Here is the reason we got together for four days in Altamont, UT. My great grandma and grandpa Coople. I learned a couple things while we were there. First, I am just 6 or 7 years younger than my dad's youngest cousins. Second, I am the oldest great grandchild and one of the few that really remember them. It was sad when some of my cousins were talking that they were not born or really young when they died. So many great memeroies of them. I am grateful that my parents made the trip to California every year so that I was able to get time with them.
Here is my grandparents with their great grandchildren.
Brittany my cousin holding Aiden. We are still working on deholdatizing Aiden. For three weeks any time he made a noisem someone would pick him up. Sometimes it was just the fact that he was awake that people held him. We are slowly getting back to normal. He did sleep better while we were gone then he does now at home. How that worked out I will never know.
One night we had a squaredance caller come. This dance is the pancake polka. It was for the llittle people.
If you notice all the people in my family are wearing the same shirt. At another family reunion years ago my parents had shirts made for all of us. Well this time Brandee and I made them. Okay a store online made them but we designed them. The front says "{Property of the RD Bowen Family". My dad is David Richard. Then there is a stick person for every member of teh family. We are up to 18. 9 girls and 9 boys. They are positioned in little groups for the different families. Then on the back had our names and a soccer number for when we came into the family. My dad is 1, mom 2, me 3, and so on. RJ was number 18 since he joined the family three days earlier. We also had onies made for Bowen and Aiden with the same things. They were so darn cute. My grandma told me that I should of told her we were doing shirts and that we could have had shirts done for the whole family. I told her maybe next time.
Dad, Mom and Garrett each dancing with a little person.
If you look you can see Kira in the background. I was her partner.
Brookelyn dancing with Bryonna.
My grandma. They had each of the Coople children (three girls) talk about different things of Great grandma and grandpa.
Aunt Pauline
Aunt Barbara
The three girls.
One of the few times Aiden was not held. He actually sat there for a long time just watching people dance and walk around.
The whole Coople family. We are missing some but just a few. Maybe 6 or 7. Everyone else made it.
Kira being cute on the way to rock climbing.
Brookelyn, Aiden and Brittany. Brittany is going to make a great mom someday.
Brittany, Bryonna, and Brookelyn. My girls got favorites and then stuck to them the whole time.
Dad and son. I love this pic. Arik was able to make it to the reunion. We had not seen him in three weeks.
Aiden chilling. You know your a redneck when you through a kid and the stroller in teh back of a truck. HEHE. My uncle said that as we stopped and everyone was unloading.
It was a great time. I paintballed for the first time. Arik went pigeion shooting. The girls played thier hearts out. We played many games and stayed up way way too late each night. It was great. At the end, they asked for a volunter to be in charge of the next one. My dad of course spoke up. Then my mom turned to Brandee and I and said find a place. Great. It will be three years when we all get together again.
Thanks to Shannon for putting it all together.
Both of them.
Brookelyn
Kira getting on. She can even start by herself. It is crazy. They are growing up way too fast.
Both of them.
Brookelyn
Kira getting on. She can even start by herself. It is crazy. They are growing up way too fast.
