Saturday morning Ian and Talia went on a donut run to have something sweet with our souffle breakfast. Yum. The kids were all thrilled that there were donuts. The souffle turned out super good too. We took a pretty slow morning. We had planned on going to the community pool that day but we were all still pretty beat from lake day and we decided not to go.
The kids all went in the spa instead, which was also fun. The little babies took baths with Grandma. Then they played together outside until lunch time. After lunch the men headed out to play some horseshoes while the kids and moms snuggled up for a movie. We set up the popcorn bar again for the kids too. They thought it was awesome. Talia fell asleep during the movie and got a pretty decent nap.
That afternoon we took group pictures and then had meatball subs and Caesar salad for dinner. We ate dinner a little bit early so that we had plenty of time for the family talent show.
The talent show was SUCH a blast. Everyone came prepared and it was too cute. Jim was our MC and he did an awesome job introducing each act and telling jokes in between. Liz and Joy sang a duet, Mimi performed an original song, Rachel showed off her ninja kicks, Weston read a semi-original poem/song that he wrote, Davin showed his gymnastics/stretching moves to Katy Perry's "Roar," Talia sang Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam (she did really awesome and seemed to love the spotlight).
The adults showed off a little too. Mel and Brad did a lip sync to "Magic" by B.O.B., Jules and Rick did this hilarious ventriloquism act where Jules was the puppet, Mom and Dad showed us how to get ready in the morning (when someone else's hands are doing the work), then Ian and I closed the show by singing "Closing Time" with Ian playing guitar and me playing the ipad keyboard. The grand finale was the kids dancing to "What Does the Fox Say" with their animal masks on. Haha. So so fun and memorable. Weston said it was tied for his favorite part of the summer with lake day.
After the show we had a treat and got the kids to bed. It was our last night together. Joy had put together this funny Caption This game. Only the adults played. We made up funny captions for the kids' pics then read them out loud after they went to bed. We started gathering a few things so we could be ready to head out pretty early the next morning, but it was low key.
Last play time with cousins before we all headed home.
The next day we all gathered up our stuff and our families and headed home. The drive wasn't bad and we ran into Brad and Mel again in Winnemucca. We got home about dinner time. I'm so glad that I have such a fun family and that we all like each other so much. I'm also really grateful to my parents for making these reunions happen. They put in a lot of time and effort and funds into making it work for all of us. Can't wait to do it again!
2 comments:
Looks like fun. We need to plan a Bowles family reunion someday. There are a few cool places in Florida. :) Though Oregon and Utah aren't too bad either.
Seems like we managed to pack a lot of awesomeness into those four days. :) Can't wait until the next one!
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