Murri Family Reunion

WARNING: PICTURE HEAVY
This post contains about 15 pictures. They are awesome, yes, but to some it is tedious looking through so many pictures on one post. Just thought I'd give a heads up!

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Every second weekend in August my mom's side of the family heads up to good old Ashton, Idaho, for our Murri family reunion. So August 7-9 we did just that. My grandparents own a cabin on Fall River and we all bring our tents and camp trailers up for a weekend of food, cards, and ring toss.

This year was the first in almost eight that we would all be together because of missions and other such events so we decided to get a big family picture. And every year since the year 2000 we have played a ring toss game my grandpa made and had a tournament with it. My cousin Tyrel made us t-shirts this year so it made things extra fun.

We had a great time at our family reunion! I took a LOT of pictures while we were up there, but here are just a few so you can get a taste of what we did that weekend.

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Family Photos:

my family

the whole Murri clan

all the boy cousins

all the girl cousins

the parents

Random Reunion Events:

We decided to do something different this year and have a 5k. I decided to run it, and I even beat my last 5k time by four minutes, I was so excited! This was everybody who got up at 6:00 to run or walk.

the awesome shirts Tyrel made - Jena wanted a picture of the logo on her phone so different people were holding the shirt straight for her.

Ashleigh and I were twins for the night! Blonde, wavy hair with grey t-shirts! (Ashleigh will be one of the people I live with while I'm in Utah this fall.)

We had ribs for dinner on Friday night and it was delicious! Jena and I wanted a picture of us chowin' down. (Anybody seen the movie Anchorman? I can't help but quote this line!: "Ribs. I had ribs for lunch. That's why I'm doing this.")

The Ring Toss Tournament:

This is what we did almost the entire weekend. If we weren't eating or playing a game of cards, we were watching people play ring toss for the tournament. My brother Aaron and our new cousin-in-law Kristen (Brandon's wife) were playing in this picture.

Uncle Lance and Grandpa battling it out

This is a close up of one of the boards during a game.

My people! Jena, Tyrel, Amber, Deidre, and I have always been really close. We are good buddies, that's for sure! After eight years of use, we decided to retire this board. Everybody in the family signed it and we put it away for good. (That's why we're holding the board in the picture.)

a close up of the retired board

the whole family in our ring toss shirts

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We had such a great time at our reunion! I've got to be one of the luckiest people in the world to be part of such an awesome family.

Until next year!