Maile Reunion 09

A couple of weeks ago we had our annual Maile reunion. It's just Jr.s parents and his siblings and their families that go. I love having a small family reunion because no one really gets lost in the crowd. We're already a tight knit family so we were very excited to go and have some fun. We started it last year so this was our 2nd year. The Michell's in our ward let us stay in their cabin located in Hobble Creek Canyon. It was a really nice cabin. It had flushing toilets and showers. The only down fall was that we had to use a generator for electricity and it didn't work the last day and a half that we were there.
It was so much fun to spend time together as a family and just relax and watch our kids enjoy themselves. We did a lot of eating as always, went on nature walks, played with water balloons, sang songs, played in the near by creek, etc. It was awesome.

Here are the kids playing water balloon games on the sand volleyball court. I love the Mountains in the background.
Tiera and Line enjoying the cold stream. Aunty Misty caught a lizard and let Ray hold it. Leka and Eli hanging out on the swing. Not positive whose feet these are besides Leka's but I love this picture. Jr. doing what he does best...Barbecuing. I could have done without the pose though. lol
Majority of the manual labor was done by Ikaika and Corey. Thanks boys!
Jr. and I have been blessed with the sweetest friends ever. Riley and Kristina were kind enough to bring up their horses and let our family enjoy riding them for a day. We had such a great time. They definitely made the reunion a memorable one. We'll always be thankful to have such great friends.

RayRay getting ready to ride Yankee.
Eva not sure if she wants to ride the horse anymore. Look at that face, so cute. Leka riding Sassy. Naki helping Grandma off the horse. She'd had enough and was making a run or should I say jump for it. Good thing Naki was there to catch her.
I love this picture of the two Maati's riding horses. Jr.s Dad had a horse in Tonga. He actually broke his arm when he was younger when he fell off his horse. Ray loves when Grandpa tells storys about his horse. He was a natural.Here's a picture of us Moms with the kids. Kristina brought her twins Joni and Maile with her. I'm holding Maile and she's holding Joni. They are the cutest twins. They are so gorgeous, good and easy going. They named Maile after Jr. and our last name. Inst that cool? Jr. was so honored. Go Abby and Misty!
Here's Ikaika riding Sassy. Rex, Mom and Riley returning from their ride. We ended the trip with dances and family skits. The girls did a special number for Grandpa and Grandma. I have the most beautiful and talented nieces. The kids came up with a skit all on their own, I was amazed that Ray actually participated and helped out. Sometimes he's too shy especially when he and Leka are the only younger boys on the Maile side and the rest are girls.
This particular skit involved only Michael Jackson songs. Yes! Our kids know what good, real music is. Sorry Britney your music doesn't get much play by these kids. Rex and his kids performing "Thriller" it was hilarious! I'm so thankful to be married into such a loving, eternal, funny, forgiving and amazing family. I cant wait till next year!