PHILLIPPI FAMILY REUNION!!

SATURDAY JULY 19TH-- FAMILY BBQ AND FIREWORKS!!

Saturday Jason invited everyone over to his house for a BBQ and fireworks that were going on for Steele Days in American Fork. Not everyone was here yet, Nancy and her kids were coming over to stay with us Saturday afternoon and when they arrived Quincy threw up,( The last of her kids to get sick) so she decided she better get a hotel room so that she wouldn't pass it on to our family. I was sad she had to go, but glad it worked out okay. Brent and Nancy weren't arriving until later that night. Ashley was here with her kids, along with all of the in town family except Dawn and Family. Jason and Rachael provided yummy hamburgers and hot dogs for everyone! It was a fun night, we did have to wait for a while for the fireworks to start so we broke out the glow sticks and did some fooling around, well some of us did:)

SUNDAY JULY 20TH--ROOTBEER FLOATS!!

Sunday finally everyone was here, Jim and Melissa invited everyone over for rootbeer floats to make sure we all got a chance to see Achsa, she was going to BYU for E.F.Y. for the week. Everyone was there, even Grandpa Larson and Jack! It was fun to see everyone, seems like the kids are all getting bigger and older, but us parents are just the same!! We tried to get a picture of all the grand kids together and one of all the siblings, and i am not sure which one was harder!! The people on the back row of our picture was standing on an ant hill and they were all jumping around and being silly, and we all couldn't stop talking, so there isn't that good of a picture of all of us!

MONDAY-JULY 21
Monday Nancy and her kids checked out of their hotel and came to stay with us, Tyler was so happy, he was pretty bummed when they came Saturday and had to leave! We just hung out. Monday night, Jason, Rachael, Nancy, Jeff, Ashley, Alia, Aj, Doug & I all went out to eat at the Pizza Factory, that was fun! That night Nancy, Doug and I watched a really dumb movie, The Bonneville and then went to bed.

TUESDAY--JULY 22ND--RAGING WATERS, DINNER @ JEFF'S

Tuesday we headed up to Raging Waters, we thought it was better than Seven Peaks! We got two cabana's which came in handy when it decided to pour rain for about two hours. Even with the rain we had a really good time! After we all headed home to get cleaned up and have dinner at Jeff and Kelly's house. We had Del Taco ( it was taco tuesday, So we loaded up on Taco's and Burritos and i think we only spent around 40.00!) After we ate we played with all of Jeff and Kelly's toys, The highlight being the Jump, the kids (and some of the adults) rode bikes, scooters and whatever else they could think of off this ramp, we made it without any broken bones, but there was some wipe-outs, but nothing too serious! When it got dark we broke out the fire pit and roasted marshmellows for smores. Jeff and Jim set up tents and had a sleep over in the back yard with the boys. They woke up early the next morning and went fishing. What nice uncles!!

WED. 23RD--DINNER@ JASON'S AND INDOOR SOCCER GAME

Wednsday we all just did our own thing, I was pretty sore from the water park, and pretty tired from all of the late nights, so we slept in. Nancy woke up and did laundry and packed her kids up and left to go pick up Peter at the airport and then head over to Jason and Rachael's for Dinner and stay a couple of nights with them. Tyler was sad they didnt stay longer at our house, i told him maybe next time. So we had a great dinner at Jason and Rachaels and hung out and talked about old time, the highlight for everyone there was that Nancy brought from Arizona our favorite ice-cream, Thriftys Chocolate Malted Crunch!! She rocks!! I would have never of thought to pack it in dry ice, it made it just fine, and it tasted sooo good! Now she has to do that everytime you know!! Jeff, Jason and Jim all had a indoor soccer game at 9:55 that night, so we all loaded up and headed over to watch thier game, it was a really close game which made it really fun for us!

THURSDAY JULY 24TH--SHOOTING AND OWLZ GAME!

Thursday was the last day of our family reunion activities, we all met at Jason's house at 9:30am to go shooting. We drove somewhere way out west, It was really hot, but a lot of fun! The last time we all got together to go shooting it was freezing, this time too hot, Maybe we can plan a spring or fall shoot? After shooting we all went home to get ourselves ready for the Owlz game that night. It was pioneer day, so there was a firework show right after it. It was a good thing they had fireworks, cause the game wasnt all that exciting, but i always love to go to the ball game. We said goodbye to Nancy and Peter and family in the parking lot that night. Tyler came into our bedroom when we got home just bawling, I said what is the matter? He says, I am going to miss Abbey and Quincy so much, i dont want them to go! It was sad, but i know how he feels i am going to miss seeing Nancy, Brent, Ashley and families too! We had a really fun week with everyone, Thanks to everyone for putting it all together and making it so much fun, now i need to get some serious rest!!