July 2, 3 and 4
We just celebrated the Hamilton Family Wing Ding 2012!!! What an awesome reunion, jam packed with tons of fun :). Aunt Wendy planned the wing ding this year, and she did an amazing job. Julie and Lizzy and their families made it all the way from Illinois and Tennessee. We were sad to miss a few: Nates family, Aunt Liz and Weston, Uncle Johan, Alex, and Andrew, James and Raghu, and Allyson. You guys were missed :(. This will be the longest post I have ever done. There were so many fun pictures.
Day 1...
We arrived in Mayfield, Utah at their park and set up camp...
Jack, Andrew, Tyler, Brayden, Sam and Aiden all go hiking up the mountain...
Thank goodness they all made it back alive without heat stroke :)
Everyone found ways to entertain themselves...
Cutest little guy Taden rode his bike...
Emily, Erica and Anthony just chillin....
This first accident of the reunion :(
What a good nurses Sarah and Devani are...
Brinlee took the time to enjoy nature climbing a tree...
Jessica and Aunt Becky...
Uncle Brian enjoyed a good book...
No we weren't this bored yet, Aunt Becky is just crazy :)
Jada, Rylee and Sydnee enjoyed the sidewalk chalk...
Rylee, Jada, Aunt Becky and Sydnee played on the slip n slide...
Keep watching through out this post for Aunt Becky, she loves to jump into pictures. Play the game where in the picture is Aunt Becky :)
Austin and Andrew...
Dax panned for gold...
No we, oh I mean he didn't strike it rich... yet!!
Dawson...
Jada...
Brinlee...
Taden...
Brayden, Knightly, Aiden, Sloane and Taylor...
Let the water fight begin...
Brayden, Meg and Aunt Lizzy...
Austin and Dave...
Wendy planned a Luau for the first night...
Mckenzie decorated the tables. They looked so cute!!
Grandma was smart and brought her hammock with her. Every time I saw someone enjoying this awesome comfort I would get a shot...
Uncle Brian...
Senora, Jada, Meg and Rylee...
Sydnee and Uncle Lorrin...
Sarah and Taylor...
Thanks Grandma for having the great idea for the hammock, everyone enjoyed it!
Aunt Wendy, Aunt Lizzy and Aunt Marlene all getting in the Luau mood with the song "Lets go Surfin"!!!
Uncle Matt and Grandma...
Aunt Wendy is starting to lose it...
Lorrin had had enough of the picture taking...
Becky, Matt, Lorrin, Missy, Laura, Lizzy, Julie, Wendy, Grandma and Marlene...
All the Hamilton Siblings minus Nate :(
Just look at all that food,
and think of all the planning that went into this wing ding...
Taden loved playing in the water...
Aunt Julie preparing Hawaiian Haystacks for the Luau...
By the time the planning and prep had finished and the reunion started, this is how these two were... they were about ready to either kill each other or divorce :).
Look, he didn't even want a kiss :(, oh the stress of planning a wing ding :)
Yep, she has finally lost it, and it is only day one :)
Dax decided to light some fireworks right as we were getting ready to leave to the reunion, and he burnt himself :(.
It was really bugging him, so he had Dave pop it for him...
A knife and a blister will always draw the attention of boys :)
Jack and Brayden...
My Hottie marking his territory...
Taden and Mckenzie
Jessica and Grandma
Rylee, Senora, Meg and Jada
Lorrin and Taden
Taylor, Taden and Knightly
Thats my baby :)
Workin hard on prepping for the Hawaiian Haystacks...
Austin definitely takes after his dad, just look at that belly :)
Meg, Rylee, Brayden and Jada
Let the Luau begin...
Aunt Lizzy and Austin
Yep, Taden is eating a treat instead of his dinner, it okay his mom wasn't there yet :)
Jack, Tyler, Aiden and Brayden
Best Buddies...
Andrew
Corey and Becky
The Conder Family
We are so lucky they made it to the reunion. Corey just got out of a three week stay in the ICU after wrecking on his dirt bike :(.
Dawson
Aunt Julie and Uncle Lorrin
Uncle Brian
Brinlee, Senora, Meg, Jada and Rylee
Kennedi, Senora, Meg, Jada, Rylee and Brinlee
Such a cute group of cousins...
All the Grandkids that were at the reunion, 28 of 41...
Back row: Emily, Jessica, Erica, Sarah, Elora and Mckenzie
Middle row: Anthony, Austin, Andrew, Dax, Senora, Kennadi, Meg
Front Row: Sam, Tyler, Aiden, Brayden, Jack, Dawson, Sloane, Taylor, Knightly (on ground), Sydnee, Rylee, Jada, Taden, Devani and Brinlee
They have gone crazy...
The whole fam....
Aunt Wendy even got Hawaiian dancers to perform for us...
Uncle Ken got pulled up to learn the dance...
Andrew, Taden, Dax, Austin, Jack, Sloane, Dawson, Brayden, Aiden, Tyler, Anthony, Knightly and Taylor
They called all the boys up to learn the war dance...
These are their mean faces at the end of the dance :)
I think all these boys thought these little dancers were cute :)
Next we went rented out the Manti Community Pool...
Our family filled the pool probably as much as the community would :) Notice all the smoke in the sunset. The whole state of Utah was on fire. There were so many fires burning. It was crazy...
Dax and Anthony
Sam, Jada and Sarah
Uncle Brian, Dave, Uncle Matt, Aunt Julie and Uncle Lorrin
Brayden and Tyler
Making a raft out of fun noodles...
