Family Reunion

Over the 4th of July weekend we had our first ever actual family reunion from my parents on down. I vaguely remember going to a family reunion or two when I was younger and I didn't know a soul. They weren't that fun to me, even if they did have a bouncy castle or two. But this is what I call a reunion! It wasn't some fourth cousin that I never met. It was just my parents and brothers and sisters and our kids and stuff. But there are a ton of us so now we actually have to plan a reunion to get all of us together. My sister, Megan, got the idea and headed it up. Nancy was nice enough to give the stats on our family recently:
2 parents + 11 kids + 11 spouses + 57 grandkids + 6 grandkid spouses (well one is engaged) + 8 great grandkids = 104 people!!! Whoa!
We were missing about a dozen nieces and nephews, but all of my siblings were together for the first time in a very long time. We spent the weekend in Soda Springs, Idaho, swimming, laughing, eating, talking, riding horses, motorcycles, 4-wheeler's, playing basketball, and more.

Here we all are clockwise from far left in blue: John (#5), Rob (#6), Me (#9), Dad, Nancy (#10), Mark (#1), Tony (#2), Aaron (#8), Amy (#4), Chris (#7), Mom, Megan (#11), Kathy (#3).When I look at these photos I feel like the luckiest girl in the world because I love my brothers and sisters so much. My Mom always prayed for two things for us as kids: 1. that we would marry well, and 2. that as siblings we would be eachother's best friends. Thank heavens for answered prayers!

Here are most of the grandkids surrounding my parents. Can you find my kids? Its kind of like "where's waldo" :)
And here is almost everybody. ::whew::