THiNGS LeaRNeD @ a FaMiLY ReuNioN

1. My family has way more kids than I ever realized. 

2. If you're a MouLToN, chances are your favorite color is GReeN.

3. The part where my family can sit in a car for hours, not say anything, and not have it be awkward; that comes from the Moulton side. 

4. Being a kid at heart runs in my blood. I'll probably never grow out of it. 

5. It is possible that your cousin's kids will have a crush on You, YouR SiSTeR and your other CouSiN at the same time. 

6. When I actually have kids, I shouldn't be surprised if they're all boys. 
7. Rob will forever be leaving at 4.

Preston, Me, Aria, Tyne Isaac and Chris

You know when the last time all us MouLToN's got together was? 

Let me tell you.

It was

1997

Count 'em peeps, that was 14 years ago!

aka 

I was 8 years old. 

yeah.

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This is TyNe and aRia. They came down from CoLoRaDo with my uNCLe RoB on Tuesday night and stayed with us for a couple of days pre-reunion.

Thursday night I jumped in their car with them and we all went up to BLaKe and ReaNNa's (my aunt and uncles) where we met up with most  the rest of the family. Some of us stayed there, other's went to a hotel, and everyone else drove up the next morning. 

By NooN all 51 of us (which actually isn't anywhere near all of us. I have close to 40 cousins alone on that side.) were caravanning up to the Valley View Stake Camp; complete with its own pool.  

1. THe LaWN CHaiR KaeSi and I lived in. 

2. THe SHoT my DaD tried to make at least 15 times. 

3. TaNNeR and the ever so popular SHaRK RoB got at the SCeRa PooL the day before.

4. Picture 45 of the 51 people there in that pool. 

5. P-I-G

6. TyNe bustin' out her oNe PieCe

7. CuZZieS

Before the pool ever happened though, Aria, Kaesi, Tyne, Tanner and I went on a search for the perfect place to pitch the girls tent. There were plenty of places we could have pitched the tent; like Eve, Naomi or about 10 others. But then we saw MaRV (or Mary, depending on your angle). 

Why wouldn't you want to sleep on a spot called Marv? Yeah that's what we thought too. 

But then Uncle Rob saw how far from the Lodge it was. He thought we should sleep somewhere a little closer. So we opted for Naomi; which actually worked out perfectly. It had room for the TeN MaN girls tent, and a tent for Uncle Rob, DaD and TaNNeR.

A little later we broke out for some games. While we fished for doughnuts, ran relays, played crab soccer and made statues, all the younger kids went through a carnival that my AuNT SHaRoN put together.


It was at that carnival that my AuNT JuDy started her two-day face painting project. I'm thinking that wasn't her intent but she is an incredible artist! So for the next two days she was behind the brush; and she did a mighty good job at it!

Then came something that I probably shouldn't even put up... haha. You see apparently my dear family had planned a talent show. DeCeNDeNTS GoT TaLeNT; if you will.

My family's act was a little, uh, MeSSy. Yeah, that's a good word. No rehearsal. No nothing. Just a table full of props. 

My sister said it right when she said we made HuGe FooLS of ourselves! But hey, these fools won the famous BoB aWaRD!! Except I still don't know what exactly that is... it never made it to camp haha :)

After that all ten of us girls got our bags set up it the tent and made way for the fire pit. Dad and Uncle Rob had started a fire. There may not have been SMoReS, but my cousin's kids were full of scary stories!

Before we knew it all the girl's were sound asleep in their tent while the boys enjoyed their PiLLoW TaLK. Us girls did have our fair share of crazy over the weekend though :)

All in all, the whole thing was so great!! I have the best family ever and I am so glad that we were finally able to get so many of them together!

the KiDS

the GRaNDKiDS

the GReaTS

Description of how we felt about the reunion:

Success

P.S. KAESI'S HOME!!!!!

We WaNDeReD oN oVeR To MoNa!

You know what I absolutely LoVe about SuMMeR?

SPoNTaNeiTy

Why, you wonder? 

Because that's why people like this

end up at places like this

Long story short 

CaNDaCe called Me, who called BRiTTNeY, who called aDaM who told KeLSeY

that a big group of K.H. peeps were going camping down in MoNa

No work until 10 the next morning

I was so in! 

and so was everyone else :)

After a quick stop at Wendy's and a few wrong turns (thanks TaYLoR!), we were at

BuRRaSToN PoNDS

(us and about 30 others)

After a few minutes with sparklers around the fire, Adam, Kelsey, Britt, Candace and I decided to go explore the ponds for a little while. 

