More Summer Pics

At the end of the summer we went to a Davies family reunion.  These are descendants from John's Dad's (Tom) parents Lorenzo Davies and Phyllis Fisher.  John's sister Megan and her family were able to come for the reunion and we were able to meet many of John's cousins who he hadn't seen since he was a young boy.  We had a lot of fun hearing stories about the past.  One of the best stories told was about how John's great grandpa Thomas Davies was once in a gun fight.

As part of the reunion they had some fun outings.  Megan and Randy took Lance, Ashley and Ammon to hike Timpanogos caves.  Unfortunately John's foot is still in the healing process and so he was not quite up to hiking.  We ended up taking Jacob and Raeanna to go play some mini golf instead.

While Megan and Randy were in town we got together with John's brother Rob and his family.  After we had a nice big dinner we decided to drive out and check out the Great Salt Lake.  We went at the perfect time as the sun was just setting.  Nothing like looking out over water with a nice sunset on the horizon.

Ammon turned 9 this year and had a nice birthday.  After a family celebration the boys had gotten tickets to see the demolition derby at the local county fair.  A good time was had by all.  It may need to become a yearly tradition.

Instead of having a birthday party this year, Ammon wanted to do a boys camp out.  They had fun roasting marshmallow and fishing.  Unfortunately our family doesn't seem to have much luck in the fishing department and have yet to catch a fish this year.

Here are just some random photos that were taken this summer.

 

These are pictures of the first day of school.  Jacob and Raeanna got to take the school bus for the first time and thought it was cool.  Ammon didn't want to get his picture taken but we managed to get a few shots in anyway.  Jacob and Raeanna started grade 1.  Ammon is in grade 4.  I didn't manage to get any pictures of Aeddan and Ashley on the first day of school.  Ashley started Jr. High this year (Grade 7) and loves it.  Aeddan is in grade 10 and enjoys his computer programming class as well as TV production.