Burch Family Reunion 2008

We had an awesome time at the Burch Family Reunion this year! We met at the May Family Ranch located on the Salmon River between Challis and Stanley Idaho. There was sooo much to do that we could have stayed another couple of days. The kids fished at a pond and the older kids fished on the Salmon River. The first big attraction though was the 200 foot water slide. We only had one minor injury that required a trip to the Urgent Care 2o some odd miles away. We won't mention any names:)
We also got to float down the Salmon River, visit a couple ghost towns, pan for gold, scavenger hunt, water games and the kids favorite - catching candy as it was launched out of a potato gun.

This picture speaks for it's self!
Cousins are doing a little fishing.
Josh & Ty show us there wood carving skills. Notice Josh has the "tongue out of the mouth" technique going on.
This is one of my favorite pictures. Josh is helping Millie with her fishing pole.
Does this look like trouble or WHAT?!?!?

Kelsey panning for gold at the ghost town of Custer Idaho.
Grandma and Ethan take a break in front of the store at the ghost town.
Oz and Ty panning for gold. Rafting down the Salmon River was a blast!!
Ethan is ready to roll - let's get this boat on the water!

4th Of July

Here are a few pics from our 4th of July celebration. We spent the weekend with the Jensen family and enjoyed some of Mel's great cooking. Brian, Lorilee and Millie came down to Blackfoot (Idaho) to join us for a BBQ on Saturday. We had a great time catching up and just spending time with everyone!

More pictures!!

1st pic - Cindy (Mel's sister), Casey and Grandma Jo (Mel's mom)

2nd pic - Casey

3rd pic - Cole

4th pic - Casey, Grandma & Cole

Anyone for diving lessons?

Austin spent some time this week end teaching his cousin Cole the finer pionts of diving. We spent a lot of time just hanging out at the pool and catching up. We don't get to see them very often so we just enjoyed spending some time together!

Seeing Double??

No, it's just Mel's idea of babysitting. Last weekend we watched the Kalma's dogs for them while they were out of town. Now that's some serious "lap dogs" and we love 'em all!

May 31, 2008

This weekend the boys all had big plans. Friday Josh and Mel went fishing before the sun came up. They caught all the fish in the lake (or so they said). Austin went camping up Cedar Canyon with the scouts. They had a great time.

Mel and Josh went to Filmore racing on Saturday. Josh stepped up and raced the Junior class. He did really well for his first time in that class. Since all the boys were out playing Bonnie had a quiet weekend with a little R & R (after the house work of course). Here are a few pics of Josh at the race track. Josh is the one in the red shirt and yellow helment.