Green Family Reunion part 2

So it took me a little longer than a day to post the rest of the story from the Green Family Reunion, but if you had an idea of how busy the last few weeks of our summer have been, you would understand!

The rest of the reunion was a blast.  From camping at Mt. Timpanogos to Grandpa's grilled chicken to walking through the Thanksgiving Point gardens, the entire week was great.  I'm so grateful to be part of such an awesome family.  Love you guys!

First of all, here's a pic from the other group at the escape room:

We had a friend come over and take some pictures of our family:

Our entire family (except Tiffany, who passed away in 2004) is here!

Grandma and Grandpa with all of their grandkids

Our six siblings, including a picture of Tiffany.  Miss her!

Aunt Jenny playing games with her nieces and nephews.  Best aunt ever!!!

Is it any wonder so many people think Tyler is my son, not my brother?

Grandpa and Ben chillin' on the deck.

We loved the amazing flowers at Thanksgiving Point:

Our campsite at Timpooneke campground was as picturesque as it could be.  We stayed two nights in the high alpine forest on the east side of Mt. Timpanogos.

Parker giving Cali a ukulele lesson

All of our kids love their uncle Steve!

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Sibling Selfie (remember when all pictures used to be this grainy?)

While we were camping we spent a few hours at Tibble Fork reservoir:

Xander did great on the paddle board!

Refreshing!

Jesi conquered the paddle board, too!

She was also brave enough to submerge herself in the brisk water:

Christi is the queen of the paddle board.

Loving the hammock life:)

At the end of the camping trip, several of us hiked up to Timpanogos Caves.  This is a steep hike, climbing 1100 feet in 1.5 miles.  I was really impressed with the whole group.  And the payoff was amazing!

Two of my very favorite hikers in the world!

Carrying a little extra something in our backpacks.  Sophi weighs 50 pounds!

The heart of Timpanogos.  So cool!

It was such a great week! We're already looking forward to next year:)

Green Family Reunion

Over the week of the Fourth of July, my extended family had a reunion here in Utah.  My sister Jennifer (the amazing one who watches our kids while we take vacations), my brother Steve and my parents stayed with us for the week.  By brothers Tyler and Matt (both of whom live close by) and their families came over throughout the week, and our entire group went camping up American Fork canyon for a couple of nights.

We had several really fun activities we enjoyed together.  One of these was my first ever escape room experience.  If you haven't tried one of these yet, you should.  Since there were so many of us we had to split into two rooms.  The group I was in broke out of the jailhouse at the O.K. Corral.  What a fun time!

I have a couple of siblings who are big shooting enthusiasts.  We took most of the kids out to a shooting range that Tyler set up to learn about and shoot some rifles and pistols as well as a shotgun. They had tons of fun!  They really enjoyed watching the soda cans explode:)  As you can see from the video below, the AK-47 was a huge hit.

Getting everything set up:

My cute wife!!!

Loving Taylor's longer hair!

Cali did really well with the rifles and the pistols:

Sophi pulled the trigger with her big toe.  She hit several targets:

Xander takes aim

Parker was quite good with the shotgun.  In the video below, you can see the clay pigeon disintegrate at the top of the screen.

Grandpa Green has had this rifle for years.  I remember shooting it as a kid. 

We also had one youngster show up who we couldn't identify 😂:

These were some of the fun things we did.  More pics from the reunion tomorrow:)

-Jer