Stowell Family Reunion/Campout

This year's reunion was probably my favorite so far!  And I love reunions so that's saying a lot!  It was so fun to do a campout first.  The Wright Family did such a good job.  I wish they could do it every year :)  HA!  I bet they do too!


TOP TEN FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT THIS REUNION:
10- Watching the big high school kids tell fortunes and then watching Charity get hers done.... she's way too young for that stuff :)
9- Playing BS again for the first time in a million years!  Nate's first time and he still kicked everyone's trash.... so annoying!
8- Noah's potty break!!!  That was just hilarious!  I'll give more details in a minute.
7- Tie Dying shirts!!  Haven't done that in years too!  And they turned out SO GOOD!  Nate's was the best of course.... so annoying! He didn't even have to try!
6- Watching Luke watch Tangled on the "big screen" from behind!  So smart!
5- The food!  SO GOOD!
4- Seeing Steve as himself again!  He was such a blast and just so fun to be with the whole time!!  And I loved that he went and bought his own tent and mattress and stuff for the reuion.  What a stud.
3- Sitting up late laughing at Lana's stories.  Just like the old days.
2- Watching Bradley and Matt get along so well.  I can't believe they're almost the same size!
1- The Stowellympics was a blast! Even though I failed at pretty much everything I competed in!  Well, I did beat a few people at arm wrestling.... apparently there's still a little muscle in there somewhere!
0- Watching Kelly and Emily with the two little girls, just playing like they'd known each other forever :) So cute.
-1 - Talking with MaryLen.  She's so awesome!
-2 - Seeing Uncle Forrest take the cake in the Watermelon eating contest.  That was priceless.  I had no idea he had that in him!
-3 - Hearing Aunt Danny's voice.... always reminds me of Grandma.

I know, I did too many :)  It was a lot of fun!


Nate and I obsessed over these planes that kept flying overhead.  They were SO LOUD and so old.... they looked really cool though!





Nate's nature photo shoot.



Erika played in the water and got SOAKED!  She sure had a lot of fun just wandering around getting into everything.  It was nice that there was so much room for her to roam :)



Lukey told me how bored he was about every 5 minutes.  No wii.  I'm hoping he grows out of this.  "There's nothing fun for me here!" when I would tell him he couldn't use Daddy's phone.  I think he had more fun the second day with the Stowellympics..... He's a funny kid.  But he did love his "wed sleeping bag"!  He put himself to bed that night, all excited to be sleeping in it!  They all slept SO WELL actually.  Pretty miraculous.  Although, they usually do well when we're camping.... I'm not sure why :) but no complaints!



This picture just makes me laugh :).  Noah had a blast!  Especially once Charlie got there.... they were all over the place.  I think that at one point they were thinking they were going to sleep in the same tent together.... cute boys. 



doesn't this look cool! 




I have really loved getting to know Heather and Jessica a little better over the last few years.... they were always the little little kids when we went to the reunions.... now that we're all in the same stage in life, with our little kids, we have lots in common.  I love it.  They're such sweet, talented moms. 



Bradley spent about 90% of his time by/in the fire pit.  The kid is fearless.  It's weird, but I totally trusted him and felt like he would be careful.  Don't get me wrong, I stressed out about it enough for a million people, but I feel like he needs a little room to grow.  He sure showed me.  Didn't have any problems.  Didn't even melt his rubber crocs!









Kelly was a big girl the whole time :)  I'm pretty sure she loves that status.  She was sweet with the little girls, and I think she had some fun with Amanda and Emily too. 



Nate won and excelled at EVERYTHING he attempted.  As usual.  Is it wrong to want to see him fail at SOMETHING??  He's just perfect.  I love him.  It was fun to watch him beat everyone at arm wrestling even though I knew he was going to be in pain for a week after.  He's fun to watch :) 







Charity seemed to be torn between listening to the adult gossip, shadowing the older girls, or playing with the girls her age.  She never quite knows what she wants to do ;)  But she seemed to really love the Stowellympics.  She got into everything.  All of my kids did actually, it was a lot of fun.  Charity's allergies were out of control most of the time, so that was an obstacle.  She's been so good at dealing with it all this season. 







I love this picture of Brad in the seed spitting contest!  What a cool kid!




Charity took this one.... I love it!  These last pictures were all hers as well.





only Luke could have a straight face while wearing these glasses :)