fun to see them together. We had a good time eating ribs, talking, and playing some good old Mario Bros. For some reason I never take pictures when we're with them so I have to borrow Jessica's. So once again here's a picture she took of Everett and Kaitlyn. Everett looks a little out of it,but Kaitlyn looks pretty cute!!

The next morning we continued our drive to the reunion. It was just another hour or so from Provo. We were able to drive through the Provo Canyon. It was so pretty. Were we ended up was a dry rocky area, but still had this neatness to it. If that make sense. The view was just pretty it I thought.

Our first night there we were able to catch up with family, set up tent, watch a fun slide show of all the old photos they had of the original 8 Wilson siblings, and hang out. Everett had a ball while Todd and Troy were putting up the tent. He just wanted to get involved. He wasn't quite fond of meeting a whole bunch of new people. Todd's family is rather larger. I think there was around 120 or so people there. He also wasn't feeling the greatest either which didn't help. But he did pretty good. He'd let people hold him, but then he'd want to go right back to me or Todd.

Sunday was a pretty relaxed day. Looking back at the pictures it looks as though we pretty much slept the whole time!

Our first night of camping was a little rough. Since Everett hadn't been feeling too hot he didn't do the greatest. Well he actually slept really well until we went to bed and woke him up. He fell right back to sleep, but then kept waking up coughing. So Sunday morning we ended up passing out. When I woke up I went to find Todd. I couldn't find him anywhere until his sister, Tara, said she saw him last in our car. Well, low and behold he had gone to study for Biology and fell asleep. The rest of the day we were able to celebrate Grandma Wilson's 80th Birthday and have the big family birthday party.

The rest of the night we hung out around the camp fire. Roasted some marshmellows, starbursts, and some delicious dough boys!

Monday morning we had to head out and go home. We were able to take some family pictures and say our good byes. We had a good time camping and seeing family and can't wait till the next reunion.