Celebrating Family!

Hello! Is this summer flying by or is it just me? We spent last weekend in Crawford, Nebraska at the LaMay Family Reunion and drove up to Buffalo, Wyoming last night to spend this weekend with Joe's family. It is a good thing that Gabi is such a little trooper and allows us to haul her all over the place! She loves seeing her Grandmas and Grandpas!

We all wore cowboy hats and embroidered bandanas for family pictures at the reunion!

A great time was had by all at the LaMay Family Reunion. It was so fun to see everyone. The last time everyone was together was my Grandpa Joe's funeral 4 years ago. Family came from Washington, Wyoming, Arizona, Nevada, Iowa, Tennessee, Nebraska, Colorado, Illinois, and South Dakota. We gathered at the family cabin just outside of Crawford. It was a beautiful and blessed day.

Gabi meets her Great-Grandma Genie

Family Reunion 2008 attendees

A Family Gathering at the Cabin during Thanksgiving (~15 years ago)

LaMay Family (~25 years ago) We have grown since then!

Joe & I are running the Big Horn Wild & Scenic Trail Run on Saturday in the Big Horn Mountains. Joe is running the 50K (31 miles) and I'm doing the 30K (18.6 miles). All I can say is that it sounded like a good idea back in February (before Gabi came home), but seems a little crazy now! Oh well -- the wildflowers will be out in full force since it has been a stellar moisture season in Northern Wyoming , so it will be a beautiful run! Aunt Amanda gets to watch Gabi while we're running, so that will be fun. She has been playing with her cousin Gio already and having a great time. She really wants to crawl and keeps practicing.

Joyce (Joe's mom) is riding back with us to Golden on Sunday and will stay at our house for the rest of next week to watch Gabi. I have to take a class in Greeley that will prepare me to teach AP Environmental Science next year. It will be hard to leave Gabi, but she will have fun with Grandma!

We hope you all are having a great week! Thanks for checking in on us!

Love, Joe, Tara, & Gabi