A Very Fun 4th

Our family had a wonderful time over the 4th of July holiday!

We left Price on Wednesday afternoon and arrived in LaVerkin just in time for Krissia and I to attend a family baby shower for my sister, Missy. She is due to have a baby girl next month and looks so cute!

On Thursday, our family drove to St. George and visited with Ben and Cathy Ford and their eight children. The Ford's are the very first friends we made while living in Cedar City, and although our families have now moved away from each other, we still try to stay in touch. We swam in their pool, then the kids enjoyed pizza while the adults went out to eat. We had a very nice time - although we tried really hard not to melt in the 111 degree heat!!!

While in St. George, we also able to visit our special foster daughter, Kenna. She immediately recognized who we were and ran straight to Krissia, giving her a big hug.

Kenna's become quite the talker, and shared all sorts of cute things with us. She looks like she's doing well and seems to be quite happy. As always, it was hard for us to say goodbye.

We spent Friday morning at the LaVerkin City 4th of July celebration.


There were all sorts of fun activities for the kids, including races and a dunking booth.

At noon, the Kerry Gubler Family Reunion officially began. We met at a church for pizza, then participated in a "family olympics". It was so fun, and everyone was a good sport about participating. Nicole and I were over this part of the reunion, so I was too busy to get any pics :(

When we finished, everyone headed over to Micah's house to swim in their family's pool. We splashed around for a while, then Martha had prepared some water games for us (in case you hadn't guessed, our family is quite competitive). I even "took one for the team" by doing a belly flop - on purpose, mind you - off the diving board. Unfortunately, my sacrifice was in vain as our team ended up losing.

Dinner was held at my parents' house that evening. We had a BBQ, followed by a talent show. There were both traditional and non-traditional talents showcased.

My two favorites were when my sister-in-law Martha showed that she "still has it" after having five kids by whipping out two cartwheels that ended in splits, and when my brother-in-law Eric came out in a Darth Vadar mask and cape to "battle" with his son, Cooper. At dusk, we had fireworks. Mathison loved it for the first five minutes and then fell apart. Del and I took him over to the Beatty's for bed, but the majority of the adults stayed at my parents' house for movies and a camp out on the lawn with the kids.

The next morning, we ended the reunion with a yummy breakfast of muffins, fruit, and eggs. Our family loaded up and left for home as soon as we were finished eating, as Krissia had to be at work at 3 o'clock that afternoon.

Although exhausting, we had a great time with my family. After we've recuperated, we look forward to doing it all again with DEl's family in another few weeks :)