"BOB" Family Reunion

This last weekend was my "BOB" Family Reunion. "BOB" stands for Birkinshaw, Osborne and Baxter which is all of my Grandma's, my mom's Uncle Phil's and my mom's Aunt Lois' families. I was really excited because my mom flew in town for it so it started out by me in the kids picking her up from the airport Thursday afternoon. We made a couple of stops at the store, finished loading up the trailer and then headed to my Uncle Mick and Aunt Laurie's cabin at Joe's Valley that night.

On Friday everybody just kind of hung out while everybody else was arriving at different times. The guys and some of the kids went on a long 4-wheeler ride. My mom and I took crafts for the kids and some adults girls to do, so that day we had the kids make rock neclaces with help from the adults and the adult girls made anklet bracelets. Later that day we took the kids down to play in the stream that runs behind the cabin and after a few of us took my cousin Calie's boat out on the lake.

On Saturday everybody went down to the beach at Joe's Valley Reservoir and sun bathed, had lunch, road the wave runners my Uncle Mick rented, went on my cousin Calie's and my mom's cousin Kenny's boats, wave boarded, knee boarded, wave surfed, tubed, and the kids just had fun playing in the water, in the sand and on the water trampoline.

On Sunday we just hung out again. We had the girls make little purses and the boys little treasure bags with the help from the adults of course and the adult girls made more anklet bracelets while the guys all went on a long 4-wheeler ride. We then packed up and headed home late in the afternoon.

On top of the fun activities we did we ate really great food and enjoyed good conversation and telling stories around the campfire at night. I love this trip because it is different than any other camping trip we go on because one it is with my family that we don't ever go camping with besides this trip and two we get to go boating and do the water activities. It's nice for a change!!! Thanks Uncle Mick and Aunt Laurie for providing the spot and for putting it on!

My mom with Peyton than flew out to Albuquerque on Monday afternoon after we did a little shopping of course. That's what we do best. Peyton will be down there with my family for a couple weeks and then me, Bradyn and Houston will fly down for our yearly trip during that time and stay for 5 days and then bring her back home with us. Peyton was so excited to go as she always is. I'm sure they will have lots of fun!

More Family Pictures...

I received the rest of our family pictures we had taken July 12th. I am so excited at how they turned out and thought I would share some more. Thanks Evonne for doing such a great job!

Larsen Family Reunion

This weekend was the Larsen Family Reunion. For the reunion we all went camping up by Fish Lake. It was really beautiful up there and a great place to camp. As always we had a ton of fun telling stories around the camp fire, riding 4-wheelers, playing cards, the kids all played hard with their cousins, and ate good food. It was really great seeing everybody, especially those that we don't get to see that often. I just wish everybody would have been able to make it. Maybe next year. It sounds like they are going to try to make it a yearly tradition.

Herriman Beach

Last Sunday Bradyn and I took the kids up to this pond that he worked on in Herriman that has a really great sandy beach. It was a lot of fun and beat going to the pool because even though there were a lot of people there, it didn't seem crowded. The kids loved swimming in the pond and playing in the sand with the sand toys.

Family Pictures

This last Sunday we had our family pictures done as well as Houston's 1 year pictures (1 month late) and Peyton's 5 year pictures (2 months early). It's just easier to do them all at once. The lady that did them had these ones posted on her blog and I should receive the rest this Sunday. I was just really excited for them and thought I would share a few now. I think they turned out well considering how difficult Peyton was being and I can't wait to see the rest. We did them at this really awesome old red barn in Herriman. I will share the rest when I get them.

Houston and Licorice

Houston absolutely loves Peyton's cat Licorice. She is an outdoor cat but will occasionally sneek in through the door and Houston loves it when she does. He will just follow her around everywhere laughing. She is so funny too. She likes to tease him with her tail by walking around swishing it back and forth to get his attention. She is such a good cat. She just sits there lets him chew on the end of her tail, her paw and her ear. It's kind of gross but really funny. Here are some pictures of Houston and Licorice looking out the back door at the dogs playing.






Licorice had 5 kittens about 5 weeks ago I think. There are 3 black with a little tiger stripe on their bellies and 2 grey tiger stripe. Peyton wants to keep 1 grey tiger strip and I am looking for good homes for a couple more if you are looking for a good cat. They are really friendly as they have been in our garage since they were born and Peyton plays with them everyday. They have their eyes open and are walking all over the place. They will be ready to leave in about 3 weeks. I guess its 8 weeks for kitties too.

Fun at the Pool with Cousins

This last Wednesday me and the kids met my Aunt Laurie, cousin Jessie and her son Braxton, and cousin Calie and her little guy Jaren at the Veterans Memorial Pool in Provo. It was a really awesome pool because it had this playground set up in the middle of this kids pool with all these slides and water spraying everywhere. We had lunch at the park next door first, then let the kids play in the pool for a couple hours, and then let them play back at the park for a little while. We had a lot of fun. Thanks for the invitition!

I got a couple pictures in the pool but then we were told by a life guard that you can't take pictures at the facility so I didn't get too many.


My cute pregnant cousin Jessie with Houston


Braxton in the goggles


Jessie, Houston and Braxton


Peyton, Houston, Braxton and Jaren on break enjoying some snacks