Hi Liesl!
We made our yearly exodus to Utah to visit friends and family. This year the Hansen family had a family reunion in the mountains behind Heber. We all (mostly) stayed in a giant cabin and had a great time talking, cooking, eating, cleaning, taking care of babies, playing games, swimming, doing crafts, yoga, singing, and even sleeping a little bit. (Well, some of us...)
Mom kicked off the event by hosting a pizza party at the Hansen Homestead in honor of Craig's birthday. He (and several others) didn't actually arrive until the next day, but we played kickball in the street and slurped up every last drop of homeade strawberry ice cream anyway.
Uncow Bwian, bossing as usual from his position pitching. You think this guy's meek and quiet, well just watch him play sports. Look at Kurt, so meekly giving tips to Katrina on 3rd base...
We all met up at the cabin the next day for 3 days of festivities.Here's Craig on the deck, contemplating being 35..
Scott led us on an orienteering hike. The Boy, Mother, and The Other Boy, looking for the flag...
Talmage and Clyn
Someone's hand in front of Paula's nose. Kristie is appalled, and Martha knows not what to think.
The talent show- always very popular are the sports sketches with the invisible ball. This was the slow-mo part, which is why I was able to photograph 4 of my brothers fighting over a nonexistent ball.Kurt, Brian, Craig, Kent
Charlie Choo makes his debut as Kurt & Alice (and Charlie) bang out the Peanuts theme.
The little girls, also known as "The Rockin' Cousins," put on a play. Hey, who needs a costumer when you have towels and duct tape? They even made a flag and have a song and a cheer.
Michelle & Bruce always sponsor a morning of various games. Here's Jan, catching some air at the Undokai, Japanese for "The Doughnut Olympics". (Except it was Twinkies this year)
Holly's great at the shot put!
Dad celebrates his victory...over 3 women... in the badminton competition. What me, bitter?
Emma blowing bubbles
Max feeling sheepish
Preparing for the "flag raising ceremony" (The flag was on Jan's sleeve). Note Mindy sticking out her tongue.
Everett taught Max how to "rock it". Soon all the babies were doing it, complete with sound effects.
And a good time was had by all.
8 comments:
LOVE it. Where exactly did y'all go? We are shopping for our next reunion.....thanks for all the fun pics!! The Hansen clan is getting to be SOOOO big......
Ah, so glad to see that I haven't been forgotten. This post has pleased me. Particularly of the picture of Craig, Kent, Kurt, and Brian fighting over the ball.
Katrina's actually on second base. You might correct that before other people notice it and I annoy you any further.
That's a good picture of the slomo, although we prefer to call it "X-mo." You actually got five brothers in that picture.
And that's about enough correcting from me.
Oh wow! That looks way fun. We need to get Steve's family in on this type of reunion action.
Keep us posted on any upcoming Utah travels so we can see you in the event we are in town too!
I can't believe I'm commenting on my own blog, only Brian could goad me into it...by being pugnacious!
1. Katrina is on what USED to be 3rd base. 2nd base used to be in the street. I guess I haven't played coldesac kickball in awhile to keep things straight!
2. There are 4 brothers FIGHTING in the pic. Tyler is not fighting, even if he is in the picture.
Makes me miss the old days! We don't have official reunions yet because we find ourselves all together at our parents' house at least once a year, sometimes twice, probably since we're less spread-out.
I enjoyed your post but I'm wondering how so many pictures of my kids ended up in it.
Because, Paula, you have pretty much 1 billion kids so some of them are bound to end up in just about every picture.
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