Go Team Orange!

At the end of June we went to Richfield, Utah to a family reunion for the Ogden family. The Ogden Family is my Mom's Dad. The reunion was for his parents, my Great Grandparents, 100th wedding anniversary. Of course they were not there to celebrate with us in person, but they were in spirit. We started our trip with just my family in Marysvale, Ut., never heard of it? That is because if you blink you will miss it. This is one of two restaurants in town, it closed at 4:00 p.m. but we were lucky enough for them to open just for us!

We stayed in cabins for one night in Marysvale. We went on an all day quad ride...so fun. This is the two babies in the back of the rhino.

At the end of the ride we were so dirty, layer after layer of dirt. Marysvale turned out to be a lot of fun. It is the exact half way point between our house and my sister, Amy's house. We decided we will meet there again.

Sarah and I look pretty tan, it is actually just dirt.

We then drove to Richfield which is the town my Grandpa is from. This is my Grams and Grandpa's grave. I was very close to my Grams she is one of my biggest heros. Being in the cemetery with my family really made me miss her. I knew she would have loved to have been there to see all of her posterity. I also know that she too was there in spirit.

Colby's middle name is Ross after my Grandpa.

I grew up going to Richfield a lot. My great Grandma lived there and we would visit her and other extended family. One of the places we always went was the Big Rock Candy Mountain. We attempted to bring the kids there, as you can see we almost blew away.

Once the 3 day reunion started every one of my Great Grandma and Grandpas eight children's families were represented by a different color. We were team orange, there was over 70 oranges!! Over 250 total people in all.

I feel so blessed to come from such a strong heritage. My Great Grandma and Grandpa were good parents. They loved their children,grand children, and great grand children. They started an eternal family, now only a hundred years later so many people are blessed because of their choices.

On the first day we went on a scavenger hunt to all the different places that had meaning to the Ogden Family. This is the house my Great Grandma and Grandpa raised all their children. The owner was gracious enough to allow us to walk through the house.

This is on the steps of the church building where their family went to church.

We attempted to get a picture of all the Pollard Grand kids:)

We did manage to get a cute one of Coop and Carson

Just before going home we retired the orange shirts that we had worn for 3 days!