Friday, August 01, 2008

The Bill Smith Family Reunion

Sorry if this is kind of long, but this blog is hopefully going to be a journal of some sort of the things we do together. So, read on.... We just got back a few days ago from the Smith Family Reunion with Billy's parents and siblings and kids. We actually went to Albion, Idaho- and yes, if you've never heard of it, you are not alone. It was actually really cool as the reunion was located on a old abandoned college campus, that has been bought and is being renovated. This is the building we stayed in. It has tons of bedrooms (18 or something crazy like that) and a big kitchen and game room. The guy that owns it took us on a tour of the other buildings. They are crazy old and dilapidated. This is the ceiling in one of the buildings- yikes! It should be an awesome place when it is finished. There is an auditorium, gymnasium, dorms etc....



We had an awesome lip sync talent show. Without Brayden, ours would have been a flop since we didn't really know the words, but he hammed it up and made it fun. We couldn't pick a song, and then he told us he wanted to do the "Jet" song from West Side Story. I think he thinks it is about real jets and he likes how we got to snap our fingers. Here are Mom and Dad Smith singing a duet!






We spent tons of time outside as the weather was gorgeous. Grammie was sweet and rented the giant water slide for us. Since I'm prego, I only went down on it when it was dry- and that was to get Brayden to try it. The boys (the adult boys I mean) were crazy and had all sorts of games etc going on-like trying to kill each other :) We also did a geocaching gps game, played in the pool, hot tub, frisbee golf, ice cream runs, and even got pedicures from the 12 year old girl whose parents own the place. Here are the two pregnant ladies relaxing. And if I do say so, my toes look adorable!






Mostly it was fun just hanging out with the family and getting to see the niece/nephew and brothers and sisters that we don't get to see very often. I really lucked out when I married Billy and got a great family- And it has just gotten better as each sibling has gotten married.

Sara, Terri, Me and Tess (Jamie, where were you?)


Brooklyn and Macey






Adam, Sara, Billy roasting marshmallows


Sam on the slid







e... standing.

Billy trying to stand on the slide...

Hanging out in the kitchen

5 comments:

Sally said...

You are so photogenic! That looks like a lot of fun - what a cool idea! I'm glad you had a good trip.

the herd said...

It was great to see you pregnant! That looks like an amazing place for a reunion!

Unknown said...

How cool was that?! It really looked liked you had a lot of fun! You are so cute prego!

Tennille said...

That's so funny that you had your family reunion in Albion at that place. My mom was just telling me about it (I grew up in Malta-about 15 minutes away). I'm going to have to call you and find out more about it. Glad to know you had a great time! Also, Brooklyn looks so cute in her new hair flowers. Oh, and I would love to see you the next time you're in town. Suzanne told me about your quick visit.

The Perry's said...

Fun, fun! I love the picture of you and Jamie and the one of Billy trying to stand on the slide. :) It looks like you guys had a lot of fun.