We had
a wonderful family reunion Sep 24 through 27.
We went to the same home in St George as we did last year. Everyone in the family attended and there
were good feelings throughout.
We played soccer, basketball, football and swam. We had a wonderful talent show and family Olympics.
At the
talent show many amazing talents were displayed:
Nicole and
Sarah Grace twirled around in a dance-like manner. In addition, Sarah recited PokeMan card
names. Lauryn,
Spencer, Preston, Beth and Nate all dressed up in black clothes and had
outlines of bones highlighted by glowsticks.
They then did a dance in the dark that was hilarious.
Conner
helped his Dad set fire to hands. Chris
had a propane burner and soap bubbles.
He lit the hand of those willing to participate without burning their
hands. Emma and Alyssa performed some
lovely dancing and Matthew played the Cello with background music from the
Anvil Chorus—it was great. Brandon and
Brian did an amazing magic trick. Jaimee
showed us sock juggling and trampoline tricks that were done with great
skill. Mindi recited the alphabet
backwards and all the Presidents by memory, which was quite a feat. Andrea and
Mike reversed roles and performed a funny skit. Matt showed
us once again why he is the strongest man in the world and Kaelynn played a
guitar number that was perfect for a scout campfire replete with gaseous
imitations.
The Olympics
were memorable. A few highlights: the
pushup contest featured not only Mike doing a record number of pushups in one
minute but Brian yelling at him to stop because Mike was embarrassing
everyone. Brandon had a “unique” push up
style that showed great skill. The
strongest man, Matt, not only beat everyone’s arm in the arm wrestling contest
but everyone’s whole body. The eating
contest featured eating pork rinds and year-old fig newtons.
