My Family - The Family Reunion part 2

Emily and I arrived at the "cabins" (two 5 bedroom houses) first, after arriving in Lead South Dakota around 1pm. We weren't supposed to go to the cabins until 4pm, so we ate lunch in Lead (Quite expensive) and then since we were worried about the meat going bad in our coolers (and I was worried about leaving the bird in the hot car), we decided to see if we could get into the cabins early.

We had to go through an active mine area, waiting for the barriers to come up. It was like a railroad crossing with no railroad. I was pretty disappointed that we never saw a big truck go by. Man were they nice cabins! I didn't take any pictures of the houses cuz were there to see FAMILY, so just take my word for it. After putting our food in the fridge and dumping the water off the porch, Emily and I enjoyed the calmness and solitude before the rest of the crew showed up. We could hear the birds and a rainshower even went by. It was lovely!

First to show up was Bethanie (and family) from Wisconsin... then Jenny (and family) from Texas... then the parents and Aaron from NM... then the big caravan of Nathan (and family) from Idaho, Jared (and family) from Montana, and Angela from Ricks (BYU-ID). I knew Jared was disappointed at how long it took them to get there, but we were happy to see him cuz he brought DINNER! pulled beef sandwiches... YUM.

I took pictures of PEOPLE cuz that's what I wanted to do. So now ur gonna be inundated with pictures... It was so fun to see everyone and get reacquainted. (If u weren't out on the porch, I didn't get ya)

Dad and Sarah

Mom, Natalie, Bethanie, Andrew, Carley.
Nathan, Wyatt, Emily
Amy and Neita (one of us was moving and it certainly couldn't have been the camerawoman :-)
Bailey, Aaron and Alec.. already starting on deep conversations,

Andrew, Joel
Jenny, Tom
Wyatt, Megan

Natalie, Bethanie, Roasting Marshmallows for s'mores .. see that look of concentration on Gage's face. He found a stick, put a marshmallow on it, held it over the flame.. then ate it. No frills, just sugar. (Neita, Joel, Bethanie and Andrew in the back, Bailey, Sarah, Anneliese, Carly, Gage and Emily)

Next Installment: The BIG HEADS!