The Thompson family reunion ended yesterday and it was sad to see the last of the group leave our house late this morning. Tripp has three brothers and a sister and everyone, plus his parents, a surprise visit from his aunt and two very close family friends came to Vegas this weekend for the reunion.
The events started off Saturday morning with a 3rd birthday party for our cute nephew Seth. Paul and Laura held it at "Pump it Up", a warehouse that is basically filled with bounce houses, bounce slides, etc. Everyone had a ton of fun. See the photos below....
Later that evening, we all gathered at a rec center water park (Tripp's parents reserved it for the family) and had a great time swimming. The water park has a huge area for the little kids, slides for the big kids and plenty of place to play. We were all wiped out at the end but had so much fun while we were there that nobody wanted to go.
Sunday was a special day as our new nephew Cooper was blessed. It was wonderful having everyone there to participate. Even our oldest nephew, Trey, got to stand in the circle for the first time. After church, we spent the majority of the afternoon at Laura's parents house visiting. They served a nice lunch for everyone to enjoy and the little girls put on a presentation of "Little Red Riding Hood."
Pat's family and Scott's family left Sunday, Paul and his family left early Monday morning and Abbie and I were sad to waive "Goodbye" and give loves to Elizabeth's family today. Elizabeth, Wes and the kids (except Trey who starts at SUU Monday) are heading back to VA Thursday. It has been so much fun having them here. We are lucky to see Pat & Paul fairly often but we don't see Elizabeth much and were super sad to see them go. All four of us feel so blessed to be a part of the Thompson family and love the time we all get to spend together. There are so many lonely people in the world and I'm thankful every day for a fantastic husband and two awesome kids and all of the brothers, sisters and parents both of our families are blessed with. I hope our kids continue to love each other as much as Tripp and I love our siblings.
3 comments:
sounds like a very tiring weekend if you ask me. It sounds like a ton of fun though. It is always fun to see family and I am so glad we live so close here to so much family!
Glad you guys had a great time and that everyone was able to get together! It's nice that there are so many kids on the Thompson side....makes it fun for everyone.
Wow! You sure have had an action packed couple of months! What a great summer!
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