“Life is to be Enjoyed, not just Endured.”

Friday, July 20, 2012

Cox Family Reunion 2012

For our family reunion this year Steve's family all pitched in and rented a big cabin in Heber, UT. The whole entire family was together.  2 grandparents, 5 kids, 5 in laws, and 13 grandchildren. We had a wonderful time! Each family was in charge of an activity or two and the cabin provided a lot of fun entertainment with a game room, movie room, and zip line. 

Ehlana was fearless.


Jaxson cried his eyes out the first time. But, after a week of watching all the other kids have a great time he gave it another try and liked it.

Minute to win it games.



Both Steve and his brother-in-law, Jason, served missions in Japan. Laurie had them stack 4 chap sticks with chopsticks. Steve actually did it!


Guess Who baby pictures. They were pretty fun.

Outdoor scavenger hunt.

We've got talent. Yes we do!




Especially, Tim, who can chug a whole Mountain Dew and then crush the can on his head.

A day at the lake.




Water fights.



Stuffed animal walk.

My father-in-law has a little addiction to the claw machine games. He has won all these stuffed animals (and then some) so he put together a "cake walk" for the stuffed animals. The grandkids were thrilled!




T-shirt signing.



Ehlana signed an E on Aunt Laurie where she could reach. Awkward.

Most of the time we just hung out. And slept. And ate. And played games. 



My grown up nieces Megan, Lauren, and Jessa.



 The babies Jakob and Damon.



Honestly. I married into the coolest family. 

How to Catch a Squirrel

At our family reunion the kids fashioned a squirrel trap using a tupperware, stick, caution tape, and trail mix. As it happens that is the perfect formula for squirrel catching. They caught a total of 13 squirrels and prairie dogs! It entertained them for hours and hours. They would wait so patiently and scream when they caught one. The minute they lifted the tupperware the squirrel would escape and they would all scream in terror. It was all quite entertaining.

The trap is set

We caught one!

The old slide of the cardboard trick

Uhh, what do we do now?

And he escaped. Can you spot him on the edge of the stairs?

One of the attempts.

The Uncles had just as much fun as the kids. And this time they found a more sophisticated trap.

The unsuspecting prairie dog.

The kids waiting ever so patiently. 

Wait for it... wait for it... wait for it... seriously. You have to wait a long time to catch one.

We all stared at him for a little while and then let him free.

Cute Cousins

Chelsea and Ehlana had a blast together at our family reunion. These cute 4 year olds are only 5 days apart and they were inseparable this week.









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