Peacock Reunion and Oviatt Reunion

August 27th was such a huuuuge day.
We had 2 different family reunions planned and half a dozen other things.
First thing in the morning we went to the Day of Service for our ward and spent a couple hours weeding an elderly sister's yard.  Then we rushed home to get ready for
Family pictures with the Peacock side.  It was Luke's grandparent's, Dixon and Talma's 50th wedding anniversary party that day.  First we took pictures at the Castle Dale Elementary (sorry no copies of the pics yet) and then they had a family party.  Unfortunately, I had to miss the fam party because I had a family reunion in Spanish Fork.  Ironically, Luke is always up there and this one day he was in Castle Valley and I had to go up there.

The girls stayed with Luke and they all had a great time.  Here is the picture Tianna gave them as their gift.

in Spanish Fork, I went to the Oviatt reunion (my Grandma Theressa's side)

 Stupid blogger. That picture was not rotated until it did it. But alas I'm too lazy to fix it.  Anyway, this is my funny Uncle Ken.  He took his teeth out and sang a silly song and then a really really really sweet song he sang to his wife, Kathryn--my grandma's youngest sister.

 This is "the old Mare's" who sang "The Old Mare, She Aint What She Use to Be"... it was awesome!
I was sad to miss the Peacock's 50th celebration, but I was very grateful to attend my families reunion.  I got to see old pictures of my grandparents from the day they eloped and got married on a trip to Idaho, but came home and lived separately for a month (?) until they dared tell her father.  I saw pictures of them dating and being so young and vibrant.  I was struck at this is the very age their spirits are. They are not in the old bodies I knew them in, but they are just as they were in those pictures.  I couldn't hold in the tears as I thought of it.  I really really miss my grandma (and grandpa--it's just she was around for so long after he was) and the other grandparent's I wasn't able to know in this life. I look forward to a a great reunion someday.
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Now, just because I have no better place for them, I wanted to share a few other random pics. This one is just because I love Adelia's new dress.... sadly, she got into fingernail polish the very  next time she wore it, so it has some issues, but we salvaged it as best we could.  Little stinker! hehe

 This is Tianna's picture of President Monson.  She saw some drawings done by other children in the August
'Friend' magazine and wanted to make her own. She did  one and she had drawn individual teeth and let's admit, it was pretty creepy looking.  Then she did another one to do a little better and it was remarkably better.  It really does look like him, doesn't it?! Not bad for a not-even-5 year old, right?

My girls love art.  Tianna could draw all day long... and Adelia could make messes for Mom to clean up all day long :)  It's her art