9 days in Utah

Here is a Neuner four generation picture. From left to right: Scott's mother Pam, Scott's grandfather, his grandmother holding Oak and finally Scott. We had a lot of fun with Scott's family with things like trips to the zoo followed by lunch at Hire's, walking the dogs, going out for pizza and watching old family movies. Thank Pam and Jim for always making us feel welcomed and loved.

My family's reunion started each day with a pancake breakfast where my brother Rick would toss the kids their pancakes.

On the first day all the kids opened packages that included homemade red and white checkered skirts (overalls for the boys), red bandannas, and cowboy hats at which point the petting zoo arrived. Baby goat, lamb, chicks, ducklings, miniature horses, pony and cart and ...

Yes, a baby camel

Talent Show

Doll Party where the theme was my 91 year-old grandma. She told stories of living without electricity and running water (until she had been married for 4 years), getting her first pair of pants in high school for a roller skating competition, and even showed us how to churn butter.

My Mom made all these dresses, bloomers included, for the girls and their dolls

As part of the Doll Party: making homemade bread and cinnamon rolls

Outdoor movie complete with popcorn machine and little official movie-popcorn bags

La Fiesta
(sombreros, tacos and a pinata)

Visit to BYU

Treasure Hunt (this picture is of all the cousins crammed into my parent's shower)

Carnival with all the traditional booths (fishing pond, darts and balloons, ring toss, and of course 3-legged and wheelbarrow races)

Thank you Mom and Dad for a great reunion. I think the total number of sewed items my Mom made came to somewhere between 35 and 40. Family Motto: Anything Worth Doing Is Worth Overdoing (AWDIWO : aw-dee-whoa)