Wrapping Up the Reunion

The Reunion ended on Monday, and here are a few last photos- not necessarily from Sunday or Monday.

Marian managed to find a little friend!

And Marian had a blast playing volleyball.  She discovered that when you play for fun and no one is shouting at you, it is a LOT of fun!

Adam had a lazy after-church nap.

And Miley showed off her cool new hair.

Delaney had a great time playing pool with Sarah.

 

And Rylee was fun to watch with Liza.  So cute!

An exciting day for Josh

In a complicated chain of events, Josh ended up with a car.  Adam drove it out to the Reunion, and Josh got to leave with it.  It was very exciting!

Here he is with his new set of wheels.

He was pretty thrilled with it.

He had to leave the Reunion Sunday evening.  This is our goodbye photo.  I love this kid!

Selfie with Josh and McKenna before they left.  It was so great to have them at the Reunion.

The kids thought so too.

Lots of goodbye love for Josh.

Family Silliness and Brotherly Love

We had scheduled an evening for Dad and his brother to talk to our families- to reminisce about growing up and getting married.... all the fun family history stuff.  So we all crowded into the living room of the Fox cabin and were entertained.

Some people made their own entertainment.  Miley thought Josh was the best thing ever and she was definitely entertained.

Three cheesy grins.

Adam eventually just fell asleep. It was mid afternoon and it WAS nap time, so not a totally unexpected outcome.

I, of course, was enthralled by dad and Steve.

And who wouldn't be?  It was fun to hear about their growing up and meeting their lovely brides.

Whoops, lost another one! Issy couldn't keep her eyes open either.

So she missed out on this....

......And this!

Josh and McKenna stayed awake and you can see how impressed they were.

Liza thought Grandpa was the best, and just HAD to sit on his lap.

She was adorable.

 

And sure that everyone was there to see her.  (Of course we were!)

And I got this photo, which made me happy.

Beach Day

Well, the Reunion WAS at Bear Lake, so we really should go to the lake, right?!  We did go and it was quite lovely.  We rented some kayaks and they were enjoyed for the two hours we had them.

This little cutie was hysterical.  She was happy to eat dirt, and to drink gross lake water.  I support building healthy immure systems, but it was still gross.

Josh made me laugh as well. 

He and McKenna (his lovely lady) took a kayak out for a spin.

Rylee was hard at work building a sandcastle.

A work in progress.  But an impressive work!

Marian also wanted to go out on the Kayak.  Dan obliged as second paddler. The other girls had no interest in going out.  They just wanted to work on the sandcastle.

They kayaks were fun and I went out for a bit with Steven and then Samantha.  It is quite the arm workout! 

The finished product!

Okay, so the girls were not really finished, but I was done and ready to go.  

So we took one final photo of their glorious masterpiece and then headed somewhere with air conditioning and showers.

The Sweaty Swarthout 5k

The family put on a 5k race on Saturday morning.  It was a lot of fun!  Despite the altitude, Marian, Callie, Dan and I ran in it.  And Dad.  And lots of other family. I think there were around 30 of us?  The hill at the halfway point nearly did me in, but I was pleased with my run.  Marian left me in the dust.  And I know there are more photos out there, but I don't seem to have them on hand.  If I find them, I'll edit to add them.

Dad ran a good race.

Having run with him most of the summer, I know this was the first time he ran more than 2 miles.

I think the face says it all!

He and Marian went back to run in with Callie and her cousin-friend Zoey.

And Dad won the award for "The Most Mature Runner".

I will mention that one of my favorite parts about the race is the yellow caution tape they swiped from across the street's construction site.  They used the caution tape as our finishers tape.  And for each person crossing the finish line (on a very public and busy street corner!), Aunt Sally and one of her daughters would hold up the tape for you to run through.  A few runners who were not in our group came running down the sidewalk.  They looked confused, but were encouraged to run through the tape to much cheering.  I felt like a participant in an Improv Everywhere stunt!  It was a lot of fun.