Slade / Nash Family Reunions - July 2008

I love my family!!! I can't say that too many times. My grandparents, parents, siblings, and nieces and nephews are so amazing. It is hard to put into words the feelings I have for my famiy. The chaos is amazing. There were 24 people staying under one roof at my parents house. I LOVE CHAOS. Woo Hoo! The kids are all loud and excited and running every which way. My family is such a movie family, but what was kind of neat this time was when the kids went to bed instead of watching movies, two of the nights the adults just talked and laughed together. It was really neat to get closer to my siblings and their spouses that way. The other part that was so neat was one night my dad decided to teach all the grandkids how to play drums. They were so excited about that. He has been a drummer for a long time and that is how he got himself through college. It was really neat to see him pass it down to the grandkids. My favorite picture of Thomas was taken on grandpas lap learning how to play the drums.

The last night we were in New Mexico we got to witness Trent (Tracy and JJ's 2nd child) get baptised. He chose the speakers and the songs and it was a really spiritual night. We also had sadness that night because AshLeigh wasn't able to get baptised with him. (Wendy and Travis's 2nd child) She was a strong girl; though, and we were all very proud of her.

Let me just say one more time "I LOVE MY FAMILY".

The best part of this summer was definitely not the money in gas we speant to go to our two family reunions, but the reunions themselves.

Jeremy's family is great and it was fun getting to know them better at Camp Lomia in Utah. We camped for two nights. We had games and smores by the fire, got in water fights, damned up the river, visited, and tried to spot deer and other wild creatures. He has an awesome family and I feel blessed to be a part of it.

I am going to attach pictures as soon as I get them rounded up, but here are some of my families reunion. More to come...