Dutson Family Reunion

Aaron, Loralye, and I spent this past weekend in St. George for a family reunion for my mom's side of the family and had so much fun! My parents took Loralye all day Friday and drove her to Utah that afternoon. Aaron and I drove up to meet them right after work. We spent Friday evening with my mom's sister Leanne and her hubby and kids. I love being with them. If I had the time and money I would be in St. George every other weekend at least. Saturday we went to Hidden Valley Park for a few hours in the afternoon, went to Cafe Rio for dinner, and went swimming (or attempted to go swimming in Loralye's case... she hated it!) at Shane and Nikki's hotel's pool that night. I was taught how to play Canasta (SO FLIPPIN FUN!) and got to catch up on a couple episodes of The Office that I've missed this year. We have been TV-less since New Year's Eve so we have now officially seen 2 of the 2010 episodes of The Office. On Sunday we had brunch at Scott and Leanne's and my cousin Niki taught us a bit about our family history. It is so interesting to me to learn about genealogy. Apparently I have a great-great grandfather who fought in the civil war! When Aaron and I were talking about that on our way back home on Sunday he told me that he had a great-great grandmother who was still alive when he was born! Anyways, on Sunday afternoon we went to the cemetery to visit my Gramma's grave and take some pictures since we weren't able to take many the day of her burial due to some intense weather. I do not have any of those pictures yet, but will post them once I get them. In the meantime, here are some of the pictures I snapped at the park on Saturday!

Uncle Philip playing a little soccer.

Aaron and Loralye napping in the shade.
Cousin Hannah and Loralye going on a walk.

She loved this ice cream sandwich until she got about half way done and had a brain freeze.

Playing on the playground with cousin Allie.

On the playground with Papa and Grammy.

She crawled back and forth in this little tunnel for a good 20 minutes!

There were 3 babies at the reunion: Loralye, my cousin Kami's little boy Henry, and my cousin Niki's little girl Greta. We attempted to get some pictures of all the babies together, but it did not work out too well.
First attempt with Henry and Loralye: the binkie was distracting them.

Second attempt with Henry and Loralye: the Blabla was distracting them.

Adding Greta to the mix: Henry tried to escape.

And Greta's still learning to sit up :) This is the only picture I got of the three of them looking anywhere near the camera at the same time!

From Sunday... We miss you Gramma!

We had a blast spending time with everyone and definitely missed seeing those that weren't able to come. I am looking forward to doing this again next year and plan on taking a couple days off of work so we can spend even more time together! Mark your calendar's Dutson clan!! May 2011 in St. George!