Family Reunions-fun or major work?!

So here we are the Henderson clan. This is my mothers side of the family and I think naturally the side that we are closest too. For the last 5 years we have been doing family reunions which is interesting for Scott since we still get together a couple times a month. Yet nonetheless we do them because we love spending time together and also for my Grandma whom we all love and she wants them to happen. Once again this year my mother and I put the reunion together. The men had been wanting to do one on a weekend so that they wouldn't have to miss work and so I found one on the weekend up Little Cottonwood Canyon in the Tanners Flat campground. With every ones summer schedules we did it the first week in June, and we have all since decided that that will never happen again. Friday night was so cold we all had major layers on. Several of us had checked the weather to make sure that all would be okay and it said that it would be sunny and warm. Well, that was a lie... it snowed all night long and I got up at 7 am to make breakfast in the snow!!! I had bought these tents the night before that had the mosquito netting on the sides and put all the food inside it. Well we forgot to put the stove inside as well. Needless to say that the stove wouldn't work in the morning and it took over an hour to do 5 pancakes. The nice thing was that everyone started helping and became a great group effort. We almost left for IHOP but decided to hold out and as always everything did turn out okay. We finally had the coals going enough and had placed the griddle on top so that after those 5 they were popping out like crazy. It did start to warm up but we still had the fire going all day long.
People did activities such as rock climbing, hiking in the snow following my Uncles, and then duct tape wallets in a variety of colors. That night was tons warmer and everyone slept great. Sunday was the warmest day and by the time we went on our hike we actually were starting to shed layers. These family reunions can be so much work to put together but are so fun once you are there. Relationships grow stronger and you start bonds that may not have been there before. The kids just play the whole time and my mom even stays up until 2:30 am in order to play games with all her nieces and nephews. She even rock climbed. We all try new things and learn so much more about each other and we all love it! Next time we just think that we will wait until August. The upside though is that we never had to use any bug spray and no one got a mosquito bite. I totally forgot about my camera and it sat in the car until the last day when my Grandma asked me if I had it for the family picture. So you get to see the group on the last day and that's it. Nathans girlfriend Breeann was taking the picture for us but hopefully next year when she goes she will be Mrs. Nathan Redford instead of Breeann Patch:). (total hint but doubtful he will read this or catch on).