Chambers Reunion 2014

June 16-22, 2014
St. George, Utah - North Rim, Grand Canyon, Arizona

Suzanne was in charge of the reunion this time, she found a house in St. George that was perfect.  The Purcell's were kind of scarce at this reunion.  Cindy, Ken and Sydney came and they thought that Courtney and I were going to be the only other Purcells, but a week before, Randy decided he could make it, so we decided to surprise the Mantei's. 

Randy, Courtney and I left Blackfoot about 7:30 am on Monday, June 16th. We stopped for lunch in Orem, then made our way to St. George.  I had a nice place to put my legs up in the car.  This is the living room/kitchen/dining room of the house in St. George.  I got to meet Michael Cook, Michelle and Adam's little boy for the first time.

On Tuesday, the 17th those of us that were in St. George loaded up and drove to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. We were so surprised to see buffalo and go through mountains and trees on our way there. This is where we met up with Cindy's family and surprised her with Randy being there.  It was very windy as you can see by my mom's hair! Some of the family went on a little hike down the canyon a little ways.

We stayed in these little cabins Tuesday night.  They were very rustic, and small, but kind of fun.  Some of us watched the sunset over the canyon.  It was very pretty.

There was a beautiful lodge where those that weren't hiking waited.  Courtney tried out the top bunk, but things changed with some of the sleeping arrangements so she ended up in a queen bed with Randy instead.  The winds died down by Wednesday morning.  The canyon was amazing. 

Later Wednesday morning, we headed back to St. George. Everyone loved the pool, and basking in the sun.

There was a separate building that had a basketball court and other games.  There was a huge back yard with a trampoline and fire pit. Of course, there was a lot of basketball played, and ultimate Frisbee and marshmallows roasted.

There were a lot of games played at the kitchen table. There was a pool table, too. And with 41 of us staying in the house, there was a lot of cooking. Each family had 1 meal, so it wasn't too hard on anyone.  The house had 7 bedrooms, so since Blake wasn't there, I found a little nook for my bedroom.  I decided that I wanted a little bit of privacy, so I brought up these cardboard film characters from the media room.  It worked out really well, and no one had to share a room with me and my snoring.  Suz and Courtney thought it was funny that they were twins!  Some of the family went to Zion's National Park on Thursday, and on another hike on Saturday.  It was nice that those that wanted to could just stay at the house and relax by the pool or in the nice air conditioned house.

On Friday morning Mom, Dad, Lynne, Rob and I went to the St. George Temple. It was very beautiful.

Friday night we took some group pictures.  There were 41 in the big group picture, there could have been 52!  

It isn't very often that Mom and Dad have all their kids together, so we took one of us! Lynne, Randy, Tricia and Shauna on the back row, me, Mom, Dad and Suzanne in the front.

 The Purcell's represented were, Ken, Sydney, Randy, Cindy, me and Courtney. (We were missing Blake, Brian, Celia, Maden, Annie, Jared and Nikelle.)  

Kelsey, Travis, Mylee, Randy, Julie, Colton, Chelsey, Skylar and Matt were there from Randy and Julie's family.  (They were missing Tyson, Carli and Tanner.) 

 The Terry Family was all there, Logan, Nikki, Troy and Shauna. 

The Leifsons were missing Dallin. But, Joseph, Jackie, Ryan, Rob, Lynne, Samuel, Adam, Michael and Michelle were all there. 

All of the Taylors were there, Branson, Carter, Stefi, Suzanne, Alexis, Troy and Adam. 

 Richard, Zoie, Tricia and Corbin are all of the Murdocks. 

After the pictures we had an "untalent" show. After the show, we wrote letters to our two missionaries Tanner and Dallin.

The "untalents" were varied and fun.  Mom and Dad did a couple of silly boy scout skits. Cindy and her brothers came up with some "you might be a Chambers Grandkid if" sayings, it was very fun to hear all their funny/serious/silly ideas.  Randy and Julie did a spoof of a crossfit workout, they even involved Ken, the crossfit king, it was hilarious!  Shauna's family did some jousting with Shauna and Troy as the newscasters, very cute!

Lynne's family sat on an invisible bench till Lynne told them she'd move the bench, so funny. Suz's family did synchronized "swimming".  They are amazing.  Richard juggled three different sized balls, that was fantastic.  We decided we are all very "untalented"!

Randy and Courtney left early Saturday morning, then the Mantei's and the Murdocks left on Saturday afternoon to catch their flights home. The Terry's left about 9 Sunday morning. The rest of us went to the temple grounds and to Sacrament Meeting, then started the trek home.  It was a great reunion, with a wonderful house and lots of fun. We definitely made some memories! Thanks Suzanne for all you hard work! It was great!