Sunday, June 19, 2011

Father's Day/Family Reunion


Braquel and Mikayla came and asked if they could ride the bikes.  I see that Braquel drove instead of Keven.  They went for a ride, and when they came back, Mikayla said they rode the "whoop-te-doo" trail.  Even though it was blocked at one end...??? She said it was tradition.  We used to camp at the end of it and the kids rode it constantly.  From about sun-up to sun-down.


We got a letter from the state of Idaho this spring, that said no one without a licensce or adult supervision should be allowed on the 4-wheelers.  Luckily...Mikayla and Braquel both have theirs.  I love how they enjoy doing things together.  Chelsey was the only one that didn't come up.  She was babysitting...she's pretty dedicated about earning money for school clothes.


I thought it was so cool that Treven was so willing to share his bike with Sam.  And Gary was so patient teaching Sam how to hold the bike up while he used the kickstarter.  Gary has taught Treven such good mechanical skills.  Jeff said Treven knew that you went down with the kick starter until you felt resistance and --then--kicked hard.  Gary is such a good dad.


The Gibbons' kids were hamming it up for the photo.  Look at Sam in the back...fingers in the air above their head.  Where do kids learn this stuff...especially so early.


Kylie wasn't at all sure she wanted to ride the bike with me, but evidently she felt safe with Jason.  She had a good time riding with him.  I couldn't figure out why it took them so long to get there Saturday morning...until Natalie, Sam and Whitney came running up to the trailer.  They had another (this makes 3 times coming to the reunion) flat tire.  They couldn't get the spare to release and come down, so they walked about a mile or so to where we were camped.  Jeff & Steve later went down and finally got it to come down.  Poor Jason was sweating terribly.  They weren't going to stay for dinner that night, but ended up staying and we were so glad.  It is always so much fun having the kids come up.  Great-grandpa Wood made his famous home-made ice cream for us.  It started raining just before we got the food ready for dinner, and never quit.  It rained all night and it was a muddy mess getting the trailer and the 4-wheelers out.  Everything we took was wet, and covered in mud.  Especially the trailer and the bikes and our vehicles.  It took us forever just to spray everything off.  We had to put up our canopy and our chairs in the shop to try and let them dry out.


I looked over at Kylie once, and she was sitting on Jason and Sally's cooler with her hands in a praying position.  I had to run and get my camera, and of course she had quit by then.  But she was more than willing to poise for me.  She loves having her picture taken.


Treven loves this bike.  Gary said he would ride it 24/7 if he let him.  Treven and Sam actually ran it out of gas they rode it so much.  We were in the snowmobile parking lot at North Hegler, and Gary told them they could only ride around that.  Down to the shed and back.  Sam had a little trouble...he ran right "into" the shed once.

All in all it was sure a great weekend.  Even with all the mud and rain...we love spending time with our family. 
A few things we found delight in:
Sam:   (to Jason)" I'm only afraid of two things.  Going straight downhill (on the 4-wheeler) and vampires."
Ellie:  Jumping (almost in convulsions) when she accidently turned the vaccum on in the 5th wheel.  I couldn't stop laughing.
Kylie:  Has special names for her family...Ivy is "Bob", Natalie is "lu-lu", Whitney...is clucking of the tongue, Sam is "hamm".  What a kid.
Ken & Viki:  Getting lost on their ride and ending up in Rockland and having lunch there...mainly because Viki wasn't sure she get back for dinner.
Steve:  Sleeping in his tent
Gary & Danelle:  Bringing beef brisbit that was sooooo good
Vern & Reta:  No hot water, ran out of gas
and then Jeff & I did the same thing...not so funny then.
All the kids were so good.  Thanks to all of you who came.  It made Father's Day wonderful.

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