Burnham Family Reunion 2009

We were able to make it to the Burnham Family Reunion this year on July 10 and 11. One of my favorite parts about these reunions is that they are low key. It gives everybody the chance to chat with everyone else, the kids can run and play, and I can just sit back and relax. :0)

Here are just a few of the pictures I was able to take that weekend.

Aren't these girls such cuties? They had so much fun playing together. Ashlyn, Mackenzee, and Kamryn {I hope I spelled that right Jamie!}...

Who says grown men don't act like little boys? All of them were out on the dock at Bass Lake showing off their crazy jumps. Dolphin dives {ouch!}, cannon balls {there were some big splashes there!}, and other miscellaneous jumps that I don't think even have a name. Big talkers....big splashers....it was funny. :0)

Caleb was so good about taking all of his little cousins down the slide with him.

Tom, Savannah, and Emilee canoeing at Bass Lake.

Kenzee made all of us laugh so hard when not only did she feel she needed her life jacket and Dora water wings, but the floating donut too.

Paige, Jaysen, Jamee, and Jace at Nat Soo Pah.

Roasting marshmallows for smores on Saturday night.

The ladies horseshoe tournament on Saturday. I was paired with Amy, and we lost. BUT! It was close all the way. In fact, I think the round lasted an hour or something. That's gotta be some kind of record right? :0)

Me celebrating....I threw one and scored a point. That's right...woot woot! I'm pretty sure everyone there thought I was crazy. I am so horrible at horseshoes. :0)

Yes, that's a "ringer"....and it was mine! The only one I got the whole round. But it was still mine!
Gary, Dennis, and Bob {hope I got that right!} playing guitars and singing "Ring of Fire". :0)
Some of the guy cousins reminiscing about the "good old days". They go through it every time they get together. Big talk....but mostly just that.....TALK. :0) Tom is showing off his airsoft sniper rifle.
Whitney, Breanna, Meghan, and Haylee hanging out on Friday night.

Whitney, Haylee, Mike, Kenzee, Breanna, and Meghan

Ashlyn and Mackenzee....inseperable the whole weekend. Such cuties!

Gage, Jesse, and Landon

We had such a good time chatting with all of you!

Family Reunion continued....

As promised...here are a few more pictures of the Family Reunion.

Austin showing us all up as he scores three points for our team.

Jaysen tries to serve and score...but no such luck!

Greta tossing the frisbee

Riley, Crystal, Shelby, Kenzee, Talon, and myself hanging out on the dock.

Shelby and Paige at the Temple

Austin and Holly

Talon, Landon, Riley, and Jon

Riley, Savanna, Talon, Greta, and Genea

Robinson Family Reunion

As promised...here are a few more pics of the first annual Robinson Family Reunion...

I will add that I am needing to get the picture off of my mom's computer to fill in a few holes of what went on....so I will post more later, but here's the basic gist of it..

Friday was a fun, relaxing day at my mom's house. My brother was able to come join me and my little sister for an extra day before the "real" festivities began. He brought with him THE VORTEX. Yes, it is as magnificent as it sounds. It is a ginormous blow up water park. It would fill my entire backyard....and I'm not kidding. It has two water slides, a wading pool, and water guns built in. It rocks! Because we had this to entertain the children, the rest of us were able to sit around and do absolutely nothing. Which was fabulous!

That night we went to the drive in to see Wall-E. Please do not waste your money taking your children to see this movie! It wasn't horrible, but it was not something that would hold the attention of a small child very well. All the kids we took fell asleep. :0)

While we were at the drive-in my older sister arrived at my mom's house from Rexburg, though I went home....because it was almost midnight. A girl does need her beauty sleep! :0)

Saturday morning we all met at the new Stake Center for our tour of the new Twin Falls Temple.

Landon and Mackenzee were really excited that they were finally going to be able to go inside. Mackenzee's favorite part was the baptismal font...mostly because she wanted to get in. I think she thought she could have a quick swimming lesson while we were there. :0) Landon just really enjoyed being able to be with his cousins. He has missed them so much, as have I.

