For anyone that would like to come mom and I (Quik Quilts) is having a sale on July 8th - 11th. From 10am to 4pm. It is in my basement so use the door on the south side of the house. Bring all your Friends with you I (really Wes) wants the basement back. My address is 1693 N 850W Orem.

Gordon Family Reunion

2009

My mom's mom is a Gordon. There is 1 boy and 7 girls. In the picture going from left to right is Dixie, Jenny(my Grandma), Libby, and Morie. They have lost there brother Dee and 3 girls, Alta, Susie, and Makie. But that doesn't stop us from getting together.

We had a lunch and talked to cousins. Reanna got to play with her cousin Sara (she is my cousins girl).

Then they started taking the kids for rides on the trains that my mom's cousin makes. The trains are pulled by mowers that the mower parts have been taken off. They they have flat wagons that has ride on toys bolted on them. The kids love them. They had 4 different trains running so there was not much of a wait.
Reanna loved it and after the reunion was over she was very sad and wonted to take a train home with her so if it is good weather for her b-day this is what she wants to do.

The horse was her favorite one she went on that one at least 4 times.

This is the next favorite one.

This is Dallon (my cousins boy)

This is Sara

Even the young at heart loved the train (my great aunt Morie)

My great aunt Dixie is the end car of the one that is on the side walk.

They also had a slip and slide that was a big hit with the kids. It took some talking but we finally got Reanna to do it. Then I couldn't get her off when it was time to go.

We all had a great time and can't wait for next year.

Look everyone I do have a girl!!!!! She got three dress up dresses for Christmas and yesterday and today have been the only times she put them on. She went to play with 2 girls that live by us. One of Wes's friends brought his twin 5 year old girls over to work on the bikes trying to get ready for a race and Reanna hit it off very well.

She had to walk down to see if she had mail. On the way back Wes pulled up in the dump truck. She is definitely dad's little girl.

She loves her daddy and her daddy only likes her a little. Thanks to dad she now knows that the van that drives around with music has ice cream for sale. So now every time she sees it she runs up to dad and asks him for one with one of her cute smiles that makes dad say yes dear. Look at her eyes, is that her dad or what.

The Barlow Family Camp out 2009.

We went to Sherrill and Sandra's house in Koosarem (thanks again for the use of your house and everything else). Sherrill, Sandra, Kaylee, Wes, Reanna, and I was able to go down a day early so we went to on a 4-wheeler ride and went fishing at upper box creak. Sherill was the lucky one and got the first fish. Reanna was so excited she wonted to pet the fish before he put it on the string.

Shortly after she pet the fish Reanna caught a fish on her pole.

10 minutes later she got the fish out of the water. She was a lucky girl and got to help her dad with his fish. Sadly it was to small so we had to put it back.

She also got to help uncle Sherrill with his fish. When it slowed down she wonted to see and pet the fish over and over. By the end of the fishing trip we had 9 fish. All of them had to be pet before they your put on the string.

There was lots of kids to play with all weekend. Robin and Kaylee loved to sit with there babies and watch everyone.

The kids loved to ride the 4-wheelers and if no one would take them the would pretend to take each other for a ride. (Reanna on the back bike and Brooklyn and Archer is on the first bike).

For Saturday we were making dutch oven roast with potatoes and carets but the rain would not corporate with us so we cooked in the carport. Fun times.

On one of the rainy afternoon Candy had all the kids that wonted to go into Grandma Rea's trailer and make fruit loop necklaces.

The best part about making the necklaces is they get to eat them when they are done. Except for Reanna she never got the fruit loops on the string before she ate them.

Saturday night we had a b-day party for one of Reanna's cousin Brinley. They had a very cute Barbie cake for her. Then we were watching a movie at 9:30pm and Reanna got so involved with the movie that she forgot she was eating the cake and almost dropped it in her lap.


Trever sitting by Brinley watching the movie. Trever is such a good uncle to Brinley.

