The Gathering Begins...

 Libbie and Jeff's family arrived back from California and Jen and the kids returned from her sister's so the party began.  Cousins start  to get acquainted.

 I went with Jeff and Libbie to the sites downtown.  Benson and Sadie really enjoyed the children's museum. 

 I think Sadie could have practiced her Spanish dancing all day.

 After enjoying the flowers of Temple Square and a burger at Crown burger, Jeff and the kids hit the condo pool.

 The next morning Jen and I took the kids to the zoo, while Jeff & Libbie had some together.

 That afternoon Taylor arrived.  Boy was his family happy to see him!  Then they headed north to CV.

 That night I picked up Tiffany and Abigail from the airport.  We were happy to get everyone to bed in the cozy condo.
The next day was Sadie's birthday.  It started off with Abigail creating fancy hair styles for Sadie and herself.  We met Grandma Great Ann for lunch at a Chinese restaurant and then we headed for CV ourselves.  We had planned a pizza party complete with a pinata and fancy birthday cake which Sadie had requested.  I think that she had a fun day with so many of her cousins.

The Quickest Month Ever...

 Our last weekend before the official reunion, Steve and I spent in CV preparing for company.  The girls helped me make goodies and played with new (old) dress ups.  Steve cleaned the garage with the result that we can actually park two trucks in it.  Hooray!

 I was so excited for August to come so our entire family could be together.  Now it's been a month since I posted and the whole month just blew past and it's all a pleasant memory.  I hope that I can capture part of this historic time before I forget the important parts.  McKay arrived on August 2nd and we had an hour or so for him to swim with the kids in the condo pool.  Tricia was especially happy to see her husband again.  Their weekend was full of high school reunion activities for Tricia.  I'm sure they enjoyed it.