Stowell Family Reunion

Today we went to the Stowell Family Reunion. This is my mom's, mom's family. My Great-Grandparents (the Stowells) only had 2 daughters, so the group is fairly small compared to most family reunions that would go back that far. We've had this reunion EVERY year for as long as I can remember. I think I've only missed the ones while we were Alaska, but other than that I have been to every single one. I love them. I'm sure that sounds dorky, but I really do love these reunions. I always remembered and loved the little goodie bags we got as kids, and looking at everyone's banners. It was fun to have grandma's potato salad, and play games with all the adults making fools of themselves. This year was not much different. Although this year it was my kids that got the goodie bags and fishing pond. And while it was still grandma's recipe for potato salad it wasn't prepared by her. The banners were replaced with family flags, and it hit me that I was one of the dorky adults during the games. Still a lot of fun though. Can't go a summer without the Stowell reunion. I thought it was really crazy too that the little kids we used to do the fishing pond FOR were now the ones doing it for our kids. So crazy. Time sure goes by fast, and everyone has grown and changed so much. It's hard to believe how much the little family has grown. Grandpa and Grandma Stowell would be proud though, I think, to see their children and grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren hanging out and spending good quality time together. Good times. I hope we can continue on with the tradition for a long time.


Here are the "little" kids doing the fishing pond for my kids.



Charity fishing


Kelly fishing


and Bradley. I wish I would have taken more pictures. We had a lot of fun. The games were really cute and the food was great. Kathy did a great job. I'll have to post a picture of our flag- Nate and I put a lot of thought into it (if the ink from our non-bleeding fabric marker wouldn't have bled, it would have turned out REALLY cute).