Family Reunion

Last weekend we had our Monsen family reunion. We had the option of attending the Manti pageant on Friday or Saturday night. We attended on Friday and it was a wonderful experience. The temple, at dusk, was beautiful. The pageant was inspiring.

On Saturday we met at the park in Fountain Green. It is across the street from Rowen's, so we parked the motor home at his house overnight and stayed there. It was really convenient for us.

Not all of the brothers were able to attend, and were missed. We enjoyed all who attended, though and were glad to see them. We had a really nice visit, and enjoyed getting updated .on each other's families. Here we are, with Mom.

L-R: Dorine, Judy, Mom, Rowen, Marie, and Me

We had a pot luck lunch, which was wonderful. Lots of salads, and if anyone went away hungry, it was no fault of the rest of us.

After lunch babies had naps, and here is Jeff resting with Hayden.

The little kids enjoyed the playground. Here are Ryan and Jackson on the trampoline at Rowen's house, with Angela and Grant's girls. The playground at the park in the next few pictures.

The candy was launched from the slingshots and

the middle-sized kids had a great time gathering

candy in bags. Later water balloons were launched also. No pictures of that. Dead battery.

Rory made this rocket launcher and all the kids had fun with it. First some of them made rockets, but all enjoyed launching them.

The older kids and adults played "Monsen Minute", our version of "Minute to Win It".

Here is Michael, doing the cookie from forehead to the mouth without the use of hands.

Michael was the overall winner.

We had a wonderful afternoon, just enjoying each other and our kids and grandkids. Just a posterity note: Mom and Dad had 9 children, 8 of whom were raised to adulthood. All 8 of us were married in the temple. Dave and Jerry fulfilled full time missions for the church. There have been 45 grandchildren born to these 8 children, and currently 94 great-grandchildren, with one more due in about a week and another due in September. No other announcements have been made of anyone else expecting, so that will complete this years posterity.