Taylor Family Reunion

We met my parents and my 4 brothers and their families at Zion Ponderosa Ranch (near Orderville and Mt. Carmel Junction) for a family reunion this week. There were 11 grandkids there (plus the one in my tummy to make his appearance in 2 weeks), 6 of whom were under the age of 2. Needless to say, there was lots of crying at various times throughout the day, but we still had so, so much fun! We rented a huge house with 7 bedrooms and 6 bathrooms, so we all stayed there together. We ate way too much good food, and had a blast on such activities as: paintball, skeet shooting, miniature golf, zip line, bungee trampoline, rock wall climbing, kid's camp, swimming in a COLD pool, the girls having spa treatments, kids building forts, talent shows, family pictures, playing games, bike rides, and 4-wheeler rides. Just a few pictures of the highlights:

We had a talent show and Kason sang "The Star Spangled Banner" complete with his hand over his heart. The best part was when he said "Who brought stripes and brought stars...?" (instead of whose broad stripes and bright stars). Classic Kason. This kid is hilarious.


Adam boy counting to 10 for his talent. Jeff also did a spot-on impersonation of Kevin "Snowbank" Eubank from the channel 5 news forecasting the weather. So funny.

Brock telling jokes.

Little Ryan doing his "bobblehead" talent when Andy plays music.

My parents putting on a puppetshow for their talent . . .

Abby was mezmorized by the puppets once Tige got her to hold still.

Kason did the zip line 6 times I think . . .

and looked like a professional acrobat on the bungee trampoline. This kid is fearless!

Front and back flips. He also climbed that red rock wall and made it to the top to ring the bell.

Grandma taking Adam and Abby for a walk.

and then they got a sucker like the big kids.

I think this is my favorite picture! The 3 boys all born last summer playing with Paige & Alayna. Cute stuff.

Grandma playing "Blockus" with the big boys.

Dad teaching Abby how to mini golf.

It was more like a race to quickly hit your golf ball towards the hole before Abby grabbed it and threw it. She's such a handful.

Anyway, it was so much fun to get together and visit. My kids had the time of their lives playing with cousins and being outdoors. Wish we could get together more often, although the babies are starting to outnumber the adults, and it will get harder and harder to be able to have us all in one place soon.

Tige, Clark, Andy & my dad spent yesterday afternoon hiking the "Subway" on our way home from the reunion. Tige sprained his ankle only 3 days before he's scheduled to run his first Olympic distance triahlon. Such a bummer. He got lots of beautiful pictures . . . I'll have to post them later.

I'm having daily contractions and am feeling quite miserable . . . not sure if I'm going to make it until June 30 for my scheduled c-section. Might be earlier--we'll just have to wait and see!