Ok, so is everyone done with school or is it just us desert dwellers who start school in the middle of JULY? It seems like more and more schools are getting out earlier. But whether you’re still in the thick of school or stepping out into summer, I have lots of summer ideas for you…
Yep it happened once again. I want to record the official Eyrealm Reunion 2024. I talked about the beginning of the gathering, and by the time everyone arrived we were ready to let the festivities begin. I say “everyone,” but in all actuality we were lower on numbers this year. People always ask me if…
As I mentioned in the last post, we didn’t get as much time as I would have loved at Bear Lake this year. It’s interesting how things shift and change as kids get older. When I had younger kids we would fly from D.C. (where we lived for six years with our first three babies)…
How to Create an Awesome Family Reunion Start out by holding a wedding to bring it on (last post). Ha! It really was such a great kick-off though. For reunions we have all kinds of traditions that we love. But THIS year was a year to “Think Again” in many ways, including starting out with…
My parents celebrated their FIFTIETH wedding anniversary this last summer. We celebrated with the adults a couple months earlier (back HERE), but the actual anniversary was in July and I love that we sure celebrated that thing during our annual reunion at Bear Lake. There are 51 of us all together and 49 of us…
The first post from this reunion is HERE. On to the second half… Reunion Games We love playing games up at the lake. So we always tend to situate a few during the reunion. We started out with three-deep on the night we introduced the schedule of events since we counted that first day as…
Welp, the 2017 Eyrealm reunion was a big one for us. Because our little family was in charge of it. Yep, in charge of this huge group of 48 for a few days to make them do whatever we wanted. Now that’s a lot of pressure. Here they all are cheering their hearts out for…
A step-by-step guide for planning a family reunion (See part 1 to start at the beginning.) FOOD Food is a big deal at our reunions. Because the majority of us like to cook, and we also conveniently like to eat:) There are some whiz-bang cooks in this family of mine. The in-laws included. And I…
HOORAY!!! The day is finally here!! The day we’ve been working toward to launch our first three podcast episodes. A Sisters Podcast on Growing Up Eyre I announced we were going to do this clear back in APRIL (back HERE), and as I mentioned later (HERE), it’s taken a lot of trial and error to…