Bullock Family Reunion

So I think we have fully recovered from our Bullock family reunion. It was busy and a lot of fun. I am planning on making a video of everything that we did, but thought that I would share some of the highlights here first.

There was a little bit of reading with Grandpa before the big party started

Uncle Kevin taught Nixon a new trick

 The kids had fun getting reacquainted with Hailey and meeting Mary

There was some trampoline fun

 Kevin and Sydney surprised us all with matching reunion t-shirts (they were a life saver at Silverwood)

 We got a little bit of time to sit around and visit the first night

 All the cousins had some time to sit around and play together 

 And entertain each other

 Mary is pretty cute!

 We had brunch together on Sunday before church 

 A triple recipe of pancakes was a little too much, but will probably be just right next time

 Some of the kids got special pancakes

 Lyza liked holding Mary

 After church we had a quick dinner and marched off to get pictures taken

Aren't these two the cutest?

 The Keyes boys representing. I love Nixon's expression...

 I can't wait to see the photographer's photos, but with subjects like him, it shouldn't be too hard to get some amazing pictures

 Grandpa LOVES grass in his ear ;)

 This is a cool picture, minus my silly face

 After all of that standing around and smiling it was time to get rid of some energy

 Nice duck face Lyza

 Peek-a-boo

Monday morning we made lunches so we could spend the day in Coeur d'Alene

 We went to McEuen park

 Of course Lyza couldn't get enough sun

 We played at the park

 Played some Frisbee

 Of course some ladder ball 

 

Played at the splash park

 Silly boy!

 Then we walked to Dockside for some dessert 

 There were lots of yummy things to look at

 But we came for Gooeys and that is what we got

This was the new "Gooey Monster" gooey, with all kinds of cookie inspired ice cream and toppings

 Worms

 The fish at the resort are always fun for the kids to look at

 The next day was our Silverwood day. The matching t-shirts came in handy so we could stay together better 

 Mapping out our adventures 

 This log ride was a lot of fun

 Mason even liked it

 This was a fun ride, you will have to check out the movie I make of the reunion to watch the video

 We haven't been to an amusement park together for a long time

 What a cool group ;)

 Kim was a little worried about the roller coaster

 It was a fun ride. You can learn more about it here.

This little guy was fearless on the rides. He was a lot of fun

Lyza and Aubrey

 Kim and Nixon loving the train ride/roller coaster

 After some lunch we went to the outdoor water park. No one took any pictures, I wonder why?

After the water park we took a real train ride that had a live action story as part of the ride. It was pretty fun but the kids were also exhausted from a long day

 The drive home was pretty quiet

 Wednesday was our beach day

 We had fun on the kayaks

I don't think that single kayak is meant for three

We did some tube rides on the boat

 Nixon and I on the tube (with Sydney)

Lyza on the tube with Grandpa and Abigail

 Kim and Sydney

Just a nice peaceful ride

 Kim decided to "jump off" the tube and take a swim ;)

 We had a yummy lunch at the beach

There was also some water fight  action

We even saw a real-life cowboy

 That evening we did Minute To Win It games in the back yard

Aunt Joanne got a makeover courtesy of the kids

Of course Kim won the puzzle game ;)

The kids played on the swings

There was a hilarious donut eating game (the reunion movie will have some fun video clips)

Grandpa got lots of love from his grand kids

Grandpa spoiled us with dutch oven dinner

 I am not sure what is happening here. This would make the perfect picture for a "caption this picture" type contest 

 After dinner we had to finish off the donuts 

 And play some more

 The next morning there was a little more time for visiting

 Breakfast

 And good-byes

We had a lot of fun

Take care