Saturday, we headed to a new park in Bountiful called Creekside Park. It was a pretty place and gave us a bit of a sense for big trees and mountains but close by and accessible by everyone.
Uncle Scott and Grandpa Giberson
My dad who recently had his 84 birthday.
Notice the grey reunion t-shirts. This year they are spotlighting the gaming company that my dad started and the first two games--Plunder and Career Crisis. The web site is : www.giberiginals.com.
How many Gibersons can be on a climbing structure? It turns out, quite a few, of all ages!
Never too old or wise to enjoy a good slide....
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| Kylie Ipson and Aunt Valerie |
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| Scotty Giberson and Jena |
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| Megan Ipson and Audrey Neerings |
This moving disk took awhile for everyone to figure out how it worked.
Jena found a comfortable spot on the hammock.
The park was filled with wildflowers....
They had a build-in water feature which the greats really enjoyed. Lots of us got our feet wet with them.
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| Jayden Ipson |
Scarlett and Jayden working together to pump the water into the stream...
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| Zander wearing the junior version of the t-shirt |
Scarlett and I took a selfie together......
Jena posing with her shirt and hat....
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| Elena, foster daughter to Landi |
We then all headed down to a stream in the park where they had build in steps down into the water so that people and kids could play in the stream. It was beautiful and so fun. There is not much better than wading in a stream...made better to share it with my grandchildren and so many Gibersons.
The water was cold but even some of our soon to be one year olds enjoyed playing in the water. This is Kristen Williams (not with her son, Blake) but her niece, Kendall Ipson.
Some of the older greats and grandchildren headed up the stream until the end of the park property.
Trying to get a picture with Gary, it didn't work out great, because Gary can be silly at times.
Liam loved the rocks in the river and pulled several out to show us and put in a pile, which he then put back into the stream. Rocks and water--it doesn't get much better than that.
Ben with James
Kendall with her dad, Justin Ipson
Evangelinath Landi, Megan, and Tosha Ipson
Another shot of the water feature....
After leaving the park, people again headed off in different directions. Some headed to the Great Salt Lake despite our warnings of bugs and brine shrimp. It was the classic Utah experience and I am glad that they did it.
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| Jay Giberson, Paul Neerings with Owen, Scotty Giberson |
After another dinner together at the Pavilion, we started the business of the reunion--game playing...before and afterwards, you saw Gibersons playing games everywhere!
My dad took a few minutes along with my brother, Todd, to talk about finding his biological father through DNA and how that led us to finding two half-brothers who we are going to visit in November. Family comes from lots of places in our family--and truly we believe, the more the merrier.
Aunt Robin put together a cute obstacle course for the great grandchildren along with prizes for all of them.
Then the grandchildren had a game of "Up cup, Down cup" which was a bit tricky in the wind.
And more game playing.....
I chose the wrong block to pull in our large jenga game.
My cousin, Dan Gibson, and his wife, Raelene, joined us for Saturday night. They live in Mapleton so I see them from time to time, but it was the first time in many years for him to see all of my siblings.
So we tried to get a Giberson Family Reunion Picture....not too easy even with lots of shots.
Our original plan was to attend the "Music and Spoken Word" broadcast on Sunday morning. However, the choir was on tour, so they were only showing a rebroadcast that morning, so we all said our goodbyes Saturday night.
That is a lot of travel for two action packed days, but I so loved seeing everyone and missing those who weren't there. Thanks SO MUCH for making the trip and enjoying Utah with us. Can't wait to next time--2021 Dallas/Grapevine area.
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