Wright Reunion

Last weekend we had double reunions to attend. Kyle took a day off from work so we could go to both of them. The kids do pretty well in the car and they should since we make the trip almost monthly. I liked Kate in this picture because she had the best seat in the car. She was comfy. Preston has a patch on because he's supposed to wear it every other day for 4 hours to strengthen his weak eye that he was born with. So nothing happened recently if you were wondering. ;)

My Dad is always good about taking the kids for rides on motorcycles, four wheeler, tractors or whatever. 

On Friday, we went into Richland for the Wright family reunion. It's for my Mom's side. All her brothers came from Utah with their families so it was good to see everyone that came. My Grandpa's relative manages a hotel there so we were able to meet in one of the banquet rooms and use the indoor pool. Good thing because it was chilly that day so after a while of swimming in this outdoor pool at the nearby park the kids were freezing and ready for the hotels hot tub! 

My cousin Austin and his wife Giselle with their twins, Hudson and Sydney. They were so nice to come all the way from Utah with young twins!

Aubree and Emily played with Chelsea the whole day. It was so nice to have "babysitters" willing to play with her and watch her.

L-R: Brady, Marci holding Zane, Sara, Jeni, Aunt Liz (married to Tom) and Uncle John

Kids waiting for their turn on the zip line. I love the random kid in the black shirt in the pic. haha!

My Mom with her family

L-R: Tom, Jim, John, Gpa, Vicki and Gma Joyce in front

It was fun to visit with Cari. She is my closest cousin in age. She's married to Ryan and they have 4 kids too. 

L-R: Aubree, Jeni, Cari and me

My Aunt Dana (married to John) was amazing and pushed Thys and Chelsea in Cari's stroller until they fell asleep. It was so nice of her to do that. I was glad Chelsea got some sort of nap.

Stephanie, Gabby and Marci being silly. We took some fun and silly pictures outside in front of the river.

John had planned some activities for the kids like bubbles, toy airplanes, kites, releasing balloons into the sky and this little parade for Gma Joyce. 

Almost all the great grandkids with Gma Joyce (Preston isn't in there because he was having a major meltdown and would not go in the picture. fun times. he was having a hard time there.)

Everyone that was there!

L-R Back Row: Kyle holding Preston, Me holding Chelsea, Ryan holding Thys, Giselle holding Sydney, Austin holding Hudson, Dana, John, Marci, Jeni, Kevin, Liz, Tom, Vicki, Craig, Shellie, Jim

L-R Middle Row: Gabby, Gracie, Natalie, Cari with Piper, Jaac, Brady, Gpa Bill, Gma Joyce, Sara, Derek holding Zane, Aubree

L-R Front Row: Ellie, Carter, Kate, Paige, Emily holding Hailey and Stephanie holding Lindsey

John doing bubbles with the kids

 Visiting and then we ate dinner, baked potatoes with chili, broccoli cheese sauce, rolls, caesar salad, fruit and cupcakes.

On Saturday morning, everyone came out to my parents house to swim and eat lunch. Here's some of my cousins. L-R: Kyle, Lindsey, Brady, Gabby, Natalie and Stephanie. It was a lot of fun hanging out with them and laughing with them. 

 My Grandma Joyce (my Mom's Mom) has Parkinson's and it's hard for her to leave the house, but amazingly my Grandpa was able to borrow a wheelchair van so she could go to my Mom's house and to Royal City for the Christensen reunion (which was later on Saturday). Anyway, she was sitting next to Chelsea and it was hilarious and cute to watch them interact. Chelsea would just stare at her. Then my Grandma would move her hand to Chelsea and Chelsea would push it away. It made my Grandma laugh. Then Chelsea reached for her hand and pulled it toward her which was so sweet. 

Here Chelsea is pushing her hand away. Too funny.

Here's my Grandpa Bill and Grandma Joyce Wright. They are very supportive grandparents. They would come to our birthday celebrations and sporting events growing up. It was fun to have them live so close. It's hard to see my Grandma suffer with Parkinson's because it's been slowly getting worse. My Grandpa is so good to her and so attentive to her needs. 

My Mom with her parents