Pugmire Reunion 2012

August 17th, 2012 was a greatly anticipated day for me as it marked the beginning of my favorite event of the year-The Pugmire Family Reunion. It ended up being a great day for an entirely different reason as well when we were able to close on buying my Grandpa and Grandma Pugmire's house that day. So, let's start with the reunion....  While many of the cousins I usually look forward to seeing were missing this year, a lot of our favorite relatives were here and it was one of our favorite reunions ever.  My kids had the most fun they've ever had at a reunion and already can't wait until next year!

Aunt Toni and Uncle Jaren brought over their miniature horses and let the kids have turns riding them.  The LOVED it!!

 

 Uncle Jaren even let Brandt take a turn leading one of them around.

Amanda Jean and Kylie :)

One of our favorite cousins-Amy.  Kylie adores her-it just doesn't look like it in this picture.

 Jana, Amanda, and Papa Lloyd

 

The giant water slide was a hit!! (thank you Rex and Tami)

Loved that Brandt was so proud of himself for being brave and trying it!

 

Go Gabe!!

 

Kylie adores DJ-so of course she puts him in a head lock-and he lets her :)  Reminds me of a long time ago when I was the little terror who adored his dad-Jared was just as patient with me as his kids are with my kids.

 

She spent at least an hour conning people into rolling her yo-yo up so she could let it drop again. 

 

 

 

I miss the days when the circle of the elders was much larger than this.  Thankful that Uncle Junior, Uncle Averil, and Aunt Maurine were able to be there this year.  (not pictured are Gloyd and Nadine and Toni and Jaren, but glad they could be there as well.)

And one of our favorite events-the water balloon sling shot.  Some of those balloons were launched clear out of the ball diamond for some home runs. :)

 

Bryce even got in on the action

 

Two of my favorite girls

 

 

I think they're up to something...

Oh yeah, that's right, Kylie kept popping balloons on whoever she could sneak up on. 

 

Kylie and Jared aka wouger :)

 

These look like mug shots, but Kylie wanted to show off her face painting-butterfly on one side and princess on the other (thanks to McKayla who is a much better artist than I am.)

Buddy was pretty proud of his flag.  The Hillier's had friends from England here with them so Brandt wanted to get what they were getting.

There were so many other things that we loved about the reunion that I didn't get pictures of, like playing night games, making S'mores, digging for treasure, having a cake walk, playing with foam swords, eating good food, winning stuff at the raffle, and playing with cousins.  As always, the best part was renewing friendships and spending time with those we love.