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Jim Gee Family Reunion



We've never had an official Jim Gee Family reunion. We usually just piggy-back on our big Gee Reunion but this year was my parents 50th anniversary, so we wanted to do something a little out of the ordinary. First we tried to go on a cruise with all of the couples, but that didn't work out, so we decided to rent a lodge up in Island Park. Even though everyone couldn't be there, it was so fun to let all of the cousins hang out and play with each other and we definitely look forward to doing it again some time.

First, Kristi, Ainsley and I bought a ton of groceries to feed people!

Monday night people started arriving around 4:00 p.m. and continued until about 9:00 p.m. The kids were going crazy with the indoor zipline, the outdoor zipline, tons of toys, a theatre room, and etc. Finally, when we are all gathered, we had a devotional and watched some DVDs of old slides from mom and dad's childhood.

Everyone found a place to sleep, with the teenagers enjoying their own spot in the bunkhouse. The rest of us slept in the lodge. The next day, we fed lots of little kids breakfast.

Kory and Kelley compared their matching birthmarks. 
 Then, we met in the theatre room and watched a little movie I put together of mom and dad through the years and some of the other movies I've made over the years and everyone was loving seeing themselves as little kids!

Then, we all got our swimsuits on and headed to Mack's Inn to float the river. Somehow we all managed to get in the river on some sort of flotation device. Most of the adults and babies were on a big raft that moved super slow and got in about an hour after all of the kayakers. Everyone was sunburnt and sore by the end of that!













That night Nathan grilled and it was delicious as usual. Kory and I had to head to Utah for a funeral, so we packed up and headed back to Idaho Falls. I'll talk about that in another post. We got back on Wednesday night in time to eat some food and have a fun campfire with singing and laughing and stories.

Thursday morning Kory and I did the devotional and Kory told his punching the cow story.




Then, we had a non-serious family talent show. Jodi's kids did a little kazoo song, without kazoos.

Nathan's family sang and acted out the song "I Need a Nap." 

A mixture of grandkids sang along as Emily played the ukulele. 


Kristi's family created a human pyramid. 

Kory and Terry did a trombone duet of Christmas songs. 

Kelley's family sang and acted out the song "Big Iron." 

Dad and some grandkids sang "Sloop John B" with Abby playing on the guitar. 

Ainsley led everyone in a dance she learned at EFY. 

Then, we tried getting a big group family picture which was as torturous as usual. 

Everyone was pretty tired after that and we sat around for a few hours and ate a little bit. Then we went to Buttermilk Campground and found a place for the kids to play on the kayaks and paddle boards.












Thursday afternoon Nate's family and Kelley's family took off. The rest of us just kind of chilled and ate and watched movies and let the kids play. 

Friday morning we jumped up and started cleaning and packing so we could get out on time.
 On the way home, Kory, Morgan, and I decided to drive up Sawtelle since I've never done that. I was seriously freaked out by some of the drop-offs on the way up but it's a pretty cool view.




We finished off by stopping for lunch at the Frostop in Ashton. 

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