Jones Reunion

The next big vacation in July was to the Jones Family Reunion. near Clarkston Washington.  We came to Elko and then rode up with my parents and LaWayne.  On the way there LaWayne asked to drive through the town she grew up in, Glenns Ferry Idaho. This detour was awesome.  We loved listening to LaWayne point out places she used to go and talk about what the town was like many many years ago.  The first picture is the elementary school she went to and the second is the high school.

 

This now medical clinic used to be an LDS church that my grandparents help build.  There are lot of stories around this building.

And this is the house LaWayne grew up in.  My mom only lived here a couple of years.

We spent that night in Boise and in the morning went out to the cemetery were my mom's grandparents are buried.  I have never been so it was fun to see where my relatives are now.  We also almost got attacked by a large number of ducks, but that is a story for another time.

 

Finally we made it to the reunion.  It was a great week and we are grateful for all of the hard work put in to make this event possible.  BJ took family pictures to  help us remember the event.  I may be biased, but I think he is an amazing photographer. 

The cabin behind us is where we all spent the week.  Still can't believe we fit 6 adults and Alden in the same room.

The whole group minus Doug.  We have pretty great family on both sides don't know how we got so blessed.

One night of the reunion was spent playing pioneer games.  I am sure the pioneers had pinatas aren't you :)  Either way Alden loved it!

Enjoying the loot

Playing the stick and hoop game.  Franny is 11 and totally kicked my butt at this game.

The stick pull.  I will let you guess who won this.

One day Bonnie had put together mini classes for us to attend.  She was great to teach so many and we enjoyed learning several new skills.  There was Zumba, self contained gardens, cheese making, solar ovens, and Ham Radio.

The cabins were located right on the Snake River so of course we had to spend some time playing in it.  Scott did some fishing and amazingly actually caught a fish with all of us playing next to him.

This kid LOVES the water. 

Self portrait family photo.

Aunt Radene went through some boxes from my grandma and brought some things up for us all to look at.  There were old journals and record books from their dairy business.  One of the most exciting things though was the blessing clothes and shoes my grandma kept from all of her kids. 

On the way home we stayed in Boise again and before we left we were able to go to the Boise LDS Temple with my parents.  It was nice to attend the temple right after spending the week with family because it really made me think about how incredible eternal families are.  I am grateful to be sealed to my family and have my children sealed to me because I can't think of a better way to spend eternity than with our families.