sTEPHENSON family reunion '07

Every year in June is the sTEPHENSON family reunion in Holden UT! It is a lot of fun to see cousins that I haven't seen for a long time! This year my mom was in charge of the reunion...she made game with questions about the family like..."How many people in the family are named Michael?" there is 12! or "How many grandchildren does Rhea Dean have?" there is 92...spouses included! (still a lot of grandchildren!) and "How many great grandchildren?" I can't remember but I think the number is somewhere around 60! So I know what you might be thinking my mom's side of the family is SMALL!!

grandma stephenson

The day before the reunion we went boating all day atYuba Lake and then camped it was so much fun!!

We all got some good water skiing in!!

kATELYN

bRAD

nICH got up for the first time!!

and now he is addicted...more to wake boarding than waterskiing though!!

YAHOO!!

I'm ready...sweet gloves huh?!!

trying to get the rope between my legs and say "look mom...no hands!"

kATELYN...the beauty queen!!

everybody says we look like twins!!

mELISSA (I forgot to get the camera out...before she was done skiing!)


after we came in had some yummy bbq...we went back out on the water for some more fun! We all went on my uNCLE hOYT's super nice boat! They have a surf board that you actually surf in the wake behind the boat...crazy huh! My uNCLE said that when you get use to it you can just let go of the rope and surf the wake!!

uNCLE hOYT

my cousin gARRICK showing us some moves on his wakeboard!

mELISSA & bRAD

mELISSA & mE

nICH surfing


bRAD surfing

kATELYN surfing
she's up!

she's down!

playing cards...a must in my mom's family!!

aMANDA & mE

too much playing...we all were a little tired!

bJ climbed the tree and caught a bunch of box elder bugs with his new bug vaccum!

gRANDMA & mELISSA

after all the fun was over...bJ was excited to ride home with uNCLE nICH in the jeep!