Monday, July 26, 2010

Family Reunion

I've been trying to post about my family reunion for a week, but it just hasn't happened and there is a very good reason why:

Sad, right.

Beckham got sick last Tuesday and is still going strong. It started out with the croup which landed us first in the ER (where they gave him a steroid pill and a breathing treatment and told me if it gets bad during the night to take him outside in the cool air. Really? The 95 degree cool summer air? That's why I love those ER doctors). The next night we were in the doctor's office where they gave him a steroid shot and sent us home with some solution for the nebulizer, which we luckily already have, due to Jada being very prone to croup. He's also been enjoying diarhea for the past week, which has led to a serious diaper rash. Now he has a runny nose and no appetite. Oh, also fun was the night I took him to the hospital and Jada was home throwing up like twenty times. Oh, and then Casey got it a few days later. It's been awesome, to say the least. So, here is the post I've been trying to get done for the past week.

We had my annual family reunion on Beaver Mountain last weekend. It was wonderful to escape the 110 degree heat and get up in the cool mountains. It was also great to see all of my family on my mom's side. We figured only 11 people were missing out of 106. Five of those are my sister and her family in Japan. They were missed. We had some good times sitting around the campfire, eating lots of yummy food, kids' races, tire swings, horseshoe tournament, 4-wheeler and motorcycle rides, fish pond, scavenger hunt, family program, and the always favorite family photo.

Handsome little camper. This was Beckham's first camping experience and he did great!

Jada and some of the other girls got makeup and hair makeovers.

A favorite, rides on the motorcycle with Daddy.

This kid couldn't get enough.

And 4-wheeler rides with Grandpa, too!

Gavin and Caleb with bubble blowers.


Beckham and Daddy.

Caleb was sick most of the weekend and looked like this a lot. Just before the throw up.

Natalie and Beckham, in his cute camping pajamas.

Gavin and Caleb take a turn on the tire swing.

And Jada too.

She may be the cutest 5 year old ever.

The fam.


Making her guesses for the candy jars (she thought there were 76 in all of them).

Family picture with Grandma Jepson. She's such a trooper.


Crawling to victory in the babies' race.

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Beckham with his best bud Matt, my sister's then boyfriend, now fiance!

Me and Casey enjoying a rare moment with no kids on our laps.

Casey, Jada, and Breanne keeping dry during the downpour.

Jada goes for her ride.

3 comments:

Kaelee said...

Tatum can't get enough of these pictures, she's freaking out on my lap and won't let me touch her and keeps pointing and talking to the pictures very excitedly. I'm going to come and get Beckham and bring him home, he's the cutest kid I've ever seen. And remember how you were worried he you wouldn't think he would be as cute as Caleb?? And also, Matt doesn't look like he's as excited about the buddyness as Beckham is...but I know Matt so I know that's not true.

Melissa said...

go to edit this post and at the bottom, just above the "publish post" button, click on "post options." you can change the date of your post there.

you forgot to mention that you're sick, too.

cute pictures.

Nat said...

love the reunion pics. Matt does look miserable in that picture, but he likes Beckham, I promise. They were seriously bestos. Besto with the blondo.