The Ford Family Reunion

For the past the years my siblings and I have been whining about my grandma and my mom being in charge of the family reunion. We knew we would be obligated to go (although Lee got out of it - it pays to be Mom's favorite) and we would be given assignments. the reunion was over the 4th of July weekend and i would say we even had fun.

On the way to Kanab, we stopped in St. George to grab some Subway and go to the temple. Apparently, there are Subways on every corner in very town in America, except Bluff Street and that Main Street in St. George. we opted for Wendy's, but then saw subways every 5 minutes the rest of the trip. The kids enjoyed the Temple Visitor's Center, my brother Bo and I particularly loved the exhibit about families, that reminded us of the episode of Gilmore Girls when the town created a really creepy museum.


We had tried to have a theme for the reunion (The Ford Reality Reunion), but it didn't really catch on. The first night we had Ford Idol. my BIL's and Cousin Laura were the judges and did their best impressions of Randy, Paula, and Simon ( with Bo wearing a REALLY tight white shirt. My girls sang and danced and Camryn won the competition for her singing of You're a Grand Ol' Flag. She got a 100 Grand (candy bar). After the talent show and a really bad Sing-along, the Dad beat the tar out of their kids, in a game of Dodge Ball.

The next day was spent in town. We went to the parade and spent the rest of the day at the park. It was the longest day ever, with crazy weather that included blistering heat, rain, and a bit of hail. To break up the time, I took the kids swimming at the pool there. It had a cool play set, a big slide, and a lazy river.

After an awesome Dutch Oven Dinner at the park , we went to Cousin Jane's house to ride horses. The girls loved it, but Seth whimpered through hid short ride.

It was finally time for the fireworks, so we headed back to the park. It was a pretty good show, for a podunk town in Utah.