Young Family Reunion 2001

This was the first official "Young Family Reunion" that I have been to.  It was so much fun!  It took place at Terri and Kerri's house, and it couldn't have been a better place to all join together.  The theme centered around this:

There was an endless cookie jar...all sorts of different cookies, it just kept getting refilled.  I think Grandma Young made about 42 dozen cookies to prepare for this, as well as several other people who brought their favorite cookies to add to the jars.

Here is a picture of just the grand kids (spouses not included), with the great grand kids.  What an awesome group!

I love how Grandma was smack in the middle holding little Rowan...so sweet!

We had a talent show, the Hemming gandkids all sang "Rise and Shine and Give God Your Glory!" with actions.  It was really cute!

Jared took the kids on rides in the cool Jeep around the race track.  He was driving so fast and crazy, I got a little nervous but the kids were LOVING it!

 There was a belly flop competition...Brad might just have taken it with this one...haha!

 Wow Paisley, you look so graceful here!

 Hooray!  

 The kids swam for hours just in pure heaven!

Great cousins and friends!

 Ben and Tanner...lovin' the cheese!

We held a silent auction for Stanley and Logan...2 sweet cousins who have been diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy.  With all the different donations, we raised over $4,000 to help with medical expenses!!!  Definitly the best part of the day to hear that news.  Such sweet boys, our prayers will continue to be with them and hope that a a cure is found soon! 

 Steve and LeeAnn were presented with a beautiful quilt in thanks to Steve for his service in Iraq last year.

 

Grandma was crowned as the cookie monster!

 One of Paisley's second cousins showed up in almost the same dress, how random in that!

 Such a fun trip!  We also went white water rafting the day before, which was so much fun and hopefully can get some pics of that soon!  So many good people!  And a huge thank you to Jared and Jodi for letting us stay at their house!  Forever Young!

Rowan was wearing an outfit that Paisley wore when she was little the other day and I decided to take a few shots...

 Here is Paisley...they have a similar look but are pretty different I think.  Do you love the spit up all over her shirt?  Paisley was a spit up queen! lol.

 Fast forward to last night...Paisley and Kimball put on quite the performance for us, it was so funny, I was dying laughing!  Do you love Paisley's outfit she picked out?

 Now on to Noah, he is a funny little character these days.  The last 4 nights or so he has requested that he sleep with his sunglasses.  He wont let me put them on him though, he has to do it himself when I've gone.  It is hilarious to see him walk into my bedroom half alseep in the morning wearing his PJ's and sunglasses.  What a sight to start my day!

 Here he is at nap time with them on upside down.  What a silly boy.

First time hiking Mt. Timpanogos...

Ryan and I decided to hike the back side of Mt. Timpanogos last Saturday. Even though we got a late start we got about 3/4 of the way through it before we ran short on time and had to turn back. I want to go again when we have all day to do it and finish it...it was incredible! Really, one of the most amazing hikes I've been on in my life, definitely the best hike in Utah, without a doubt! And that's my opinion with out even getting to the very top! I don't know why we haven't done this before! Ryan and I had a blast and can't wait to do it again!

There were so many wild flowers of all different colors, it was just beautiful!

 I could have sat there all day and taken in the scenery around me.  Directly below where I was sitting there was a huge bull moose grazing in the meadow, it was pretty cool to watch.

 We took a little detour and hiked around these cool waterfalls.  There was so much water everywhere.  Half the trail had water running down it.

 

Rowan was very happy to see mom and dad after a long day of hiking...thanks to Grandma Hemming for watching the kiddos! They sure had a great time!