thanksgiving family reunion

Wilson said:

My favorite day was when we spent time at Andrew's house. I got to play his drum set and his PS2 guitar hero III. Andrew is a good wrestler and gets up every morning at 4:30 to work out. I liked eating dinner at the restuarant because they had a waitress who brought drinks and stuff. I filled my plate four times and could have eaten more. I also liked playing keep away at the hotel pool with my cousins. I would have liked to have stayed longer at Valley of Fire. I would have hiked to the top of every red mountain. It was awesome

Cooper said:
What I liked best about our family reunion was playing Grandpas one armed bandit. We used $150.00 in real silver dollars We lost it in less than 30 minutes. It would have taken me a whole summer to earn that much money. I also liked the movie at Zion's National Park. We went to the Valley of Fire. I liked the first hike best, the one with all the caves and blue bellied lizards.We had dinner at the Chuck o Rama. It was really tasty--the ham was the best. I had vanilla/chocolate ice cream with 1 lb of M&M on top. My favorite thing with the cousins was swimming at the hotel pool.

Max said:

We went on a airplane two times! We had peanuts. I raced the cousins. All the cousins know how to swim and we went in the hot tub and the cold pool. We had a feast at a restaurant. We could pick any thing we wanted. I got jello--red and green jello. and brownie and M&M on my ice cream. We went to the church and made stuffing guys. I put lots of stuffing in my guy because Grandma Poodle helped me. The guys were for the kids at the hospital. On our hike we went to the waterfalls and in a cave. We was a cougar in the newspaper, so we looked for it on our hike. I like Grandmas poodles too.


Eliza said:

On our first night we met Jake the dog. It was funny when Jake sat on Max and farted on him. We went hiking the next day in a place that looked like fire because of the red rocks. On our other hike we did a game called rock challenge. You had to jump to each rock and not touch the ground. I was the winner of that game. It was raining hard and we got too wet. We had to change our clothes. The first time I was the cousins was at the race. We had our Thanskgivign feast at a restaurant. I liked visiting my cousins in the motor home. We did a lot swimming. I helped make the dolls for poor people and people at the hospital. When we got home off the airplane there was snow on the ground--but none at our house.

Kelly said:

I overheard Uncle Blake answer his cell phone this way, " I want you baby, I want you bad." It was his wife calling. This is the line that sums up what I love most about The Lundberg family. I love being in the company of couples really in love with each other. From Grandma and Grandpa (almost 50 years), to a couple of very horny nieces and nephews with their boyfriend and girlfriend, Thanksgiving was about feeling the love. I feel more in love with Tony just being around all the happy couples.

Thanksgiving dinner involved waiting for over an hour in a line outside Chuck O Rama in the rain, the ambiance of feeding time on the farm, and absolutely no control over what my kids were eating (mostly ice cream). It was 100% worth it. We spent all morning stuffing and sewing dolls and animals and assembling hygiene kits. We didn't have food to prepare and got to think of someone other than ourselves for the whole morning. We still had the benefit of turkey sandwiches and pumpkin pie that night. Oh yeah--and minimal cleanup!

Tony's Mom and Dad, Russ, Pam, La Risa and I went to the temple on Friday morning. The St George temple was powerful. During the session I had an epiphany. As the movie started and the beautiful scenes of the earth were shown, I realized that the beauty was familiar. We had just spent the past two days hiking in Valley of Fire and Zion's national park with the kids where the scenery was breathtaking. No wonder I like hiking more than any activity I can think of--it's a temple experience.

It was so nice having Mom and Dad to ourselves for a whole night before the reunion. We kept Dad up very late asking questions about Tony's Grandma and Grandpa and looking at beautiful old books that once belonged to them. Mom and Dad's chicken soup was the best I've ever had. It was a miracle to see Tony's Mom doing so well. I was very worried about this reunion exhausting her, and it probably did, but she seemed so happy to have everyone together.

It was the perfect reunion and a wonderful Thanksgiving.