Briant Teichert Family Reunion

Last week, we had a Briant Teichert family reunion. This is something we haven't done for 5 years (since Tyson got home from his mission), and now that Sullivan is home, we felt it was high time to get together for a few days!  We had such a fun time together.  It was wonderful just to be all together, but we also did some fun things.  We missed Austin, who couldn't leave work in OK City to be there, but otherwise everyone made it.

We started out Sunday evening with family pictures.  Sullivan's fiance, Michelle, took the pictures and is very talented!  I haven't seen a full family pic yet, but these pictures of us siblings and the grandkids turned out super cute (well, the grandkids anyway!) and are so fun to have!  Thanks, Michelle!

(Sorry, but the rest of the pics won't be quite this quality!)

That evening, we also enjoyed some time just visiting and playing, dinner, and a great FHE by my dad.

Connor and Mylie with Sedona.  She was sick most of the reunion, but was pretty happy that first night.

The next morning began with breakfast and then a hike up Big Hill and a visit to Tille's grave at the cemetery.

Everybody made it to the top, even the 3-year-olds who walked all the way!  My mom hikes the hill almost daily in the summer and has kept a tally over the past 5 years.  She recently hit 500 trips up the hill.  She's amazing!

Heading up the dump road before turning up Big Hill.

We made it to the top! (Even the 9-month pregnant lady!)

After that, we packed up and headed to Bear Lake.  I LOVE Bear Lake!  It is so perfect for kids! We went to the north end, and the water is shallow for forever. It's so warm, too.  The weather was perfect and we all had a great time.

 

The kids had fun making a "hot tub". The water was actually almost hot in that shallow area.

The adults spent most of their time playing volleyball. We didn't have a net, but had tons of fun just passing it around seeing how many hits we could get in a row without dropping it.  Our record was 51, but the best were the awesome dives into the water, especially Tyson's!  Wish I could have gotten a picture of somebody going down.

 

That night we camped in a campground near the lake.  It poured rain a couple times, but in between, we were able to get everything set up and have a good dinner.

Silly Kids!

Cute little Owen. This kid's hair is the BEST!

On the final morning of the reunion, we went to Minnetonka Caves.  The youngest kids didn't care so much for this tour, but the older ones were really interested in the cave and formations.

I LOVE my family! It was great to get together, and hopefully we will do this more often.