Carnival, swimming, and camping!

      I accidentally deleted this post from last week so hopefully I haven't missed anything in doing it a second time. We had a great time at the American Fork Carnival/picnic in the park. There was face painting, bouncy activities and even a carnival ride or two.

Cutest Unicorn!

Quite the mustache!

McClane insisted on a velcro bounce.

There weren't a lot of bouncy activities but Charlie made the most of what there was.

Charlie went on the swings with her dad only to realize it was to high to 'enjoy'.

These three boys had to ride the Gravitron in honor of "Stranger Things".

      Monday we enjoyed a fun day at the Payson pool with cousins, aunts, uncle and Grandma.

Cousin time is the best time!

Charlie was loving the slide!

     Then the trip of the summer began! Off to Oregon!

Isaac's fake sleeping!

     We made sure to pester the Larson cousins before heading out for the camping trip/reunion.

     We got to Buck Creek Thursday afternoon and got our tent set up. The younger kids were itching to get in the pool.

The pool constructed by Uncle Mark Budden was definitely the hit of the 'party' for my kids and several others.

    There was so much to do. All the Aunts and Uncles had different activities for all of us over the three days and we made the most of it. There was story telling, each aunt and uncle shared three different stories of Grandpa Budden and had cards with the stories to pass out. That was awesome.

    There was fishing, gold panning, shooting games, bingo/Jack of all Trades, a compass adventure, a matching photo game, of course swimming and yummy food. All the meals were provided, which made camping a lot more pleasant for me!

Me with my 'group' on our compass adventure. Aunt Gayla put the course together and Mary and Analeigh Budden with Uncle Craig Wilson were in my group.

Carter had a real swelling reaction to all the mosquito bites he got.

There were lots of sitting around and visiting, which is my favorite.

Cousin bonding.

The fishing instructions from John and the fun matching game with Sally and Mike.

The shooting game, thanks to Elizabeth, Jack of all Trades/bing courtesy of Elaine and a fun song performed by all the children of Raymond and Rose Ellen Budden.

We had a crazy rain/hail storm Friday night!

Charlie found some fun 'chairs' at camp.

      It was such a fun time but I was anxious to get back to civilization so I could shower and get back to normal but Greg insisted on taking the long way back to Klamath and driving around the northwest side of Crater Lake. It was a pretty view but no one was that excited about the detour.

     Well that was one busy week! We had such a fun time! The family reunion in honor of Grandpa Raymond Budden's 100th birthday was amazing and worth the long drive. Thanks to everyone who put so much time, money and effort into making it memorable. We loved it!