We found the famous RoPe SWiNG.

WaDeD IN THE SURPRISINGLY WARM WATER WHERE WE SAW A SHOOTING STAR. 

Found a mini DiViNG BoaRD along with a HuGe ToaD that Britt caught. 

(i may or may not have screamed real loud)
WaNDeReD UNCHARTED TRAILS WHERE WE FOUND SOME OLD TABLES USED FOR PLANKING AND A LITTLE TRUTH OR DARE. 
CRoSSeD old BRiDGeS.
Sang HaPPy BiRTHDaY to Kelsey.
VeNTuReD to old barns
AND MADE OUR WAY BACK TO CAMP.

Thinking that we were gonna be sleeping under the stars, we only brought oNe two-person tent.
Then we realized we had no tarp.
So we did what any one else in the same situation would do.
We shoved four of us in that tiny thing.
Needless to say I'm sure the next day was a definite nap day for everyone.
I know mine sure was!

i aM Me :)

WeLL FoLKS, 

After lots of careful consideration I decided that the way my blog was beginning to turn out wasn't quite what I wanted. I love the ideas I have come up with! But I don't necessarily want them to be scheduled like lots of the mainstream blogs out there. So, there ya have it. Will I still blog? HeaVeNS YeS!!! Will Monday's Memories necessarily be on Mondays? Nah. I'll put things up when I want to :) 

In the meantime, I finally downloaded a song my new favorite song :D I've heard it on the radio a couple times, but I finally took the trip over to the iTunes store to get it! Enjoy :)

MoNDaYs MeMoRieS #2

Hey GuyS!! Thanks to everyone who responded to my last WeDNeSDaY WiSHeS post, cause now I have enough numbers to last my MoNDaYS MeMoRieS posts a few weeks! 

and especially to my sister who did a post herself! She's so great! Check it out!

I'm just a little excited :D

Now, onto this weeks picture! 

even though I may be shot for posting it ... 

:D

THiS iS...

PiCTuRe 120.1
April 24, 2009

and these are two of my very BeST FRieNDS

BReNNoN

and

Tia

I don't know what it was about that year, but the group of friends I had then went to more HyPNoTiST SHoWS that year than most people go to in their entire life. 

Not only did a some of us (NaTe, BRyCe, SeaN and maybe some others) go see the HyPNoTiST in P.G. that night, but at midnight it was officially Tia's BiRTHDaY!

There were CuPCaKeS, FRoSTiNG and lots of LauGHiNG.

Especially when BReNNoN decided it was a to give her a present she never saw coming!

a GiaNT FaCe FuLL oF FRoSTiNG!!

No one saw it coming, but I can't say we weren't surprised either :)

BReNNoN lucked out though, because apparently all it takes  is a kiss on the cheek to make up for hair and clothes full of frosting. Either that or Tia is just a really great sport!

I'm gonna go with a combination of the two :)

So there you have it! 

What are some of your memories?

DeLTa. DaY 2

Today I did something else I haven't done in ages!

I SLePT iN

til 10:15

That never happens.

You see, I have to be to work by 6 am every day i work.

Which is 4-5 days a week.

Which also means I have to wake up by 5:15.

But even on the 2-3 days a week that I don't work, my body still wakes up at 8:30.

Whether I like it or not. 

Usually I don't mind though, cause then I don't feel like I've wasted my day.

Well since we slept in instead, we missed the golfing tournament all the other adults went to. 

I was okay with that :) 

You wanna see my kind of golfing?

Just look here

We went to aLeXa's aunts house and hung out with the little kids instead. 

ps. the whole reason we came down was for a family reunion. Hence the tons of kids.

We SoaKeD uP SuN

PaDDLeD the PaDDLe BoaT around the ReSeRVoiR in CiRCLeS

Took a TRiP to the PaRK where some RaNDoM CouPLe was having their WeDDiNG

then FiNiSHeD uP with a DiNNeR

and a TRiP to the PooL

Oh, and it was CooPeR's (Alexa's Brother) BiRTHDaY

TWaS a FuN DaY. DeMo DeRBy or NoT :)