Lest We Forget

Thank you, thank you, thank you Dustin and Tamra. In the past two weeks we have participated in two wonderful family traditions. For many years, as I heard tales is my sister Marilyn's annual get together with her family I thought about what a wonderful thing that is and would be for our family. Then one year Dustin and Tamra decided to do a camp out at Mustang Ridge near the Flaming Gorge resevoir. They invited any of us that would like to come up to join them. Low and behold several of us did. I don't even know how many years ago this was, but that started a tradition that eventually evolved to our current annual family get together. Something I look forward to excitedly every year. Check the other family blogs for their posts, and watch this one for future posts on our trip to Bear Lake this year.

Last night we participated in another Dustin and Tamra tradition. Several years ago they said they were going to go up and watch the Clearfield fireworks display for Independence Day. They invited us along. Over the years it has grown.

The photo below shows Jeanne (I took the picture so I'm not in it),Melissa and Jeff, Wade's family, Lori's parents, Dawnette and Halley Gaddis (The rest of their family was out of town various places), Lorie Sheridan and Chantelle and Kip.

The obvious missing persons are Dustin, Tamra, Sean and Anna. From the phone call we got I can just say they were a little too busy and a little too far away to join us. We hope they had a great 4th of July (anyway), because they are a big part of the reason that we did. Each year the number and the participants change slightly, though Wade and Lori and her parents have been pretty regular for the past few years and of course Jeanne and I almost every year.

I am so grateful to Dustin and Tamra for starting both of these WONDERFUL family traditions!