Holiday Inn, Hayden, Idaho
Our first stop was the Blodgett 'homestead' in Ritzville, Washington. Here is where Denny, Tom, and Julie were born. (Dad was born in HELENA, Montana)
We stopped at a nice park where the kids played and as we were ready to hit the road again, everyone huddled for a 'Blodgett' cheer...."HANDS IN..." Most everyone came except Devin and his wife and new baby (Wyatt), Brad, Dustin, Stephen (on missions). Even Lois and Van Vanfossen and Jim and Jan came over. We had about 65-70 family members attend.
Thurs. our first activity after arriving at the Holiday Inn was swimming at the Raptor Reef water park. It was really fun, and very kid friendly...Audrey LOVED riding down the slides, (so did I).
Thursday night we played games, bowled, and had fun together.
Friday we drove to the Courdelane Lake. Michael got in the water with some of the other dads and swam with Audrey, Reese and Sadie. It was really pretty and the water seemed clear. I lost Reese for about 10 minutes only to find him all the way down the dock, all by his lonesome, trying to climb into a paddle boat. (Chris Blodgett saved Reese for me that time.)
Jon and Kyle (jon does a lot of things that are embarrassing)
Lesley holding Natalie, me, Denae
Audrey, Mel, Riley, Jen, Amy, Jon, & Sadie
Jen and Amy taking some kids on paddle boats...
Jon and Audrey in a paddle boat
Friday we went to the Finucane park for the "Blodgett Olympics". I would say that the competitive levels were great! No fights broke out....The races are always fun to watch!
Michele, Holly, Amy, & Mel
Audrey and Reese did AWESOME in their races! They both were so fast!
Friday night we had an AWESOME talent show. Everyone did so great with their songs and plays. Then we played mafia and Settlers until 3am...
Saturday we swam a little more in the water park and then went home....We were sooooooooooooooo tired, but we had so much fun! I think the reunion went really well and I think everyone had a good time. It was really great to spend so much time with everyone. All the cousins, aunts and uncles and in-laws seemed to get along really well. We have a really wonderful family and we are so lucky to have such a closeness.
7 comments:
The trip was so fun. We wish we could spend more time with the family. We definitely need to live closer to everyone. Dad was born in Helena, MT.
looks like a lot of fun !!!!! audrey looks so much like you.. sadie is so cute. sharon went on about sadie and how she was always eating. she showed me some pictures from your cali trip. how far is utah from you guys ??
Janelle, the trip was SO FUN. I have been sad to be home again and wanting to go back. Seriously, everything was perfect. I can't wait for the next one, I love our family!
I'm glad you guys had fun! I love the "Blodgett Homestead!" Very cute family picture too!
It was a superb trip. I'll miss the mafia games.
I agree with everyone! It was such a great time! SO fun. I too, am wishing that we could all still be together! It went by too fast. Great pictures! I need to upload mine on Costco.com so that you guys can get mine too! Sorry I am so slow!
Sounds like so much fun!! Your family is COOL!!
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