Some of the Many Bawden Traditions!

The month of July was basically family reunion month. Almost every weekend we were gone for a family function. The weekend after the 4th we rode up to Lava Hot Springs with Jen and Ruby for the Willard (Koby's Grandma Bawden's side) family reunion. The first night we went to dinner and then to the hot pots. The kids didn't like the hot pots very much, because they are not the fun splash pools, but I thought it was nice and relaxing! The next day we had breakfast with the whole family and then played games. First everyone made a paper airplane and we had a contest in age groups to see whose went the furthest. Rhonda made everyones airplanes because she had watched a show about it with the kids (I want to say it was Care Bears, but I'm not certain). Nate won his age group and was pretty happy about that!! After that they did three legged races. It was pretty entertaining to watch. One little boy was dragging his sister down the field to win, literally! After those races they had age group races just down the field. I just watched, but Koby had to get in on the action so he raced with the under 30 over 18 group. He came in second wearing flip-flops and tripping on his way over the finish line!! I wish I had a video of it, he slide for the longest time after he fell. Unfortunately he cut his arm, knee, and toe. After that we went back to our room to change for the pool! I have only ever been to Lava in the winter time, so it was fun to go to the cool pool.

We also slept out for the 24th of July parade as is tradition for the Bawden's. I stayed up ALL night reading a book. We had a good time as always, but really enjoyed the sleep we were able to catch up on after we got home!! I didn't take a single picture this year, guess it's not that unusual for me not to! It was weird nothing out of the ordinary happened this year, in years past someone walked in their sleep and stole my blanket, a cat fight happened right by me while I was sleeping, and the airbed went flat in the night. This year nothing! It was strange! Anyway in enjoy the pictures of Lava! :)