Oregon Reunion

One day after we returned home from the Michigan trip, we left for Oregon. We fit a lot of fun into our month of July. It was the month of the mega vacation.

You can see Mt. Hood from the plane

We first visited with Tyler's Grandma Carson and his aunts and uncles on that side of the family in Vancouver, Washington. 

Andrew loved the kitty cat 

Here we all are enjoying a big meal together 

We stayed at Grandma Carson's house the first night. 

Andrew loved helping Aunt Joyce water the flowers. And he loved playing in the fountains. 

Here is a nice group picture, Aunt Lynda is holding Sylvia. 

We then drove to Oregon for the Christensen family reunion.  We rented big houses for the families to stay in. 

Andrew tried corn on the cob and liked it

Here we are hanging out in one of the houses

We played in the park one morning and had a picnic lunch that afternoon

The kids loved spinning around

Mommy with baby Sylvia

Baby Sylvia sitting in a big girl chair!

We tried to play a family volleyball game like in past reunions, but most of us are either too old, too young, or too unathletic. Let's just say the ball didn't get volley'd much

The resort was in the woods and we saw deer a few times walking between the houses

We did lots of eating while we were there.

Here's the Carson grandchildren eating lunch one day.  Daniel and Makayla don't like "Macaroni and cheese" but they found they did like eating "noodles" as Andrew calls it

We spent one morning at the water park. The weather was a little bit chilly but the water was warm

Especially in the indoor pool. Ivan is so much bigger than Sylvia! Ivan is Ragan and Krista's son.

Ivan's older sister Abby is holding Sylvia.  She loved giving her attention.

Great Grandma Christensen watching the anniversary video we made for Tyler's parents

Sylvia loved scooting around in her walker

It was nice to spend time with family we don't see very often.

Big hugs for Grandma Christensen.

Grandma Carson loves her grand kids!

See, I told you so

She never puts them down!

Come on grandma, give someone else a turn!

Family puzzle solving

Each house had bikes you could use to ride around on. Andrew discovered that he LOVES bikes

There were activities for the older kids to enjoy also

Andrew got tired out playing with all of his cousins. He took good naps at the reunion.  He had his own "room" which was the walk-in closet in the master bedroom.

We went to church at the nearby town. It was a good experience

We filled up five whole rows with our extended family

The drove back to Vancouver and passed by lost of cool scenery along the way

We did not see Bigfoot though, despite this sign indicating that he and his family frequented the area

Here's the view of Mount Hood! The weather didn't cooperate with us up there

We stopped by the Portland Temple also, but it was closed for its annual deep cleaning so we couldn't even go on the grounds

Angel Moroni

We had lots of fun exploring the visitors center 

Andrew being reverent at the Temple

Picturesque farmland near where Great Grandma and Grandpa Christensen live

We stopped by Tyler's Uncle Reed and Myra's farm to see the fun stuff there

Cute Sylvia girl

Andrew L-O-V-E-S tractors

Grand dad loves holding his grand kids too

Here's more proof

Grandma let Granddad have a turn too.  They are wearing matching shirts.

Sibling photos at Great Grandma Carson's house. Andrew kept getting out of his chair milliseconds after he sat down to see the pictures we were taking

We had tons of fun this summer spending time at three family reunions. We are so blessed to have such an amazing family and the ability to see them so frequently!

Thanks for the photo bomb Daniel!