Celebrate In 2008! Wray Family Reunion!

This past weekend we were able to spend the 4th of July in Utah with my family. It was the annual Wray family reunion. They made the announcement at the reunion that this was our 25th family reunion! Which means I have been to every single one (well I almost made it to the 1st!) Aaron wasn't sure what to think when a couple months back I had emailed him the, no lie, 10 page itinerary for the weekend. It was fair to say that he was more than a little intimidated. But I wasn't worried I knew that he would have a blast... which he did. Aaron being the biggest kid of all, I couldn't find him half of the time because he was in a water fight or nerf gun war or ping pong tournament with one of my cousins. The weekend started out with opening ceremonies where this year instead of matching t-shirts it was matching sweatshirts!

We had a lot of fun activities like water day with every water game you could imagine and of course a giant water slide. We played water volleyball, water baseball, water balloon toss, a pass the water behind your back without looking to fill up the bucket game, a squirt gun threw a hole game to fill up your bucket the fastest, and of course Aaron's favorite, put your head threw a hole in a cardboard box and get sponges thrown at your face... welcome to the family Aaron!

We also had our annual fun run where Aaron and I took first place in the mile run of our age category. We received a case of Country Time Strawberry Lemonade which I then donated to the cousin store. Not that I didn't appreciate the gift but it was more than 3 oz and I thought that I may have some difficulties taking it on the plane. And oh yes, I couldn't forget about the cousin store. The kids always get to earn "money" throughout the reunion by helping out and then they get to spend it on candy and toys at the cousin store.

Happy 5th of July! Unfortunately due to some intense winds we were not able to play with fireworks on the 4th but we still enjoyed it on the 5th.

Aaron throwing poppers at my cousins :)

Lighting sparklers!

This year we were able to get some girl time in to make cards. It was a lot of fun. The boys got their time too. They had a golfing tournament but my mom and I decided that we would tag along. We played a game of best ball. I was on a team with my dad, mom and cousin Bryan. Most of the shots we took were from Bryan. But I had one drive that saved us... no not a putt but a drive!!! Yea it was awesome!

Of course the highlight of the reunion was the lip sync contest. I am pretty sure this is the one thing that we complain the most about but yet it is our favorite! We have been doing this every year since I was 12. My sisters and I did a dance to the song "Don't Turn Around" by Ace of Base. We are still reminded of that every year! This year we had an American Idol theme. The performers were interviewed by our cousin Aaron(not my husband) and then critiqued by three of our other cousins. Then this year there was an added bonus. If you sang you got to pick some money from my uncles coat. Wow! For some highlights on this years lip sync check out the video below. Unfortunately I didn't get everyones on tap but here is just some of what I had. Heads up it is about 3 minutes.

We were also able to celebrate my grandparents 50th anniversary by playing a jeopardy game on their life and love, watching a video slide show of pictures from their life and presenting them with a scrapbook of those pictures. Happy 50th grandma!

We played a lot of games, ate a lot of food and watched a lot of movies. It was as fun as ever and I can't wait until next year!

Engagement Flashbacks

We went on another honeymoon... so why not get a second set of engagement photos??? That's how this would appear and that is definitely what it felt like. My sweet mother has a collage of pictures of all the kids in the living room. It was time to update since she newly acquired another son-in-law. Here are some of the photos. I thought they were pretty cool so I figured I would share a few of them with you! I guess it's never too early to start taking family photos.

Luna de Miel Numero Dos

A second honeymoon... why not? I feel truly blessed to have gone on such a wonderful vacation so soon after our last. It is so nice to get away with my adorable husband. This vacation was SO nice. We really didn't do much at all except lay by the pool or go to the beach.

Here was a typical day for us...

Get up and eat Zucharitas aka Frosted Flakes! While in Costa Rica I discovered two things. One, that I love rice and beans and two, that I love Choco Zucharitas. Well we couldn't find the chocolate kind in Puerto Vallarta but just the regular sugared up version would do. I'm really not a sugar cereal kind of girl. I'm strictly a raisin bran and honey bunches of oats fan and sometimes I'll spring for the Cinnamon life. That's why this was such a treat!


Next we would go lay in the lazy river! This was my favorite part of the trip!


Afterwards, we would go lay by the pool or go for a swim. We loved our pina colodas!


We were always up for some bingo or PING-PONG!


Then we would grab some lunch by the beach.


Then maybe lay at the beach for a while. And of course there was always a game of either sequence or gin being played.


Or maybe we would head out to some waterfalls to do some rappelling.


Then at night we would either head down town(and usually we opted for the public bus because it was the cheaper transportation. But it was definitely cheaper... while sitting in a bus with a hole in the bottom we drove over a puddle of water and I got splashed in the face!)



or hang out on the beach to watch the sunset. And there were some beautiful sunsets!





And of course we couldn't go to bed at night without watching at least two episodes of Numb3rs! This is currently our favorite show!



It was a wonderful vacation and I have never had so much fun in Mexico! I think this should become a yearly tradition and everyone is invited!!!

Check out some more of our photos! They are awesome!

Mexico

Chalk Art

On Aaron and I's third date we went to the chalk art festival held at Larimer Square in downtown Denver. Well this past weekend the festival was back in town and we just had to go back! I think it may become a tradition as long as we live in Denver. Our favorite part of the festival is when we sneak into the kids corner and add our own design. We have considered entering the festival but as you can see below we may need to get in a little more practice time first :)


June 2007


June 2008








Hot dogs and dragons! Two of our favorite things... and right next to each each other. It was meant to be!

And they're living happily ever after...

Hey everyone! We finally did it... we created our blog. It has been a busy few months since we have been married, but now with school out for the summer I seem to have endless amounts of time on my hands. So for now, until I get some real posts up, feel free to check out our photo section to look at a few pictures from the wedding and honeymoon. Or you can just use the links listed below.

Costa Rica

All b/c 2 ppl are AWESOME!

Mr. and Mrs. Hunt!