we enjoyed the annual packer family reunion on the 4th of july. the kids loved it as usual. it was filled with great food, catching up with family, lots and lots of ice cream, a giant slip 'n slide, learning what it would be like to milk a cow {rubber gloves filled with water}, rides on concho, necklace making, more ice cream, a parade, a giant sandpile, and lots and lots of fun.
ever since i can remember we've celebrated the fourth with the packers. it started out setting up tents and sleeping out overnight at grandma & grandpa's. we'd play around the pond. go for boat rides. feed the ducks. pick raspberries. say hi to shep {no. 1, 2, 3...i'm not sure how many shep's there actually were}. play in the sandpile. ride golf carts. play on the playground. swing on the giant rope swing. play army. explore. play in the creek. have dutch oven lunch {which i still miss}. decorating our bikes and having a parade around the circle. if you were lucky, afterwards, you got to go downstairs to put stuff away and see where the old swimming pool used to be... i remember a few years we had a talent show. i think i played the piano once. check out the peacocks. gather eggs in the old chicken coop. i'll have to ask anna for what else we'd do...she has a way better memory than i do...
since the family has gotten so big, we've out grown grandma & grandpa's and the last few years we've either camped at the heber valley girls' camp or spent the morning/afternoon at uncle dave & aunt sue's. but what i've found is that wherever we are, the feeling is the same and it's always a good time!
{this year's highlights}
{connor's first fourth of july}
the last year at the grandma & grandpa's.
I remember all those activities at Packer's!! I also remember the flag raising, a family meeting/fireside, dress ups in the trunk, the boat on pond, BYOD bring your own dinner the night before, ringing of the bell to get everyone's attention in the far corners of the yard for prayer on the food, depending on the year I remember activities like bubbles, Mtn man station, playing PIT, Pam's snow cone machine, the girls made a quilt block/square, the big kids going to Allen and Terri's or Kezerian's for a movie after the the lights were out, exploring the yard, I remember the Mom's with little babies always got to sleep in the house. We'd always have assignments of helping with this or that. It's fun to think back to all the things we did.
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