In total, there were 45 of us. And I kid you not….there was perfect harmony throughout the trip. All of the cousins got along great, and so did the adults. Individually, many have said it was the best rip of their life. And I am one of them. I could not have figured out a way to have more fun. It was literally perfect! in fact — we all thought this was going to be our last major trip with EVERYONE because Jake is going on his mission soon, and everyone is starting to go different ways. Well, on the last day of the trip, my mom announced to everyone to gear up for two years, because we are doing it again! YAY!
This might be my favorite picture of the trip. It is Nonnie and her 25 most adoring fans.
And then a few more adoring fans had to jump in on the action.
Here are just the adults at our “adult dinner”. Unfortunately I wasn’t at all hungry, but some said the food was good:)! Notice everyone dressed pretty nicely, and then you see my husband in a WalMart camouflage hat. Way to represent babe. You make us bad! But all eyes were off us when Ryan showed up in his “Guess what” shirt that read “chicken butt” on his rear. Leave it to Ryan to make us all look a little better!
We made Sunday evening our picture taking time. The kids were troopers — especially since we only had about 30 minutes of good sun. Nice work Megan and Liza!
But when the sun was still a little too bright, we dove into our Sunday night activity. (We had one every night.) This night Brett was in charge, and taught us some really cool stories from history and the scriptures. I’ll have to say that the night activities were almost my favorite part!
Right when the sun was getting good, we had a little mishap.
But our tough little girl hopped up and fought through it. So I snapped a few of my kids and husband.
Scout was getting a little impatient by this point, but I really wanted one of my kids and Non.
So then she took them for a stroll to settle down a bit.
And then the love fest began. Scout adores his little sis, and Navy is obsessed with Scout.
I love this picture, because out of every cousin…..look at Navy’s face. She was the only one who somehow, some way ended up with dirt all over her in the end.
And let me not forget the teeny boppers. Talk about pleasant teenagers! I cross my fingers that my kids turn out like any one of the five above!
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