The 2009 Diether Family Reunion (July 30- Aug 2) was a big hit.  The kids can’t wait for everyone to get together again!  We had a long weekend packed with fun.

Thursday was craft time and swimming at scera pool.

Friday we went to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House.  In the evening we had a BBQ and Carnival!

The boys favorite booth…defeat the strongest man in the world, Justino!

Calvin and Logan watching the goldfish race.

Forget the bowling ball, it’s human bowling.  Sterling knocks down the pins.

No carnival is complete without prizes!  Sterling enjoys the bubbles.

Saturday started early with fishing.  Logan caught all the fish.  He was very thrilled.  The rest of us joined the fishermen later for a fun hot day at the lake.

Kimball and Elle enjoy a break on the beach.

Logan and Cleve prepare for more fishing.

After the lake we let little ones nap.  We had a book review and entertainment night.

Here we are performing our “pyramid of pachyderms”

Ta da!

Logan joined in on the drums during Mom, Dad, Chan and Cleve’s songs.

Sunday morning was time for family pictures and off to church.  Thanks to Breezy’s friend for taking the photos.

Here we are all ready for church.

and the funny faces…

The group shot

Monday (post reunion activity)  We had pizza dinner and went to Bridal Veil Falls…brrr cold water.

Kimball, Calvin, Logan and Elle enjoyed climbing the falls.

Sterling loved the water, but kept shivering…it was really cold water.

Girls:  Bridget, Moriah, and Cordie!

What a great reunion.  So wonderful to see everyone who could make it.   These pictures barely skim over the fun we had.  This was not just an ordinary family reunion…it was a family Extravaganza!

Greetings!  This is one of my favorite photos from the month of June!  So, Bridget can greet all who read this post about boating yesterday!

We finally had a truely warm day with lots of sun and no rain.  We took our dinner and headed for the lake.  We picniced on the shore and then launched the boat.  We had a really fun evening.  Too bad I forgot the camera.  Bridget and Logan both felt comfortable to let go of the boat to “swim” with mom.  Sterling even splashed his feet in the water.  Kimball and Calvin were back and forth between the boat and the hotdog.  Just when we thought we were done, Logan wanted more time riding the hotdog…so he took some wild rides all by himself!  I was surprised he didn’t fall off, he just kept grinning and whenever we stopped he would say “no, I’m not done.”

Truly Fun Times!

Do I have to wear this life jacket?

Bridget says “slower daddy”

The boys are brave this year…”faster!” and trying no hands or standing!

We have had lots of rain and stormy days…but still have found ourselves at the lake twice.  The water was quite choppy last Saturday morning, but we had a successful boat trip to test out the work Ammon had done on the engine and battery switch.

On May 30th we were “stuck” on the lake.  The boat would not start back up after we had stopped for swimming.  Ammon found the problem, the battery switch had melted.  Ammon got us fixed up to get home and then fixed the connection with lots of help from Sterling.  Playing on the boat is wonderful (for all the kids).