It's All About the In-Laws

Saturday was an entire day dedicated to family functions with Kris's multiple families. The first part of the day we went to Logan for a family reunion with Kris's cousins and huge extended family. I didn't know many people, but appar- ently, the oldest person there had just turned 100. They took the pictures a little later when many had already gone home and Kris was in the car with Kodi, because were trying to leave too. In the reunion, it was nice to chat, but it was 95 degrees outside and the reunion was in a one room cabin-like place that had 180 people in it, and the air condi- tioning was broken. We were dripping with sweat and it just killed any energy we had.

It was discouraging to get out there too because we were already tired and to drive out there wasn't something we were really looking forward to. . . and the drive was even better than expected (and I mean that very sarcastically). It took an extra hour each direction because of construc- tion on I-15. It was absolutely awful because Kyson and Kodi were both tired, and they were asleep until we came to a hault. Once we stopped, there was no getting them back to sleep. It was nice to spend time with the fam, but poor Kris spent the last hour or more sitting in the car with Kyson, who was in time-out. I offered to switch with him, consid- ering it was his family, but he was too frustrated to think, and I think he preferred the air conditioned car to the sauna reunion.

After the fun-filled afternoon of time-outs, being stuck in traffic, and bathing in our own sweat, we raced over to his step-sister's house for a BBQ with all of their family. We saw them 4th of July weekend, but his brother, Chris, was in town from Southern Utah. We visited, Kyson played with other kids his age, we roasted marshmellows, and had a good time. We were so tired when we arrived that we literally planned on just staying a short time, but you know how it is once you get to your party - 2 hours later, you think, "We should probably get going." That night was no exception.

It was a tiring and eventful, but good day.