Family Reunion 2009

Selah on her new trike. We got it for her birthday and just gave it to her early.
She pretty much lived on that thing while camping.

Selah carrying on the tradition. I learned to ride when I was little too.

This is what my uncle cooked the Chinese dinner on. He was very fast and organized.
In this picture he is just cooking bacon for our breakfast.

The cousins: Shannon, me, Nick, and Jason

The siblings: (Patty) my mom, Uncle Gerry, and Auntie Sonie (Joanie)
There are two more that weren't there.

We just got back from a weekend of camping with our family down in West Fir, OR. Unfortunately we couldn't join the rest of the group until Friday afternoon, they were there the whole week. My uncle, cousin and her husband came up from California. My parents, brother, aunt, and another cousin and his family (who just moved here from Texas) were there as well. I haven't seen my cousin (from California) since we were 5 years old at our grandma's funeral. It was a great time visiting and reconnecting after so long. We spent the weekend lounging by the river (some of them went rafting), sitting by the fire roasting marshmallows (yumm!!!), attempting to ride our unicycles after several years, eating good food, and fighting off the bees and daddy long legs. The bees were horrible during the day, biting or stinging 5 of us. And as soon as it was dark the daddy long leg spiders started moving across the ground. Saturday my uncle cooked a delicious Chinese food dinner for us, all over the campfire with a wok. Best chinese food I've ever had!!! It was a great trip, and I look forward to next year's trip! But next year us Oregonians will make the drive down to California.
Selah did great on the trip. Her routine was a little thrown off which meant for a cranky girl Sunday when we were getting ready to come home. We did not take a pack and play, instead she slept on the ground with us. She did not have any problems with it, until during the day when she was supposed to take a nap. I had bought a pack of 12 mini muffins and she decided to get into them when she was supposed to be taking a nap. Apparently it was more fun to take a bite out of each muffin and line them up, and then take her diaper off to run around naked in the tent. No accidents, though! We also enjoyed waking up with her right away. But really laying there an extra minute wasn't an option. The first morning I woke up with a book laying on my face with her saying, "mommy read book please!", and the next morning with her cute little button nose pressed to mine as she stared at me. I love that girl!