2012 Sabin Olympics

We had a Sabin Family Reunion over Labor Day Weekend with just our immediate family. The theme was the Olympics since we just enjoyed watching the London Olympics this year. My Mom did a good job planning it all. Each family was in charge of an activity or event for our Olympics. We had golf, shot-put, javelin, slip n slide, gymnastics, synchronized water swimming, triathlon (bike, swim, run- with couples), BB gun shooting and the basketball bump game. It was a lot of fun! The weekend went by fast and we all got along too. :)  

Friday evening everyone arrived (well Jeff and Sadie got there early Friday morning) and we had family pictures. Sarah Christensen took them and she was a good sport to work with our active bunch. My Mom wanted them done before Jared leaves in November for his mission. After we wrangled our kids and tried to bribe them to stand still we ate dinner and could relax. That night we had the opening ceremonies for our Olympic Games. 

Each family made their own flag for the opening ceremony. Kate drew our family and I loved it. 

Getting ready to walk our flags in the parade with the torch

Jared carrying the torch and the Olympic Flag my Mom made! The torch was a rag drenched in motor oil then set on fire. haha! It worked! I love the sunset in the background. 

The flag was put on the flag pole and Paige sang "God Bless America". It was darling.

The kids in our uniforms for the Olympics. These t-shirts turned out cute.

 Cute Baylor with his onesie and black eyes...he's serious about these games!

These two 2 yr olds were funny to watch. Mainly Lindsey wanted whatever Reagan had and Reagan would back away. Lindsey thought she owned everything at "mama's" house.  Sadie did the girls' hair in the morning to match. And Lindsey was perfectly still for her too! That doesn't happen for me. Too cute!

One hot prego Sara with the cute toddlers! ;)

Learning some golfing skills

Just a random picture of most of us in our uniforms

Gymnastics- balance beam routine

Funny!

Chelsea and Baylor chilling. They are only like a little over 2 weeks apart. We thought it was funny how Chelsea was in the boy bouncy (the one my Mom has at her house) and Baylor in the girl bouncy (used to be Reagan's). 

A giant slip n slide. It was fun and the kids loved it too. The guys ended up putting big tubes underneath to make a jump and so we all tried it. The guys could fly over the jump and my Mom got some pretty cool pictures of Jared and Derek.

Our family did this event- BB gun target shooting. You had to shoot from standing, kneeling and laying on the ground. 

We went to Church on Sunday, ate, rested, then all the guys shared their experiences on their missions. They came prepared with souvenirs and pictures to show. It went along with the Olympics and learning about places around the World. Dad- New Zealand, Chris (Marci's boyfriend)- Missouri, Kyle- New York City, Kevin- Puerto Rico, Jeff- Indianapolis, Indiana, Derek- Tijuana, Mexico. Then we had the closing ceremonies where we got our gold medals and we were ALL winners. :) Once all the kiddos were in bed we played Guesstures. Fun times!

 We decided to go into Tri-Cities to see my Grandma Joyce who is in a rehab center. Jeff and Sadie came too and then left for Idaho after that. My Grandma has Parkinson's and it's taken a toll on her lately. My grandpa is so good to sit with her every day from 8am-8pm and keep her company. I wanted her to see Chelsea again. We then met up with Dee Ann. She's been out of the hospital for a couple weeks now and is doing better. We went to Red Robin to eat then went to Melanie's to see her and the kids. It was Dane's birthday so we gave him his gifts. Then we took Dee Ann to her sisters house where she is staying until she moves in a couple weeks to her new rental house. Then we headed on the road. Kyle and I were so tired on the way home. The kids crashed and I got some cat naps in. Kyle usually does fine staying awake while driving home but this time he was exhausted. We made it home around 12:30am. Going into Tri-Cities tacked on an extra 2 hours to our drive time, but it was worth it to see everyone.