Bishop Family Reunion 2012

We spent a week together in Big Bear, CA for the Bishop reunion the first week of July.

We rented a big house and had a great time hanging out and being together!!

We had family pics taking in Rancho Cucamungo before we drove up to Big Bear, so we ate lunch at the Spaghetti Factory.

Grandma Berta brought a fairy tale book that all the girls loved.  Annie reading to Cait and Ash.

 Ready for church, we were all ready by 9 just to find out that church didn't start until 10.  (Excuse Ashlee's underwear hanging right out.)

 Katie, Cody and Caitlin ready for church.

 Julie and Bailey ready for church.

Chris has started a revolution with his bow ties!  Actually Grandpa and Cody have their own, David and Ryan borrowed from Chris.

Grandma Berta and Molly.  Molly was such a good baby for the whole week, especially considering it was our 2nd week away from home.

 Grandpa and Maddie.

 Making macaroni sculpture art.

We played LOTS of games, and one night the adults played round robin ping pong after the kids went to bed.  It was sooo much fun!

 Annie and I getting our hair done.

 Maddie and Bailey playing at the park.

 David blowing bubbles for all the kids.

 We were introduced to a new way of playing what we call "memory match", it is called "matchy, matchy".

 We tried to do some kind of exercise every day.

 We went down to the lake one day, they had a fun blow up slide out in the water.  You had to pass a swimming test just to go out to it.  Annie and I did the swimming test and Chris told the lifeguard to tell me I didn't pass.  I got out of the water and he told me "I'm really sorry but I can't pass you."  I said, "Are you serious? Why?"  He said, "I wasn't comfortable with your technique."  It went on for a little while before they started busting up and told me that I had passed.  It was very funny.

 All the kids at the lake: Maddie

 Caitlin

 Bailey

 Ashlee

 Cody (with Ryan)

Grandma got a new beautiful tea set at Nauvoo so the kids had a tea party with Grandma and Grandpa.  They all pretended to be different Disney characters.

 Grandma and Grandpa got everyone 4th of July shirts.

During the day on the 4th we had the Bishop Olympics.  Every family brought 2 games to play and it was so fun!!  Here is Ashlee moving cotton balls with vaseline on her nose.

 After every event we had an awards ceremony and got medals that Katie made.  It was great!  Here are the winners of the carry water with the spoon game.

 One game was racing boats we made down a tin river, it was called "Tin-issippi".

 The winners of moving a cookie from your forehead to your mouth without any hands.

 Stacking cups into a pyramid.

 Even kids one medals.

 Building a structure with marshmallows and spaghetti noodles.  Caitlin took a long time to build hers, but it was definitely the best.

 

Knocking over water bottles with a nylon and tennis ball- on your head.

 The winners of the water bottle event!!!

 Annie and I went to Big Bear in college with Centennial Singers and we had a twin day, so we decided to have another twin day.  I don't think its that hard to tell this time since I still have a lot of baby weight to get rid of.

 

We went on a adults only night (where Grandma and Grandpa watched the kids).  We went bowling and towards the end they turned on the glow-bowl and it was very fun.  Katie pretty much killed everyone with her 177.

We went down to the lake to watch the fireworks.  It was a great fireworks show and a great end to a fun week.

Thanks for all your hard work, Katie.  It was awesome!!!