80th Birthday Parties

 We had a great day celebrating George with the whole Hobson family! We started the day doing sealings together in the Boise Temple. We got the big sealing room all to ourselves which was special. It’s such a beautiful temple!

The kids went to TopGolf after that and had fun with cousins. We all met at Jared and Angie’s house after that to have a catered Pad Thai lunch. We played a Kahoot game that Brad and Tenley had put together. There were 30 questions about Dad with multiple choice answers that everyone answered on their phone to see who knew George the best. Travis won the game. Then Lesa had put together a fun activity. She had asked different people to recreate a different picture of George throughout the years. It was such a fun and creative way to remember his years of life. Brad looked so much like him! And Luke re created one of his baby photos and pulled it off so well! It was hilarious.

We enjoyed the beautiful yard for the next few hours playing games and talking. Jared and Angie now live in the house Brad grew up in so it brought back so many memories that we’ve made in that beautiful yard and at that beautiful house. 

We had an ice cream social that evening where many friends and extended relatives stopped by to wish George a happy birthday. I think George, Brad and all of his siblings enjoyed catching up with everyone. 

It was a long and wonderful day. It was definitely worth all the hours in the car to be there to celebrate 80 years of a good life!

Cousin Time

The kids have had so much fun with their cousins! Seeing them all play together may be my favorite part of reunions. Even Luke was happy to be with anyone of his cousins. He definitely played with Asher the most but his older cousins spoiled him in the pool. I had no idea he was such a socia little kid. 

Lesa, Amy, Hailey and I got to go for a run this morning. We spent time in the pool and then had family pictures after the boys got back from golfing. Poor pool time after that and then Bryan and I made it to the championship horseshoe game. We played Brad and Calli and were uo 12 to 1 but they came back and beat us in the second half of the game! Brad had 5 ringers! Twice Bryan and Brad both got ringers on the same turn. It was crazy!

We had an ice cream competition tonight and we played a fun family feud game tonight. It was such a blast. Jared and Angie put a lot of work into this reunion and we’ve enjoyed it! 

Safety

We went on a beautiful hike this morning at the city of rocks. The weather was perfect and we enjoyed exploring and seeing the amazing rock climbers along the way. Near the end, our group of about twenty got split in two and the group ahead took a wrong turn and were lost for about an hour. Brad, Luke and I were in the second group and when we finished the hike we expected to see the first group which included all of our other children. At first I wasn’t too worried but when it turned into over thirty minutes without finding them, I felt a little sick to my stomach. They did have adults with them and my amazing niece who is a nurse and trained in outdoor medical emergencies, but my momma heart just wasn’t thinking clearly. Gratefully not too much longer after that we finally got connected with the group and they were led back to the cars. My kids were thirsty and tired but safe! Phew.

The rest of the day was much less dramatic. We had fun at the pool, ate yummy food, enjoyed a hilarious and fun talent show, and had a campfire. It’s been a great reunion!

Family Reunions

We had such a wonderful time at the Hobson family reunion in Salmon Idaho this past weekend. It's always good to be with family and when you get to spend that time at a lake, it's even better. We had so much fun kayaking, paddle boarding, cliff jumping, boating, playing in the dirt (mainly just Luke with his best bud Asher), staying up late, playing games, having a super fun dance party with disco lights (it took me back to church dances!), catching up, 4-wheeling, doing yoga, eating yummy food, and just being together. We stayed at an old hotel and lodge and it was an amazing property. Each family had their own room and bathroom which was convenient. The lodge also had plenty of space for all of us to gather. The kids enjoyed the kayaking/regatta race, secret relative gifts (each day they had a new gift from a secret relative in a bag. They loved it!) and playing with cousins in the water. It's never easy to leave such a beautiful location and such wonderful people. We can't wait to get together again!