Randy's parents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary so we met up with everyone in Ashton, Idaho (twenty minutes from Rexburg) for a quick weekend trip. This was a long drive for us and one of the rare times when all seven of us were in the car at the same time. It was twelve hours of torture. But we made it to the big, beautiful cabin we rented for the weekend and the kids wasted no time exploring and playing.
In the short two days we were there, we took a lot of family pictures, ate good food, floated down a super slow river (without any rapids but we saw three moose), and hung around the house relaxing. I had vague memories of bridge jumping back in my Ricks College days which was not too far from where we were staying so I asked our raft guides about it. They said it was still a thing so we grabbed anyone who was up for the adventure and went bridge jumping. It was my favorite thing we did. Probably because it scared me to death and the college kids cheered me on and said I was a bad a**. So I felt cool.
So many photo shoots!
Ethan wasted no time climbing all the way up and jumping. I was so proud!
On our last night there, Randy and his siblings put together a little program to honor their parents. Randy put hours into costume design so they could recreate one of their favorite family photos. They also sang some awkward songs and laughed at their inside jokes while all the grandkids smiled politely. Reed and Pam loved it and it was fun for us to all be together. We left early the next morning so Randy and Ethan could catch their flights from the tiny Idaho Falls airport back to Seattle, while I drove the rest of the boys to Utah where Landon's next lacrosse tournament was.
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To say Randy was excited about recreating this was an understatement! Here he is back at his office before the reunion showing off his costume and backdrop :)
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