Once upon a time, when Todd and I got married, we moved me out of my parents' home in California, and up to Idaho. Though we moved 6 times in the first two years of marriage, we always called Northern Idaho, "home", and I was a California Girl, transplanted into Idaho soil. And though I love my family, we didn't visit them often, due to the travel cost and time factors.
Today, my siblings (Mom and Dad are gone now) are spread through Utah, southern Idaho, and California. It's not easy to get us all in the same place, at the same time.
So, when a proposal for a Siblings Reunion came up last spring-ish....... I don't even know whose idea it was ..... well, I can't begin to tell you how excited I was! Plus, even though Northern Idaho is rather out-of-the-way for the rest of them, SOMEHOW, I talked them into all coming to my house!! And fortunately, the Haven has enough bedrooms (and a camp trailer) that we were able to put everyone up at our house. In beds. No hotels needed.
So here are some of my favorite photos from our Labor Day Weekend Siblings Reunion. I am so blessed to have such a great family. We are blessed together that we actually LIKE each other. We had a few of the next generation that joined us as well, and it was so wonderful to visit together and just spend time with each other.
We took everybody for a picnic lunch and tour of a nearby dam. I ended up with a lot of dam pictures....
My very talented niece, Chelsea. She's pretty darn amazing...... keep scrolling, and you'll see why.
Uncle Sterling -- for some reason, everybody loves him!
Emma loved having kids her age around. Technically, they're first cousins once removed. Having playmates around was so much fun for her!
My pretty redheaded daughter.
It was a long walk back!!
So, Chelsea made a couple of videos from our reunion weekend. This is the first one. I think I'll put the second one in a different blog post, because my uploading feature is acting all weird on me right now. Wish I had Chelsea around all the time -- we'd have the best family videos EVER.
(This first video documents their trip here and the beginnings of our reunion.)
I'll continue with more Family Reunion in the next post.
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