brady reunion

The cousins -- tallest to shortest (or so they think): Chris, Jack, Mike, Mark, Randy, Robert, Spencer, Brady, Kitt, Kara, Michelle, Jared, Klaire, Katey, Ryan, Jacob, & Matthew.
Our Brady family reunion this year was up at Heber Valley camp. This reunion is for my parents, siblings & spouses, and all our kids. We had a great time and there were only a few that couldn't make it this year -- we definitely missed having them with us. The camp was beautiful and there is always a good feeling there. There seemed to be an abundance of deer this year and it was amazing how close we could get to them before they bounced off in the opposite direction. One of the activities we enjoyed this year was a chocolate pie eating contest. No hands allowed. Karen makes some wonderful chocolate pie, so its kind of a shame we stick our faces in it and gobble as fast as we can -- oh well, when you get a face as cute as this when you're finished, its worth it!

We had a lot of fun paddling around the lake in canoes and peddle boats, playing "Minute to Win It" and other games, and going through the challenge course with the high adventure being the same swing that we did with the Vawdrey family last year -- FUN TIMES! We also enjoyed a fabulous dutch oven dinner Friday night. Mark cooked up some yummy BBQ chicken, John made some wonderful potatoes, and a few of the other big guys whipped up some peach and cherry cobbler. Delicious! In fact, we were all so full from dinner that we never got around to making smores that night! During our campfire program that evening, Kathleen told us about her recent trip to Scotland. We have ancestors from Scotland, and she told us a bit about them, how they joined the church and immigrated to America, and about our Anderson family plaid and crest. The Anderson plaid has blue in it, while most others have green. And the crest motto is "Stand Sure". I like that. A wonderful reminder to stand sure in our values and testimonies. One of the "traditions" of this reunion is taking a cousin picture, with everyone lining up from tallest to shortest (as seen at the beginning of the post). Guess who's kids are always the shortest? Yep, something about being the youngest as well as the gene pool. BUT, when you start putting in the cousin spouses, my kids move up a notch!
Now the order is: Chris, Jack, Mike, Mark, Randy, Robert, Spencer, Brady, Andy, Kitt, Kara, Jason, Michelle, Jared, Klaire, Lindsey, Katey, Mandy, Alisa, Hayley, Ryan, Erika, Jacob, & Matthew.
This is the "2nd generation" picture with Jacob & Matthew included for fun because they have lots of fun hanging out with these smaller cousins. From left to right (and they are somewhat in order of height as well): Colton, Kaymi with Emma, Jacob, Stephen, Trevor, Matthew, Alexa, Matthew S., Tucker.
Thanks to Jack & Lindsay for the pictures -- I mistakenly took my camera with the dead battery to the reunion.