Family Reunion 2013

The events of the past few days have filled my heart with awe and wonder, but more especially a profound feeling of gratitude, gratitude for such a wonderful, large and active family and the way they live their lives..  We had a family reunion at Bear Lake.  We were fortunate enough to have access to the wonderful facilities of Camp Hunt.  Jason and Rene were the ones who spearheaded this great event and did most of the planning.  I'm sure, I speak for the entire family when we say: "THANK YOU, SO MUCH  FOR THIS WONDERFUL TIME WE WERE ABLE TO SPEND TOGETHER.  We are a large family.  We are all busy people and have much going on in our lives, work, school, church, sports and other activities.  We are all determined to do our best in all that we do.  Unfortunately, none of has discovered a way to be in more than one place at a time.  Thus, the extra effort made by all who attended was much appreciated and we all enjoyed the time we were able to spend together these past few days.  Kinsey was not able to make it, because she is serving a mission in Sweden.  Philip and Megan had other obligations for most of the time we were having the reunion, and we certainly understand the issue of the long drive from Las Vegas.  It would have been a very long ride for the short time they and their family  could have stayed with us, not to speak of $4.00 gas and the time it would have taken to drive up to Bear Lake.   Stephen, was being Mr. Dependable, as usual.  He sacrifices a lot.  We did enjoy having Candice and the kids for Saturday.  I think they all had a good time, though I'm sure they would have loved having Stephen there too.  He did call during the reunion time.  We know where his heart was and we missed him greatly.

 

It will probably be a long time before we can all get together again.  Kinsey is on her mission.  Tanner leaves for the Marine Corps in less than two weeks.  We worry about him, but we wish him well and know he will do well as he serves the cause of freedom here and around the world.  The Marines should feel lucky to find such a fine young man, ready and willing to serve the cause of freedom.  We pray always that he will be safe and learn a lot that will help him in the future.  He has a great attitude about it, and he knows for sure that we will miss him greatly and the entire family will.  "We  all love our Tan Man. "   His little sisters, Megan and Maddie, are going to miss him greatly as will as the rest of the. family.  GOOD LUCK!!! Tanner.  stay close the Lord and as

close as you can to your family.  Never fail to call upon the Lord in times of trouble and always,  You will do well and please know that you will always be in our thoughts and prayers.  It was so good  see you there at the reunion

 

It was good to have all of you there.  It is said, we should not  be proud, but it's very hard, when you have such a  good and wonderful family as ours.    I guess rather than admitting I'm proud, I'll just say I am very well pleased with you all.  I'm going to insert a few photo's from the many that I took at the reunion.

I think we did our share of multiplying and replenishing the earth, "Forty-two Things"  The Reunion had a Dr. Seuss theme, just in case you hadn't guessed.

Just a few of the clan.  Micah wrote the family name in the sand.  It's gone from there already, but I hope all of us have the name chiseled into our hearts and always remember who we are and what we stand for.

A little fun in the water is always in order at Bear Lake.

 

  



There is some serious fun!!!!  They made me laugh 'til I cried.

And here they are again.  A thrill a second.  JT said:  My mom and dad may have raised some fools, but they didn't raise any chickens.  They are indeed willing to try most anything.  Well anything good and exciting. 

Eborn kids playing in the sand at Bear Lake.



                       The Lodge at Camp Hunt provided excellent accommodations for the whole clan.



Now, there are two beautiful girls. Maddie and Megan!

Boating friends, Ethan and Micah.

And here is Jason doing a little more of everything.  The man amazes me.  He can do everything from scuba diving to making sloppy joes and does it all with a smile.  His greatest achievement is his wonderful family, who are such good people and obviously love being together.  Their example of love and service is something we all need to take not of and seek to emulate.

Shooting and catching "Bottle Rockets"

And getting the family together also means a little wiffle ball, a reminder of the "good old days."

Anybody for green eggs and ham?

Just look at that tan.  He's probably been to busy all summer to take his shirt off until after the sun goes down.

 

 

Halle and Micah enjoying the cool breeze.

Avery preparing for a wild ride.

Hayden coming in from the beach.

Candice making sure Sophie is protected, at least from the rays of the sun.

And Kinsey was there too, at least in a way and always in our hearts and prayers despite being so far away serving the Lord  as a missionary in Sweden.

Putting a reunion like this together is quite a task.  Even making time for it in our busy lives can be stressful.  I want to thank Jason and Rene and their family for making all this happen and enduring the stress of it an us all.  At least one member of the family seems to have it all in perspective.  Neveah arrived cool, calm and collected, and still ended up being the life of the party.

"Except we become as little children ............."  Maybe we could all take some lessons from Thing 42.