Family Reunion 2010

In the middle of August, we left fairly comfortable Utah (yes, upper 90's is comfortable for me!) and drove down to miserably hot Arizona. Actually, the miserable part was being about 7 weeks pregnant and very sick. We only had to stop about 8 times that day for me to go to the bathroom, sometimes within 45 minutes of a previous stop! Anyway, we made it to my parents' house by about 6 pm Arizona time and were very glad to be there, feasting on Eve's chili.

It was a great time. All my family was there--my brother from Texas with his wife and children, my brother from London with his wife and children, my brother from California with his wife and children, and my brother from Virginia with his wife and child. My parents and youngest brother, who live in Arizona, were also there, of course. There were 13 adults and 16 children (12 and under). Lots of little ones. We all stayed at my parents' house--it was crowded but it was fun. My parents set up an air conditioning unit in the garage along with several long tables for eating and we all ate buffet style meals out there.

Here are pictures from the event:

All the kids gathered for a big Family Home Evening. Other kids were scattered on parents' laps throughout the room.

Aunt Kaori's talented handiwork--a difficult task on such thin, fine hair (just like my hair!)

Westley (age 7) reads his favorite book, Dinotrux, to his cousin Matthew (age 4)

Of course swimming was the favorite past-time

We had a mini-Olympics, Fellows style (if you're a Fellows, you know what that means)

sack races

Crazy Face Contest

Root beer drinking contest (out of baby bottles)

And of course, Makutu's Island--this has become a tradition of our get-togethers

Everyone had fun, it was great for all the cousins to see each other and spend time together, and I certainly enjoyed visiting with my brothers and sisters-in-law. Hopefully for our next get-together (for my sake, anyway), I won't be pregnant and miserable, which will make it that much more fun!