When the tour was over, we were all starving as it was lunch time. So, we headed over to my house for a quick bite. Shelby called it "Ash-way" as we built our own sub sandwiches like they do at Subway. :0)

We all then changed into our bathing suits and matching T-shirts and headed down to Bass Lake for the afternoon. The water was so nice on such a hot day. I was so glad that I had put Landon in swimming lessons because he was determined to swim out to the dock and hang out with the older kids out there. He did awesome, too. Mackenzee hung out on the beach and in the shallow part of the water; however, when my dad finally decided to get into the water and went out to the dock with the older kids, she made me take her out to the deep part so that she could play with him. So, strapped into her life jacket with a strangle hold on her mommy's neck, she wimpered while I swam out to the dock. She was so proud of herself when we made it out there and she was able to sit on the dock with the big kids. :0) I had a blast having swimming races with Jon, diving with Shelby, and hanging out with the wee ones in the shallow end. I convinced Stephanie to go down the slide by promising her that I would go down right after her. :0) The best part was dumping buckets of water on Jaysen's head. He totally deserved it! He was being "mean" to the little kids and splashing water on them. I had to protect them! :0)

While there we also played a mean game of sand volleyball. And, though my 6 year old nephew played better than I did...I totally kicked Jaysen's team's bottom! That's right! They lost! We won! Of course...not with too much help from me...but my dad and Jaysen went DOWN! That's what they get for playing against us four kids. We are unstoppable! :0)

As dinnertime rolled around, we realized we were all exhausted and hungry, so we went back to my mom's house to get ready for dinner. This is my dear Mackenzee on the way there....she was so tired from a full day of swimming. :0)The other kids had endless energy and played outside at my mom's house while we got everything ready. Before I allowed anyone to eat the messy bbq chicken, I made us pose for our family picture with our fabulous shirts on. They turned out so fun. Thanks for the idea Melanie! :0)

After dinner my dad built a fire in the fire pit and we let the kids roast marshmallows and make s'mores.

There is nothing like a good ooey gooey s'more. :0) Landon thoroughly enjoyed his, as did most of the kids, but Kenzee wanted nothing to do with the marshmallows after she roasted them over the fire. They were too messy for her. So, I had to eat them. Darn it! :0)

Once again....this was how the night ended...

It was such a long day for all of the kids. Honestly, it was a tiring day for the grown ups too! :0) So, we headed home to our nice soft beds and left the rest of the clan until the next day.

Sunday afternoon we met back up with the family at my mom's house for lunch. The kids were able to have a few last hours of play time together before everyone had to go home. It's always sad on the last day. The kids have so much fun together and are such good friends, that it makes it hard to say goodbye. We wish everyone lived close so we could smother each other in love all the time. But, that is not always possible, and absence does make the heart grow fonder right?

Thanks for the great idea of having this reunion, Melanie. It was so much fun! :0) Can't wait until next year!

Meet the Robinsons

Have you missed me? That would be because I was busy playing with my family these past few days.

Yes, we are the Robinsons. No, not really the ones from that Disney movie. But, it made for a great T-shirt. Here we all are {minus Jeremy and Nathaniel} on Saturday night wearing our fun shirts. This was our first annual Robinson family reunion. My parents {the "real" Robinsons}, with us four kids, our spouses, and all the grandkids. There are 25 of us total. Crazy huh?

As we were walking out my mom's front door to take this shot, Landon looked at me and said, "OH! I get it! The shirt says 'Meet the Robinsons' because WE'RE the Robinsons!"

I have such a smart kid. :0)

I'll post more later....I know you are on pins and needles!

Good times

So, we had my family reunion this last weekend up in McCall. I had never been there before. We stayed in some "mobile cabins" and so were able to hang out and have a great time.


My mom, older sis Melanie, and myself chatting it up during one of our mealtimes. We ate A LOT!!!!! As usual.......





Landon went to the lake friday and Saturday, though I only went on Saturday when the rest of the family was able to go. I was so proud of Landon for going on the tube. He was too scared to do it last time he had the opportunity, and normally shies away from anything he is uncertain about. But, my aunt Tammy PROMISED him that she wouldn't let him fall out, and if by some accident he did, his life jacket would not let him drown. So, he went for it and had a blast! He went with my cousin Madison on Friday, and then with his cousing Talon on Saturday. Too much fun!

My camera battery died just after boating on Saturday, so I was unable to snap anymore pics. I am going to have to do the pestering and retrieving from my family to get the rest. ;0) The ones that will be fun to have are from when we went ice skating Saturday night. My family went with Tammy's family and had fun. Well, except for Mackenzee. We started out good. They even had the cutest little ice skates for her feet. ;0) I tried to skate her around on the ice while holding her hands in front of me, but I'm not a good enough skater to be able to NOT fall when her ice skates bumped into mine. And, since we weren't allowed to carry her while we skated (for safety purposes) it proved to be difficult to get her going. Oh well! It was fun though, as I haven't gone ice skating since high school. And, I haven't forgotten a thing. Olympics here I come! :0)



And....when it was all over...this was what the trip home was like. ;0)

In all seriousness, we all had a blast. Kudos to my aunt Tammy for planning this all for us!