Our family reunion

So we went to Idaho for a family reunion. We were planning on going for just the day, but Ed and Beth surprised us with a hotel room for that evening, so we surprised the kids by spending the weekend up in Burley. The family reunion was a blast. We got to visit with cousins from Boise and relax at the family homestead in Oakley. My aunts and uncles did their own histories for the occasion and it was great to read about those who were still alive, not just those who had passed. One interesting thing from those histories was when my Uncle Carl mentioned how one of his favorite memories growing up was when his big brother Ed (my dad) let him drive his car and he couldn't even reach the pedals yet. What's funny is I remember my dad doing the same thing - letting me sit on his lap and steer the car as we drove home. It was such a priviledge. Now if you even think about doing that with your kids it's a danger and you could be ticketed and everybody would be horrified. I want to know if anybody else remembers driving as a young kid and your opinions on it.


So the reunion was great. I don't see my Dayley family very often because we all are scattered, but it all felt like no time had passed and we got along great. (Looking back - the last time we had done this, Jenni was a newborn - 10 years ago). Boy time flies. The kids loved the reunion, but also loved swimming in the hotel pool after the reunion and also the morning after. They swam from the time they got up until 30 minutes before we had to check out. I just loved the hot tub. So thanks Ed and Beth for that special treat!!!

On our way home, we stopped at Promontory Point - a historical site where the Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific railroad met up a hundred or so years ago as they were building the road across the country. The two railroads met up Utah and they nailed a golden spike into the tracks to commemorate it. The golden spike is now in some museum, but the two trains that met that day are still there and we had a good time reliving the history of the Old West.