Pyper Family Reunion 2011

We just got back from a week and a half vacation. We were gone June 22-July 1st and it was absolutely wonderful. We hadn’t taken any trips since Christmas due to Billy’s injury so it was really nice to be able to leave the heat and take a vacation together as a family. Every year we have a Pyper Family Reunion with the immediate family (brothers and sisters) on my side. This year we decided to have the reunion at my brother Brandon’s home in Boise, ID. Billy and I had never been to Idaho before and we really loved it. Billy’s convinced that he might want to move there someday. There are so many pictures that it’ll take a few posts so enjoy!

Ryan loved the plane…that is until about the last 45 min. She hadn’t had a nap and was so tired. She kept saying, “I want to go home.” I had to include this picture because I found these purple converse shoes on clearance and she is so adorable in them….I also say that she has a shoe fetish, but I think it may be that her mommy is the one with the shoe fetish.

Idaho is like Utah; it doesn’t get dark until about 10:00 at night. Ryan was completely off her sleep schedule. The cousins played from sunrise to sunset…literally. I don’t think any of them went to bed before 11. She had so much fun playing with all her cousins. 6 of the 7 grandkids are girls and are all under age 4.

L-R: Ashton, Ryan, Dylan, Pyper (4 of the 7)

Because of all the snow, the water level was really high. This was a river that we stopped at as we were driving out of a canyon to let the kids have fun. The water was freezing cold, but it didn’t stop the kids from playing and throwing rocks.

Ryan and Grandma Donna.

Despite the freezing temperatures, all of the guys (including my dad, Alysha, and Emmy) took the challenge of going completely under the water. Billy took it to another level by floating from one part of the river to another. Despite how the water looks in the pictures, the current was actually really strong.

After putting mud all over grandpa, Ryan thought it would be fun to put mud all of herself too. She got the award for going neck down in water so we could clean her up….she was 1 cold little girl when she got out!