Our LeBaron Family Reunion was at Aspen Grove, a family camp put on by the BYU alumni association. Participants commit to standards of dress, speech, etc that support our family values. It was wonderful. At the opening ceremony, #1 is holding #5, who caught one of the Frisbees!
This is actually the Lamoreaux Family t-shirt that mom designed as a copy of the extended Lamoreaux family reunion t-shirt from 20 years ago. #1 is doing his age group cheer.
All the LeBaron cousins
#1 had so much fun. He loved that he spent at least half his day with his age group doing things like hiking, crafts, rock wall, swimming, RISK, games, etc., but still had lots of family time.
I "threw a pot" for the first time ever.
#2 was constantly with these darling girls and -- a milestone -- came home with their phone numbers
Lots of outdoor family games...here Pops helps #5 at the hula hoop ring toss (Dad is up the hill)
Here Pops earns us extra points by getting in the garbage can we have to fill with water. #3 is coming in to pour more water while #5 looks on.
I spent lots of time painting with kids. Here #s 4 and 5 paint with 3 cute cousins
They had a ropes course that was about 3 or 3.5 stories high. You climbed a pole with random chinks in it, transferred to the rock wall, then continued around the trees on wires. Here #2 navigates the course.
#s 2 and 3 love to fish!
This is #4 on the rock wall. This little boy is a crack up, unless he's getting lost just after dark on the very first night...
#4 opted for Battleship instead of swim time most days. His group leader was a champ and patiently played with him just as long as #4 was interested.
There was a rousing 3 way basketball game (which I'm sure Mike won -- here with brother Rob)
LOVE this picture of Nana!!
#s 4 and 5 at the family dance with #5's group leader, Ali. #4 asked if he could call her Ali Gator so he would always remember her and told her she could remember him because so many people use his name for their dogs (REALLY? Where does he come up with this stuff??) Ali said she'll remember him, too, because she'll name her first dog after him. When we were going to pack instead of going to the dance, #4 told Mike he needed to go because he and Ali like each other so much... :)
#3 rammed the bottom of the pool with his chin. The pool won.
They had a minute to win it night, and #1 got to participate
Walleyball was a big favorite--Earl went, too, but here are Pops, Rob, and Mike
The boys got to use a lathe to create their own pens. I opted for more kids craft time, but would have loved to cram this activity in, too. The pens turned out sooooo cool!
More family water activities...Uncle Rob was terrific helping the boys participate while I stayed dry manning the camera.
This is Mike eating crow because he had just pushed "Simon" (#4's group leader, who was a judge during the water games pretending to be Simon Cowell...Mike got caught up in the crowd's jeering (: ) into the pool complete with wallet and cell phone.
Each age group learned a song from a different country. Can you tell where #3 learned his song from?
#1 was "Proud to Be an American."
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