Pearson Family Reunion

The weekend of July 14th we hosted a reunion for Kyle's mom's family: the Pearson Ohana.  Kyle's maternal grandfather turns 87 years old this month (today, actually!) and decided he wanted to come to Oregon to visit.  It really is remarkable he was able to come all the way from Louisiana.  His son, Mark, came with him, and Kyle's other two aunts, Sally & Debby, also came.  Christine and her family came from Utah, so there were about 26 people here.  We had a fabulous time!  It worked out so well for Grandpa to be able to relax in the back yard and visit with everyone while we all "played" around him.  We had yard games, a frisbee golf course, water games, and swimming.  Oh, and LOTS of food.  It's amazing how much food humans can eat when it's right there in front of them and it such yummy food!  I ate way too much all weekend!

Here are a few shots of people enjoying being together:
 

 

 

Aunt Sally (Kyle's aunt), AKA "Queen Sally" brought three grocery bags full of water and other toys for the kids to play with.  They had a blast playing with them and absolutely loved Aunt Sally and Uncle Mark.  Kyle's aunts and uncles are so good with kids!  It was so fun for me to watch.

 

Kyle's dad held Andon in this chair (in the shade) for at least an hour, if not longer.  It was so cute to watch them talk and play together.

Here is Grandpa with several of his great grandkids.  They were all wet from playing in the water at this point, so they got him all wet, too!

Here is Grandpa with his birthday cake.

Everyone contributed their favorite memories and photos of them with Grandpa and I created a memory book.  Grandpa seemed to love it and said he has showed it all around the retirement community where he lives.  It is neat to see how sentimental he has become; he is so focused on family and can't tell you enough how much you mean to him and how family is everything.  He is a wonderful man who has accomplished so much and has a wonderful family!

Here is Sally showing the kids how to turn the play structure into a water slide.

 

Here is Kyle's Grandpa with his four children: Sally, Jan (Kyle's mom), Debby, and Mark.

I loved this picture of Grandpa and me in front of the flowers.

Sunday evening we all attended Bridget's baptism (Kyle's niece).  This is the family picture we took in our backyard shortly before we left for the baptism.

 

It was a wonderful weekend and it was so fun to have everyone here!