The second week of June, all the Randalls and a few Newby's convened at Aspen Grove in Utah for a family reunion. The last one we had was five years ago and this time, there were quite a few more children. And though none of them were mine, I spent time holding Reese, chasing Cameron, and trying to get Brian to smile. It was a great vacation, especially since I had just finished all my finals for spring term. And somehow, I pulled straight A's this term. :) Even though it rained most of the time, it was still fun. I shot a rifle with my brother's and sister making quiet jokes about the adult counselor who was there. I convinced Elizabeth to play paintball and she did well- except when her paint bullets started to hit me and I was on her team. One of the best parts was late at night, I played Phase 10 with Elizabeth, Eric, and Seth. Elizabeth zoomed ahead in the phases (I think she had the deck rigged), while Eric and I lagged behind. I don't know if it was the late hour or all the candy we had eaten, but we all lost it when our nephew's cell phone started buzzing. Pretty sure we were all crying.
Acute Mountain Sickness became the phrase of the reunion. The director of Aspen Grove explained that this can occur to those not used to high altitude (yeah like me coming from the beach to the mountains) and can result in headaches, dizziness, etc. Pretty soon we were all coming down with AMS, though I'm sure it was the steep incline up to our cabin that caused our being out of breath every time we came back from a meal.
I love my family and am so happy OUR family is forever. :) Joanna took the pictures above.
