Jammin at the Family Reunion...

This is Mark again. At each of our family reunions on my Mothers side we have a talent show. It's a good excuse to play the guitar once a year. This year, Joel, Tim, and I put together (actually we just picked some songs to attempt the night before the reunion) a medley of some of the tunes we had to listen to while driving to and from our family vacation spots. Unfortunately at the last minute Tim couldn't make it, so it's just Joel and I sounding really bad :) I'm sure my mother will love it though.

For this next video, someone decided that a bunch of us should just go play another song. So, we got together with our cousins and decided to play Running to Stand Still by U2. The five of us have never played together - and we didn't exactly get a practice run through the song. Good thing the Western brothers (our cousins) are really good. They are in a band called "Highbench" and some of their stuff is on itunes if you want to look them up... (just thought I would throw in a shameless plug).

Maple Mountain

We made it camping finally without rain! We got up to whiting campground which is at Maple Mountain in Mapleton. We had a great campsite just by the creek. The boys had a lot of fun playing in the creek Friday night. On Saturday morning we went on a "bear hunt." The boys found a "cave" that they thought a little bear was in but it wasn't there. We had to turn around after an hour since Ryan was all tuckered out. Here are a few of my favorite pictures from Friday night. My battery died that night so Mark took more pictures on his phone Saturday and I don't have those. We can't get Ryan to smile normally for a pictures. He is such a cheeser!
This is Ryan when he didn't know we were taking a picture.

Ethan and Jake found this big board and used it at their boat.

Jake surfing

Its Official

Yesterday Mark got his diploma in the mail. He officially has his Master's Degree! Way to Go Mark. It was a lot of work but I think it was worth it. Thanks for sticking it out Mark. We're so glad you did.Our graduation ceremony in the kitchen