Workman Family Reunion

A couple weeks ago, all of Mitch's brothers and sisters came into town and we had a little reunion of sorts. Most of them stayed for about a week and so we were able to do quite a few fun things. My favorite was Saturday morning we headed up to Jackson and rafted the Snake River.



We rented a raft which was nice because we ended up going twice because we missed all the big rapids the first time down. On the second run we knew where to go and wow it was so much fun.




Thankfully we only lost one person to the big kahuna and it was one of the adults who managed to save the paddle!!

After the second run we headed back down to IF and had a nice dutch oven dinner/feast and a little family program.


The Yea's were in charge and they came up with the idea to bury a family time capsule. So every family brought something to represent their family through the year and then the little kids all wrote letters to themselves. It was such a great idea and in ten years we will dig it back up as long as we remember that we buried it :)

The next night we went up to the Bar J Wranglers which is always good ol' entertainment and a family tradition.

We took Addy on the carriage ride because she loves horses!

Then I tried to get as much energy out of her body before the show started so we could actually enjoy ourselves so we spent some time running around and she climbed all over the fence.


and starred at everyone walking past but it made for some cute pictures.


Our silly family :)

The next day we went up to warm river (which is not warm by the way). On the way up one of the vans broke down, so we piled as many people as we could into one car and then our car went to find parts and tools to fix the van. Luckily it was a pretty easy fix so we weren't too far behind.

It was a fun place for the kids to float the river. We took Addy down in the yellow raft and as long as I was with her the whole time she was fine but she did not like going down by herself.




The kids also had a ball fishing with Grandpa. I think they caught 9 or so.

By late afternoon it got a little chilly and started to rain on and off so we huddled under the tree while it rained and then ran out and cooked hot dogs and s'mores when it wasn't raining.


Later in the week we had all the nieces and nephew age 5 and up (accept Addy) up to our place for a pigza hut party. They had no idea what to expect which made it even funner- and yes funner is a word! Sadly my camera wasn't working so I only got a picture as we were backing to go back to IF.

As part of the party, each kid made their own pizza and then we played lots of games. Mitch took them out and taught them how to play pig on the basketball court, then we played a game where each person pins a balloon to their backside and then has a thumb tack taped to their nose and then you run around on your hands and knees popping each others balloons. We had them squeal like a pig when their balloon got popped. It was great fun and I was really sad I didn't have my camera. Then we played oink, oink, pig because it was a game Addy knew but I did have a pig face that they wore and then they had to chase around the circle as if they were a pig. The last game was squealing/snorting competition-very funny. They then set up their pig pens/tents in the backyard and then we watched Penelope on the back of the house.

The next day us sister in-laws all went to lunch and then all the girls went to see Letters to Juliet. It was such a cute show and I was happy to be watching it with girls because I knew Mitch would be making fun of the cheesiness.

On the last day we went to Rigby Lake and played around. Addy loved playing in the sand and splashing around with her cousins. It made me wish that we hadn't waited all summer to go. Next year we will have to go more often.

So it was a very fun week and we all went home exhausted but it is always good to be with family especially when most of them you only see a couple times a year.