Matthews Family Reunion - July 28-30

We had a fantastic time at my Mom's family reunion. This drive is the prettiest drive ever. I always take pictures of the scenery every time we go up. It's so breathtaking.

The reunion was in the end of July and snow was still around. It was so crazy!!

My man focused on the road. He was watching for animals. There is always animals on that road.

The cousins playing the Sega Genesis. Spencer was in video game heaven. He loves playing with these kids. Everyday since the reunion he has named off who he misses from this reunion. It's really cute. He gets so attached.

So Aunt Alisa was holding Lucas so I can take a cute picture of him and right as I snapped it...this happened. Let me just tell you, Alisa had to change he shirt. It was so gross, but it doesn't look like Lucas was phased by it at all. It did make me giggle a little, sorry Alisa. What an awesome picture.

My baby blue eyes.

Lincoln loves this cabin. There is a beam in the middle of the room that goes all the way up to the ceiling.I wish I would've gotten a picture of it, but he loves to touch it and rub it. It's really smooth, and what Lincoln does to it is so creepy.

Yes, this boy can do some creepy things. :)

Jason went shooting with the guys when us girls got to crafting. He took Spencer for the 1st time. It look like they had fun.

Proud dad!!!

Aunt Larena was so clever. She had the kids decorate this brown paper bag and then filled it with candy and made a pinata out of it. It was so fun!! The kids all got their turn to hit it and after many rounds (she double bagged it, we figured out that was too strong) the kids figured out how to poke it underneath with the stick and out spilled the candy.

Lincoln's turn at it.

He was so determined. He had his tongue out and everything trying to get this thing to break.

The kids went crazy. Lincoln grabbed 2 suckers and he was happy. It was so cute how after the candy was all picked up, the older kids went around filling the younger kids bowls up with their own candy. It was so sweet of them.

Our family.

My boys or should I say, my men. Who am I kidding, I was right the first time.

Ohhhhhh

This little girl is so precious. Really, I can't stop looking at her when she is around. She is so full of expressions and personality. I love her so much.

We had a family picture scavenger hunt (Uncle Tom and Aunt Larena's game) where we had a list of things we had to take pictures of. We had to stay together as families and we could only use one camera per family. It was so fun!!!! There was so many creative pictures. We then plugged it into a laptop and laughed at all the ways people came up with their pictures. It was so fun. Anyways, it was just too much for these little ones.

I carried this little guy in this carseat everywhere we went, but once I had had enough I took him inside and his Uncle Kevin watched him. This is how he was when we were all done with the hunt.

This reunion stuff is just so much fun that these kids jus can't take it. But kidding aside, we did have a great reunion. It really is awesome to see all the family that attends and we hope next year we get even a better turnout. It's such a great tradition. It's so great to catch up with all the families and we do have a fun time doing it.

The boys and I had a good time making a tower and a rainbow table. I thought it would help Lincoln with his colors, but no such luck. He still has no clue what color things are. Oh well, we will keep trying.

Spencer really has a hard time loving Lucas. It really is getting a little upseting. I have no idea how to fix it.

This is how Lincoln came in from the other room. He has his plastic backpack over his head. Before I gave him the talk about how we don't put things over our heads, especially plastic bags, I had to grab the camera. I know, I'm bad, but he was fine.

Spencer wanted to be in on the fun.

I don't know about this kid, he might not all be there. Just kidding. Maybe it's from lack of oxygen. Hmmmm....maybe.

I think we need a bigger pool...

Yes, again these pictures are posted backwards. So here are the kids when I took off there swimsuits to dry off. This is the boys doing just that. I told them to run from one side of the yard to the other so they would dry off.

They did many laps back and forth. As you can see from the sky it was getting pretty dark and we went inside right before the storm came. It was totally sunny when we went out. It was good timing.

It has been a while since we took this pool out and gave it another shot. Ok, so it's been 3 years, I know I'm so bad. But we did come to the conclusion when we got all three kids in the pool......we need a bigger pool. So Jason is keeping his eye out for one at his work. The boys still had a good time regardless of the size.

This is Spencer jumping in the pool. This pool is so small that when he jumped in, Lincoln is in risk of getting jumped on.

Lucas had a good time in the pool, but it didn't last long because he can't sit up yet, so he went in and came right back out. He didn't know what he was missing. Does it look like he's upset? He was having a good time on the towel in the shade. I love how his hands are folded.

Lucas was watching the other boys play and be loud. The next pictures are just the boys playing in the too small pool.

I don't think it would have been much fun for them if I hadn't turned on the sprayer. They had a blast trying to catch the water.

I filled the pool up with hot water from the kitchen ( I know, spoiled kids) but the water from the sprayer is from the hose so it made the water warm for them. Lucas didn't even flinch when we put him in. It was like being in the tub for him.

So this will probably be the last time for this pool. It is going into retirement. So sad!!! It was a good pool.