Goulding Family Reunion

you know when you are having so much fun and doing so many things that you simply forget to take pictures? Even though said pictures would have captured so much and probably been really great? That was this reunion. Definitely regretting my lack of pictures, but at least I have the memories.

So we had a 3 day family reunion with my mom's side of the family: her parents, their three kids, and all of their kids, and their kids. There were 27 of us.

Wednesday: My parents and grandparents got into town and that night we met for J Dawgs then went to the Orem Owlz baseball game. Cassie sang the national anthem to kick off the game and did an awesome job. The game was fun to watch, especially since we hadn't been to a baseball game all summer! It was Caitlin and Nolan's first game and they did great. Caitlin kept saying "uh oh!" every time she heard the crack of the bat.

Thursday: All of the adults went to the Mount Timpanogos temple together that night and it was lovely. We had some family names that we attended the temple for which always makes it a little more personally meaningful (I think). Afterward everyone came to our house for ice cream.

*sidenote: Caitlin got her stitches out Thursday morning after the 5 day period. She did amazing. She just laid with her head on my lap so still and quietly. It was such an answer to prayers and her lip healed very nicely. I can't really even see a scar.

Friday: We had a family boating day at Jordanelle. The weather was beautiful. We rented a boat and a jet ski and had lotds of fun. We had food and chairs to sit on the shore and then took turns going on the boat. We wake surfed and tubed. Caitlin rode on the jet ski and also tubed behind it and went on the boat. She didn't love the jet ski but didn't hate it. She liked riding with Paul on the tube and liked riding on the boat. But she got really worried anytime someone fell into the water behind the boat. She would yell "UH-OH!" until she could see them again. It was a long day but lots of fun.

Saturday: During the day all the girls went to City Creek while some of the guys went golfing. Then that evening we took family pictures and had a nice dinner in a room at Thanksgiving point. We celebrated my grandparent's 55th wedding anniversary with dessert and a movie that I made for them with pictures of how their family has grown over the years.

Families are great. It's fun to see how so many different people share a wonderful bond. I miss being a kid and hanging out with all my cousins every summer. It was fun to have everyone all together since we hadn't done that for so long. I love my grandparents so much and the family they created.