Didn't quite work :)
Just look at how beautiful the night was with the Manti temple behind us.
It was the perfect night!!
The final activity for the day, an out door movie...
We watched "Church Ball", and had rootbeer floats...
Wow, that was just the first day! So much fun and excitement.
Day 2...
Yes, we start the day off with an early morning train ride :)
I can not believe everything wendy planned, the party never ends.
Jada, Rylee, Senora, Kennadi, Uncle Lorrin and Taden
Sam, Emily, Devani and Anthony
The caboose filled with the cabooses of some of the families...
Dawson, Knightly, Taylor and Sloane
Can you tell by their looks that this was one early ride? The train actually showed up at 6 am, but wendy got him to wait till 7 :/.
Anthony, Mckenzie, Dax and Andrew
Brayden, Aiden, Tyler and Jack
Uncle Matt, Sarah, Emily, Sloane, Kennadi, Dawson and Taylor
Uncle Lorrin, Taden, Meg and Sam
They are stunned by this very early surprise...
There were too many of us aboard the train for it to make it up this steep hill :) So we had to get off and walk up. Aunt Lizzy started to sing the pioneer song, "For some must push and some must pull, as we go walking up the hill...". It was pretty funny!!
All aboard again...
Some of the beautiful scenery we viewed on our train ride...
Creative little Rylee. She is always making something.
Just look at this awesome hat she made!!
I am so glad these little bikes were brought. These boys were on them constantly. It was nonstop demolition derby :)
On to Palisades Lake...
Aunt Wendy rented 2 canoes, 3 paddle boats, and Aunt Laura brought 2 kayaks.
Dax
Sarah, Meg and Devani
Dawson and Dave
Uncle Brian C., Uncle Brian W., Aunt Wendy, Anthony, Uncle Corey, Dawson, Mckenzie, and Daxton
Still stressed...
Daxton took the opportunity to capture some of natures beauty...
Brayden and Aiden
The two weary fisherman return... these two boys sure love to fish!
Sam, Senora, Jada and Brinlee
Washing each others hair after swimming in the lake...
Time for Dutch Oven Chicken...
Next up... Kick Ball!! Let the games begin...
Wendy trying to tell everyone what to do at kick ball :)
Here are some awesome action shots of people kicking...
Aunt Wendy
Uncle Brian W.
Meg
Brayden
Becky
Sam
Another amazing photo by Dax...
The Demolition Derby continues...
Can't have a Wing Ding without Bingo...
Julies family...
Matt and Marlene's family, and Grandma...
Wendy's family...
Our family...
Matt was calling out the Bingo...
Everybody munch and mingle!!
Dawson was sooo excited...
Our first Bingo prize...
Bingo's over, so naturally let the dancing begin :)
Because of all the fires in Utah, we couldn't have a camp fire :(. We
did the next best thing... Dave and I brought our propane fire pit! At
least we had a fire to sit around and visit...
While we sat around the camp fire, Uncle Matt told an awesome scary story that ended with a scared guy offering a coffin cough drops :). It had all the kids pretty nervous, but it ended funny. Uncle Matt is the best story teller!!
Glow sticks were one of the Bingo prizes. The kids had so much fun with them. I got some awesome picture of them swinging them around. These pictures are awesome because it was a full moon. It was so pretty, but it almost looks like it was day time because the moon was so bright.
That wraps up another fun filled day.
Day 3...
Happy Fourth of July
This day began with attend the Gunnison City Fourth of July Parade...
All I can say, is watch out Gunnison the Hamilton family is crashing your parade :). When I say crash, I mean it. We are a crazy bunch, especially when it comes to free candy and stupid items being thrown out...
Anxiously waiting for the big parade that Wendy promised would not disappoint...
Kennadi, Emily, and Sarah
Notice Aunt Becky hurrying to be in this picture...
We love the movie Napoleon Dynamite, so I had to get a picture of the Uncle Rico van across the street from us in good old Gunnison :).
Aunt Becky, Aunt Laura, Aunt Lizzy, Grandma, Aunt Marlene, Anthony and Aunt Wendy
Wendy hooked everyone up with grocery bags for their loot :)
Brayden and Aiden
Uncle Lorrin and Aunt Tahnee
Rylee, Brinlee, Jada, Sam, Senora, Meg and of course Aunt Becky
Mckenzie, Andrew, Jack, Austin, Dax and Brayden
Me and my baby...
Everyones favorite... Taden
Anthony and Jack
Who knew such a small town would have a fly over for their parade?
It was so cool!!
I am so grateful for my husband that served our country, and for all the men and women who do!!
The Hamilton Clan...
This nasty old doll was the highlight of the parade :). Yep, there was a float from Gunnison Thrift Shop. They actually threw out old nasty stuffed animals and toys. It was so dang funny!! Only in a small town...
Aunt Wendy delivered yet again. Just look at all that candy and loot. Every kid had a bag full!!
Another awesome chalk drawing...
Dog pile on Aunt Lizzy and Uncle Lorrin...
Taden was so upset about everyone being on his dad, and was yelling "that's my daddy". It was so funny!!
Well that pretty much wraps up our 2012 Wing Ding!! We did head back to Grandma's house and have pizza and watch fireworks, but I was too tired of picture taking so I didn't break out the camera :)
So here is a big Thank You to Uncle Ken and Aunt Wendy for another awesome family reunion. It was perfect!!! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you
