In early July we had the Smith Reunion up in Island Park, Idaho at Jon and Julie's cabin on the Snake River. As part of our reunion we celebrated my parents 80th birthdays and their 60th wedding anniversary.
On our drive to Island Park we saw lots of beautiful rainbows. Here is a double rainbow.
Check out that sky! Beautiful!
This was our view from the cabin. It's so beautiful there.
We rode the go-cart and...
we rode the motorcycles
Brooklyn even rode the motorcycles.
One day we went shooting guns,
Brooklyn taking a turn shooting the pistol
Steve brought his bows and arrows and had fun shooting them.
Steve helping Erika with the bow and arrow.
Steve helping Lexi too.
We floated the river almost everyday.
Getting ready to float.
Mackenzie and Ian were able to join us for a few days near the end of the reunion. Here we are getting ready to float the river AGAIN!
Brooklyn found this snake while floating the river.
One day we went horseback riding.
Brooklyn on her horse.
Me and my cowboy!
Brooklyn feeding the horses.
Here is one of the guides that was with us on our ride. If you look closely at the picture you'll see that Steve has some serious strawberries and scratches on his face and arms. As we were getting ready to go out on the trail Steve's video camera that he had clipped to his backpack came un-clipped and fell to the ground and spooked his horse. The horse took off running and bucking. Watching this happen was so scary like it was all happening in slow motion. Steve pulled back on the reins and the horse reared back on to his back feet. Steve realized that the horse wasn't going to stop so he rolled off the side of the horse and fell to the ground. I was so worried that the horse was going to step on him or worse that he'd hurt his back. Steve lied on the ground for a while until he felt ok and then got up. He had some scratches on his face and arms but his back felt ok. What a miracle he wasn't hurt any worse. This experience really shook the family as we all watched it happened. But we did have a great time out on the trial after we got over the initial shock of Steve's crazy horse. And they did give Steve a different horse thank goodness.
Group picture after we went horseback riding. Grandma Smith wasn't able to go with us because she was sick that day.
Uncle Steve filmed a bunch of videos with all the younger cousins. He is making a movie for them. The BLOB 4
Here are Jack and Lexi moving the "Blob" (blue jello)!
Uncle Steve and the kids making props for their movie.
More movie filming!
One night the little kids asked Uncle Steve to come sit at their table for dinner. He felt honored sitting at the "kids" table!
Mackenzie taking a turn riding the motorcycles.
Grandma and Grandpa Smith with their grandchildren and great-grandchildren. There were only two grandchildren missing from this picture. Kyle is on a mission in New Zealand and Michael had just started his new job so he wasn't able to come.
Grandpa Smith and Riley testing out the ice cream.
On the 4th of July we drove to Yellowstone and watched the play "Beauty and the Beast" at the Playmill Theatre. It was excellent. As is tradition after the play we all went to get ice cream.
The last day we took some family pictures. Not everyone in the family was there but most of us were. What an awesome family to be a part of.
I love this picture of some of the older cousins.
We had such a fun week spending time together. We feel so blessed to be a part of such an amazing family.
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