Family Reunion

This year it was my turn to be in charge of the Stephens Reunion.  So we had it here at our house.  It was a blast having everyone here!  We did miss Julie, Ashley, Brian, Kailynn, Jayanne, and Jackson due to sickness and Jason on Saturday due to work.  We wish you were there!

We started out by sleeping in tents in the backyard.  The kids loved it!  But I didn't get much sleep.  I'm not the best tent sleeper. 

 

The next day we had the 2012 Stephens Olympics!!! It was good times.

After dividing into teams/countries, we started out by making flags!  Make sure to check out Emily's awesome face!

The events included basketball,

 bean bag toss,

 discus throwing,

 and shooting (yes, we played Duck Hunt on the super old school Nintendo!)

Gold medal goes to Team AMERICA!  (Doug, Mom, Emily, McLain, Bridger)

Silver medal goes to Team Timbuktu! (Avery, Kris Jaden, Ben, Adilyn...who only participated in the medal ceremony!...)

And Bronze medal goes to Team Turkey! (Allen, Brooklyn, Dad, Zach) I love how Zach is looking respectfully at the flag for this! And sorry the picture is blurry.

Later that day we broke out the slip n slide!  It was a hit.  The kids had so much fun!

ZACH...

BRIDGER...

I love how his face is exactly the same in every picture!  He loved it!

BEN...

AVERY...

BROOKLYN...

I love how in this picture Avery is putting her face right in the shooting water, and Brooklyn is walking down the slip n slide with her hands covering her face.  She did this every time and was so excited when she would get to the end.  "Mom, I did it!!!!!!!"  She was so proud, and it was SO funny!!!

We eventually got her to let McLain push her, but that's as far as it got.  And I think she only let him do it once!

Now for the adults!

MCLAIN...

KRIS...check out that form

She even let the boys push her.

EMILY...

DOUG...

ALLEN...

And to end the slip n slide fun we had all the big kids go at once.  It was hilarious. 

Ready...

Set...

CRASH!!!!!!

Thanks everyone for coming.  We had a good time!  And I'm sure glad I've got like 7 years until my next turn!!!

First Day of Preschool

They both love their classes!!!