Burke and Rea's Grand kids and Great Grand kids came in pairs. Burklee and Robin are about 2 months apart. They are getting so big.

We had lots of fun and can't wait for next year. Thanks to everyone for your help.

Today Wes had a race in Delta. His qualifying was to fast so he got put in the fastest group, it ended up being only Wes and one other guy. Wes was not to happy because the guy he had to race was one of the guys he raced last time and lost. But after fixing a problem with his bike he got 1st place in his race. The track is 300 feet. He ran the first race in 3.9 seconds and the second was 4.1 seconds. He was going a little over 80 mph. My boy loves his speed. By the end of summer don't be surprised to see me with gray hair. The next race in Delta is in July. He has a race in Mt Pleasant on June 27. We will keep you all informed on the biggest kid in the family.

I just had to say how big my baby is. The other day I went to Costco with my mom to get somethings. One of the things we needed was pull ups for night time. When I went to get them they were $28 for the big box and since Wes hasn't worked very long (he is working now but in someone truck not his) I have had to watch every penny so I asked mom how much the plastic sheets are. We decided to not get the pull ups and go to Wal-mart to the sheets. So that night when I was getting her ready for bed I told her that I thought that she was a big girl and didn't need to have pull ups at night any more. So I put her to bed expecting to be woke up in the night with a wet bed but, when she woke me up at 3am it was to help her on the potty. She has been 6 nights with out pull ups and has not had a wet bed yet. She is growing up on me so fast. I can't believe she is 3 1/2 all ready.

Wes was gone to Moab from Tuesday to Sunday morning.(May 13-17) So we played also. We went to Reanna's beloved "Dinosaur Zeum"on that Thursday. We went with Grandma Ann, Shannon, and Kyle. It is a great way to kill 3-4 hours. Everyone except for Grandma played in the wet sand.

Reanna and Kyle were the only kids in the wet sand place for a little bit, so they found all the Dinos they could and put them in herds. All the plant eaters on one side with each dino in its own herds. The meat eaters on the other side. Those two are to smart for there britches.

It took some talking to get Reanna to sit for this picture.

The last thing to do is dig for dino bones with a paint brush.

That Friday we went and did a little shopping with Grandma and Grandpa Kirk. Me being the crazy mom I am I bought her an egg that has a lizard in it. Fun I thought. It takes 36 to 48 hours to crack and grow. I thought not bad what is a day and a half to two days. A lifetime to a 3 year old. We put it in the water before we went to bed. I caught her playing with it at 2am and 4am. This picture is when we put it in the water.

This is what it looked like at 4am.

This is a side view of 4am

When I got done with breakfast I went to get dressed. When I came back out I caught her "helping" the egg hatch. I told her that I will hatch all by its self. She then said that she was it mom and had to help just like the dinosaurs have to help there babes.

this is what it looked like after she helped it.

And finally (before it was time) she got to take it out of the water. She wants to do another one but it will be a long time until the next time.

We went to the Zoo on Monday in 90 degree heat. Some of her favorite thing was the elephants. The zoo keepers were having a show when we got to the elephants so they were very active. The keepers had a big block of ice with fruit in it. The elephants were hitting it with there trunks until the fruit would brake off. Reanna thought that was great.

She has always liked the giraffes. We went to the zoo last spring and got to see a baby one when it was only about 1-2 mo old. We got to see the same baby this time. He is about half the size of his mom now.

And this is were she is not mine and Wes's kid. She likes snakes. She keeps asking me if she can have one at our house. Crazzzzzzy girl.

And when you go to the zoo you just have to see if you measure up. She was not to happy that she was not as big as she thought she is.

And to top off the crazy times (mostly in part to J.D. and Dad) we tilled and leveled the garden yesterday and today we planted the garden. Reanna got to plant her pumpkins this year. We didn't plant any last year. She love to go out after the pumpkins start to grow to see if it is any bigger then it was the day before. She has already asked me when they will be out of the ground. If I thought that 1 1/2 days were long what are we going to do for about 10. We will keep you posted on the pumpkins.