We were once again able to take our annual September trip to Arizona for some visiting and to attend the Hall Family Reunion at Camp LoMia.
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| Always love taking advantage of the free babysitters for a temple trip while we're in town! |
And the girls again got to go to the zoo with Robert's mom. Walking around the zoo in the heat and my 7 month pregnant self did not sound at all appealing to me, but Robert went with them and had a great time. To avoid overheating they spent most of the time at the splash pad.
Fun story, there's a monkey walk where you can go in the cage with the spider monkeys. This is one of Mary and Lydia's favorite parts of the zoo, but usually when it's hot you don't see many of the monkeys out and about because they stay in the shaded back cages to escape the heat. But when Robert, Mom, and the girls were in there, there must have been a snake or something that got into the back cages because out of nowhere all of the monkeys came running out at once which was VERY exciting for Mary and Lydia.
Hall Reunion
Mary and a couple of her cousins set up camp right away. Don't know why they chose to sit right next to the garbage ;)
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| Of course the one that they're all looking is the one that is the most blurry. |
Cousin Case (5 months older than Lydia) was buds with both Lydia and Mary the whole reunion. He especially loved to do things that got a laugh out of Mary.
The Saturday night program with some of the traditional skits
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| Scott Rockin Wishy Washy |
Robert rockin Little Bunny Froo Froo
We were doing things to celebrate my Grams just turning 90 the whole weekend. Grams got some volunteers to show the grandkids and great grandkids how many fingers old she is :) Such a cute lady!
And what's program night without a little Too Tee Tah??
This is my niece Isabelle. She's really people shy. Like she hates to be with anyone but her mom, sometimes her dad. But I think she likes me. I was able to get several snuggles with her over the weekend, and she even fell asleep with me a couple of times. I'm her favorite!
Can't celebrate Grams birthday without cake and a song!
We had a total dance party after the program. Basically my family is the coolest!
Sunday morning brought the usual games and testimony/family business meeting followed by visiting before everyone headed home.
My Aunt Pam made a chart so we all could know where we fell in the line of grandkids/great grandkids. As you may know, on my Dad's Lyman side of the family "our number" is very important to us which is kind of where my aunt got the idea to do this. It was fun to see all of the kids on this side of the family get excited about it too :)
I love my Grams!! I couldn't help but get the feeling that she might not be with us for much longer. She's such an AMAZING lady! We've been so blessed to have her in our lives as long as we have, and I will cherish any time we continue to get to spend with her.
Snuggles with Aunt Bean. I don't know why my camera wouldn't focus :(
After we got things cleaned up, we headed back to Mesa for Sunday dinner and visiting with Robert's extended Richardson family. By the end of the night, Robert and the girls were a little exhausted :)
And the next day we headed home. My girls were especially awesome on the drive to Arizona and back this time around. Good thing too, because I was a total grump! Long road trips when you are in your third trimester are just no fun no matter how you slice it. But the girls were champs! We only stopped twice!
We love reunions and we love our families!!
