House Family Reunion 2010

Every year for the last 10+ years we've enjoyed a House Family Reunion. Each year is a different family members turn to plan and host the event and activites. This year was Brianne and Casey's turn. They are big into camping and wanted to share their love of the outdoors with the rest of us.
We camped for 2 nights in Bryce Canyon, Utah. One of the most beautiful places in the state. We enjoyed a variety of games and activites. Soooo much food!! And soooo many laughs!! We were shushed the first night we were so loud! Thats the Houses for you, a bunch of really, really big mouths! :)

We went hiking in Fairyland. The scenery (as you can see in the background) was incredible! Unfortunately our rowdy, little monkey children played too close to the edge and slipped off. Chad was able to run to their rescue. Alas he didn't even bother to grab onto Miles and save him ;)

The trail in Fairyland was a tad narrow and precarious and Chad, Emerson and Miles all slipped, almost falling to their deaths.

As you can see, Miles and Emerson were able to use Chad to climb to safety. Phew!!! Next time I'll push harder ;)

Here's Wes with his 4 feet of licorice. Uncle Ron kept us on a constant sugar high with his abundance of treats....suckers, candy bars, tootsie rolls, licorice, gum balls and chocolate...oh my!

3 little boys posing between swinging sticks, hatchets, axes and apparently a pvc pipe? Where the heck did he find that?!?!?! Heard more that once around the campsite, "Put the axe down! Hey! Hey! That hatchet is for chopping wood only!" As Grandpa so keenly observed, "Man you give a kid a stick or an axe and they're entertained for hours." :)

Thanks Brianne and Casey! We had a blast!