Our family reunion

We just had our Hallam family reunion in Idaho. We went down early so that we could see some of our friends there. The reunion this year was at Three Island Crossing state park....WAY COOL!!!!! It's great to go somewhere and learn something new about our past and our country's past.... Three Island crossing is just south of Mountain home in Glenn's Ferry...just on the river.

We haven't been to a reunion in a few years as I've been busy with girls camp those years :0) I love girls camp, but I did enjoy the reunion. We have missed going and visiting with family.

It was crazy how everyone had grown...all the younger kids. Each of the boys had at least one cousin their age to play with. Aaron was in seventh heaven with two cousins his age...BOYS!!!!! It was quite funny to see those three pal around together :)

Of course there were other girls camping with another family that was having a reunion there. These girls came over and walked through our campsite several times. One night they were making completes fools of themselves by dancing on the table next to our site and doing all sorts of cheers....totally inappropriate cheers and dancing might I add. The boys were quite hilarious to watch...they were laughing at these girls but not even paying attention to them. Aaron thought of an idea that the boys would act like nerds and pull their pants all the way to their chests :) The boys weren't impressed by these girls as they were not dressed apprpriately...GO BOYS!!!!!! It was so good to see the three figure this problem out on their own...too bad they can't go to school together...they'd be a force for good :)

Anyway, the girls started making fun of the boys for being "nerds" oh well....then Tim's brother in law Andre (Janae's husband) went over to these girls and told them to stop making fools of themselves and go back to their camp. Well, he scared them off by threatening that he would go to their camp and tell their parents how they were dancing ;) GO ANDRE!!!!! The girls left and when Andre came back to the table where the boys were, the boys clapped :) It was so great to see this :) Thus starts a new chapter in my life as a mother....the GIRL stage ;) Heaven help us

On saturday, the park had an activity at the meuseum, making corn husk dolls. Three Island Crossing is one of the pioneer crossing places.


They were led by the indians across the river. Since the current was so swift, they had to have a guide that knew the area and knew where the currents were best to cross. They used three of the islands on the river to cross it.

At the reunion, Tim's uncle Burt had their tandem bike with them....this was the HIT for everyone. We all got to try it out. It was such fun to see the boys riding this bike. At one point, when all the cousins arrived.

Aaron and Chris, who are only a few months apart got on the bike and were riding. It was a missionary moment :) They looked like two future elders getting on their bike to go out and teach :)

The whole reunion was a great time :) The boys had a ton of fun with their cousins and just playing around and camping. It was fun to watch all the kids and play with them as well.

We didn't want to come home as we were having so much fun visiting everyone. Hopefully soon, we can be back with family and all those cousins that the boys enjoyed :)