We had our Chandler Family Reunion, Aug 8-12, 2011 in Eden, Utah. It was my parents, my siblings and all the grandchildren. My brother, Steve, wasn't able to come and he has two little girls- Hayley and Danika. We wished they could have come!
Eden is such a beautiful place and amazingly, we fit 27 people in ONE house. The house was HUGE. Thanks to Jason, my brother in law, his dad let us use this 7 bedroom, 2 kitchen, 3 1/2 bathroom, movie theater, game room, fully furnished house for free. How kind of his family. We are so very grateful. And we were also able to use their wave runners too.
With all us in one house, not one dramatic fight broke out! ha ha. We had a lot of fun. We went on hikes and played at the lake for 3 days. Ate good food and had good laughs. Cousins bonding got even more tighter. We had celebrated my mom's 65th birthday on August 10th and hope she had a good day. That night, we also had a fun talent show. Almost everyone did something! From dancing, to singing, to comedy, to violins! So fun. I'm so glad we got together. And I hope that we do this again a lot sooner than every 5 years.
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| Grandma and Grandpa with all the grandies...minus Hayley and Danika of course :( |
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Jack and Uncle Dave
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Mike, Dad, Dave-Top row Becky, Rachel, Mom and me-Bottom row.
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| This picture cracks me up! |
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This is the cake my mom wanted and designed! Except the bottom tier was to be quilted with small polka dots but it wasn't turning out. It was the middle of the night and I had to change it. ha ha. bottom cake was chocolate with chocolate frosting with reese's peanut butter caups and peanut butter frosting and top was a white cake with chocolate frosting and mint frosting.
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| This is Madison. She's the oldest grandchild. She's 16! And she was
performing an incredible classical piece. Her family is so talented in
music. Loved it. |
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Jack about to get on the wave runner!
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My most favorite picture. My parents are so cute in this picture.
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5 comments:
Well I just can't believe how big your kids are getting. Can you believe nursery is right around the corner for Kate. Katelynn goes after conference Sunday I am so darn excited!
I don't think I have ever seen a picture of your siblings before. I love it, you look like you have a wonderful family. So glad you got to spend time with all of them.
I keep meaning to email you and tell you that Eric has gone to the last two weeks of therapy, cause I am a slacker! But would next week work for you starting up switching off the girls (and Jack), let me know when Charlotte's is!
man that looks like fun, and nice weather too! must be a really big house! Those two photos of jack are sooo cute, man does he get a good tan or what. Was Wade there - or was he just avoiding photos?? nice to see you blogging again.
Amazing cake Jess, as always so professional!
Hey Jess! It's so fun to see pics of your fam. Things have changed a lot since when you guys were sitting the row behind us in church :) And what a beautiful cake! Sure miss ya Jeseeka Shawnlay!!
p.s. I thought of you at conference! That was Wade's dad, right?! Awesome talk!
Nice femaly :)
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