Family Reunion: Picture time...

How to document such a thing?

A Family Reunion is like...a box of chocolates....
Wait no.. it's like stubbing your toe in the dark...
Wait... it's like a giant hen house of cackling hens with the baby chicks running everywhere...
Or.. more like a zoo? The mess? The monkeys? The FUN!
Heaven... or Hell? Sometimes a little of both.

little boy in sprinkler black and white summer time fun

I come from one of THOSE kinds of families. The really big kind.

Please meet my big fat Mormon Family. 65+cousins on my mom's side alone... Those 65+ cousins are nearly all grown and have children of their own.. how many you ask?? We lose count at 175+? Some of those cousins already have grand-kids. In fact I am a great aunt 3x over!

We get together every other year, rotating through my mother's siblings like a roulette wheel. This past summer my mom was the 'host'. This means everyone was invited back to our homestead in Eastern Utah... where 4Wheelin' is King and staying dry while river rafting is NOT an option!


Who might you find at this big fat Mormon reunion?

A Dad with his baby... (OMGosh you did NOT just say THAT!)

Dad and baby family reunion


A Grandma...(contemplating the dishes for that many..again!)

grandma at family reunion


A Great-Grandma—My Dad's Mom, My Dad's grand-daughter (and my daughter).

great grandma and great grand kid family reunion


And a Happy Couple along with cousins teaching each other how to create earth shattering ARMpit Farts!

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And one more for good measure...


It was pointed out to me recently that I'm not in any of the pictures from our recent trip to Utah? Um.. does anyone else have this problem? Where it appears that the whole family went on vacation and LEFT MOM HOME???


Next week.. the anniversary trip.. and I promise I AM in some of the pictures!
at Thursday, August 20, 2009
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Ryanne · 812 weeks ago

Yeah we are one of those families, but my parents are the first generation Latter-day saints so we aren't THAT big yet! So far it is just kids and grandkids, but you are looking at 8 kids and soon to be 32 grandkids. It looks like the crazy kind of fun that family can bring! Oh and my husband always has a camera slung around his neck too, so I don't get to escape the pictures very often!
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Emily · 812 weeks ago

Looks like a fun time...how did you keep everyone's name straight though with that many people! ;)
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CarissaRogers 60p · 812 weeks ago

OH my no! I can't keep the generation that is my kid's age straight at all!! I can usually tell which kid belongs to which family but that's it!
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Chris · 812 weeks ago

Please, PLEASE tell me you had green Jell-O and funeral potatoes!
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mark and katie · 812 weeks ago

I love big crazy family get togethers....I always leave with great stories. Oh....I have the same problem as you do....many times I just have to had the camera to someone and ask them to get some pictures with me in them. I feel like half the time I'm telling people that I was there. I swear.
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Carrie Keiser · 812 weeks ago

Looks like great times! Gotta love those big Mormon families!!
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Susie's Homemade · 812 weeks ago

Those are great family summer pictures!!
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kaye · 812 weeks ago

fun post, I'm from a BMF too and coincidentally our homestead is in Eastern Utah.
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avtcoach · 812 weeks ago

I come from a big family also with family reunions every two years. They are such a blessing and as I get older I appreciate them more and more, warts and all! These are great pictures of your older family members. You will cherish these! Came from Photo Story Friday!
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Ms Sassy Pants · 812 weeks ago

That happens to me ALL. THE. TIME.

I'm the one behind the camera. And even when someone else is taking pictures, they never think to take pictures of someone who is walking around with her own camera. I often have to force at least one picture just to prove that yes, I was in fact there.

You have some gorgeous photos from the reunion and from what it sounds like, some even better memories.
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Melissa Ann · 812 weeks ago

Oh my goodness - i can't even imagine! I'm an only child and only have ONE cousin on my mom's side! Only THREE cousins on my Dad's side, and they're kinda distant... I never missed having a big family as a child - I didn't know any better and I was happy - but now I wish ours was a bit bigger... For one thing, having more people around would make it harder for us to be so up in each other's business all the time! You know - the pool would be diluted a bit... And I wouldn't be solely responsible for my aging parents... and I wouldn't be totally orphaned when she goes... Pretty selfish I guess, huh?

Can't wait to see those photos! (and yes - we have complete events where it appears I got left at home in the photos... why's it always the mom?)
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Melissa Ann · 812 weeks ago

Forgot to say what a great job you did with the top picture of little T!
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Heidi · 812 weeks ago

I love the black and white photo at the begining! It is quite striking. I have the same problem you do. When I was trying to find a picture of myself to put on my website I searched and searched and finally ended up cropping my head out of a family picture from a few years ago. There is a shoulder and a head in the picture with me. I feel your pain. If I was to die today my children may not remember what I look like in years to come with nothing to look back on. J/K!
If you'd like to stop by my blog I'm at <a http://cakecrumbs-heidi.blogspot.com/html>Cake Crumbs.> a>
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wayne · 812 weeks ago

GI think that a family reunion could be very intresting in my familys case.

great photo friday I love the one in the boat
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Jyl · 812 weeks ago

Love the writing at the beginning... very descriptive! Great pics as always too. :)
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Cecily R · 811 weeks ago

You and your camera boyfriend did some AWESOME work!!!! And you captured a big fat Mormon family reunion PERFECTLY. I love the way you write (have I told you that?).

And yep...I'm totally with you on the whole "did you leave mom at home" thing. 547 pictures and I am absent from every one. :)

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