The Page Family Reunion

Living in Indiana keeps us far away from our family and creates a unique challenge when planning summer vacations. Nathan only has so much time off of work, the kids only have so many weeks of summer (not enough), we only have so much money, plane tickets for 5 people are a little outrageous, and the drive stinks. We hadn't planned on getting to Utah this year but Nathan's dad had a stroke and my biological dad was getting married so we decided those were good reasons to go. Grandpa Page is doing well and we are so glad we had a chance to see and spend some time with him and the rest of the Page family. Our trip just so happened to coincide with the family reunion.

Dayton had a cup of popcorn and Kameron and Kalli just knew he wanted to share:-)

These girls (Annie, Alisa, Mackenzie, Alexa, and Emily) catch right up where they left off the last time they saw each other. They remind me a lot of me and my cousins. We always had so much fun, no matter how short the time was, when we were together.

Dayton kept asking when Jonah was going to get to the cabin. He was only a little bit excited to see and play with him. Jonah came while Dayton was at Strawberry Reservoir. They paused only briefly for me to get this shot.

Troy (Whitney's fiance), Whitney, Caitlyn, and Courtney. These girls are 3 of my favorite people. They were all little when Nathan and I got married and I adored them then as I do now. They are beautiful, talented, and fun ladies to spend time with. I was lucky enough to go on a four wheel adventure with them and avoid some tricky situations involving cows. We got off of the marked trail and ended up on a cow trail. As we tried to locate the real trail we ran into several cows who really didn't want to move. It was a little unnerving to see a cow stare you down or start to get up when driving by. A couple of time the cows were right in front of us on the trail and realizing that they would totally take us out made me a little uncomfortable. The clapping method works when wanting a cow to move out of the way. Just ask their dad:-)

Matt, Bevin, Val and Nathan

Eating. Feeding this many people takes A LOT of food.

The cabin we stayed at was close by Strawberry Reservoir and while at the reservoir the kids whet crawdad hunting and caught some. They were bigger than the ones we used to catch as kids in Ohio. I think a few of the kids would have liked to eat some for dinner.

The view from the back porch. Really beautiful.