More Reunions and sick kids

Last Saturday we went to Enoch for the Grimshaw Centennial Celebration. (Big Grimshaw Reunion) My grandpa’s parents settled there in 1907, so they had a reunion for the descendents. It was great fun! Growing up I lived by several of my 2nd and 3rd cousins, but most moved by the time I was 10, and several of them were at the reunion so I got to visit with them. I didn’t take many pictures (so Rebecca if you read this please send me the ones you took). They held the reunion across the street from my parents at the church park. We ate lunch, visited, and had a program. They had a piñata for the kids and a big blow up slide.

On Sunday we went to my parents’ ward and visited with cousins. Monday morning everyone but mom, Kara and I, went up to my grandma’s property up second left hand in Parowan. Here are some photos. I went shopping and got a couple of sweet couponing deals.


On Monday, we had another reunion with just my dad’s siblings and their kids, grandkids and my grandma. Once again we ate and visited and had a program. Each of my dad’s 8 brothers and sisters got up and shared a favorite memory about growing up. They seem to do this at every reunion, which is fun, but it is amazing that they hardly ever tell the same story. Most of the stories are quite funny. We had a great time but the reunion was cut short by an afternoon thunder/rain storm; so we just cleaned up and headed back to my parents as the dark clouds gathered.

Tuesday (24th of July) we were planning on going to the parade in Cedar City. Trent said he wasn’t feeling well, and ended up throwing up (my kids sure get sick a lot!) So Ray stayed home with Trent and the rest of us went to the parade. It was a typical Cedar parade with a few additions that were new to me – Men dressed up in construction gear with their drills were called the "DRILL" Team and they mared around following the guy in front of them, quite comical; and then there was the "Lawn Chair Squad", women about my age dressed in bright pink t-shirts carrying and dancing with lawn chairs, it actually looked like fun and like they were getting lots of exercise.

Tyler was excited to get candy – my favorite was the local Pediatric Dentist that threw suckers with this attached saying "EAT CANDY, DRINK POP support your local DENTIST" Nice!

We drove home that day and had planned a BBQ with Ray’s family at our house. I called everyone to say Trent was sick, but Randy and Keri came and we just kept Trent in the house, while we ate outside. Then Jenny and David came and everyone went to the Owlz game except Trent, Kara, and I. They said it was a great game with great overcast weather.