So, I'm a little slow with this post, but we did have a great 4th of July. Brent and his family stayed from the reunion, and they along with all our family close by met at Freeman Park Monday afternoon to relax, eat and play games.
Donna painted Shanae's face to be in keeping with the festivities.
what a great reunion we had with the Haroldsen family at Three Peaks Lodge outside of St. Anthony, Idaho. The picture at left is my family - my folks, me, my siblings and our spouses. These are the beginnings of the our Haroldsen clan. We had a great turnout - 62 people - and the lodge 
accomodated all of us very nicely!
The kids all had a great time with cousins and second cousins. Here are just some of the adorable pictures I got of some of my grandkids. 
In our individual family, the only ones we were missing were the Flamms. So this is our family photo minus the Flamms. We missed them! Notice how many of the little ones like to have their hands in their mouths. Not seen in the photo is how much the older ones like to have food in their mouths. We didn't lack for
good food!
I took a family photo of every family at the reunion this year. It was a great way to document those attending. Here are our family portraits. I think they actually turned out quite nicely. Only problem - I forgot to get
one of David I. Oops!
I want to thank all my kids for coming and bringing your families. Especially the new mama's with their babies. I know it wasn't easy, but it sure was fun to have you there. Thanks!!
Above are my sisters and sister in laws. What a blessing to get along so well - we actually like to be together! Left is a picture of the Tetons taken from behind the lodge. It is a very pretty place, but you will probably have to blow the photo up to really see it.
For Father's Day we had a gathering at our house. We presented our husbands/fathers with a list of reasons why they "are special to us". We had 268 reasons listed, but we could have put twice that many if I hadn't run out of time. When we unrolled the list, it stretched from the front step to the 
trees out by the road. We cut it into pieces to hang on the wall for this photo. I thought it
so appropriate that when the photo was taken, two of the dad's were holding babies. We really do have a group of fantastic dad's in this family. Thank you!!!
You all do a wonderful job loving, supporting and teaching your children and your neices and nephews. We love you!!!
And a special tribute to my Dad and David's Dad. You are our best examples of what father's ought to be. Thank you for your service all these years!
David thanks for your example for our children, and Daddy, thanks for your example of true love!
I had a wonderful time in Kanab with the VanDyke family. I was there for 2 weeks and David joined me for the last few days. One of the last things we did was take family photos. This is one of many. Below are some of the other highlights of my time there. 
I got to photo journal Lincoln's first bath. He actually 
enjoyed it!
Abigail was a lot of fun and we did lots together. We went on walks, played in the park, played peek-a-boo, tried on Grandpa's hat and just laughed a lot. 
Abbie around. I was impressed with Rob's playing. 
We didn't JUST have beautiful warm weather - we had one rainstorm while I was there. There was a gorgeous complete double rainbow out Tammie's back door but of course my camera couldn't capture it all or it's intensity. Blow the photo up and you will see it better.
I celebrated my birthday this year in Kanab. Tammie made me a yummy caramel chocolate nut bar cake. Tammie, I forgot to get the recipe.
