Family Breakfast

Disclaimer: Lots of information that the normal person probably wouldn't care to know but I am giving details and lots of pictures for the family that wasn't able to make it to the breakfast. You can click on the pictures to make them bigger.

During the 4th of July holiday, my mom's side of the family always has a breakfast up Weber Canyon. I don't get to see my extended family too often so I look forward to the get together each year. This year it was on Saturday the 5th so it worked out for us to go up that morning. We picked up my sister and her husband and drove up. We were the last ones there but we made it. They made the usual delicious breakfast (pancakes, french toast, eggs, bacon, and sausage) and we enjoyed it thoroughly. Here I am finishing up my breakfast in the beautiful surroundings.
My Grandpa Bob's 80th birthday is next month so while we were all together we did a small celebration at the breakfast. He was so excited when he saw his present. A deer garden accent. He was really proud of his 4-point.
Then we had our annual family pictures. We always start off with the grandchildren. Then Grandma and her kids, then add Grandpa Bob, then add spouses, then do each family individually. This year we skipped the individual families because the kids wanted to get to the river to play. Here are the grandkids that were there with Grandma and Grandpa.
Then we had Grandma with her kids (4 out of 6 were there). Some people made comments about how straight faced they were so comments/jokes were made during the next several pictures trying to get them to smile.See how much happier they all look with big smiles?? Then we were off to the river just down the trail. It's the favorite spot after breakfast. The traditional thing is to throw rocks in the water. I don't know if it's because everyone is growing up or what, but the river didn't attract most people for too long. Me, Brian, Maria and Tim were actually the last to leave. We entertained ourselves well. Here is the river and then Me, Maria, and Tim throwing rocks into it all at once.
We decided to take our own individual family shots by the river and I think they look pretty nice with the beautiful river as the background. Then we had to take the infamous "sisters" picture. We seem to always get a picture of us sisters whenever we get together. Too bad we are missing one! We're sad you guys couldn't make it Tammy!! You can tell we're sisters...