Savage Reunion...family pics and races

Friday was a big day, and the last full day of the reunion. We started out with breakfast and then we went up to where the cabins and pool were for games and family pictures. I am always in awe and the amazing family I come from. Our of 234 people, 112 were there and it was quite the sight. It's always so fun to see and visit with everyone, even if you only get to chat with some of them for a bit!

The Savage Family Reunion 2019

My mom and her siblings:

(top) Arlene, Karen, Roberta, Alan, Annette

Janet, Rance (they were just missing Joanne who couldn't be there because Daryl was have treatments for his cancer)

The Foulger family

Doug and Arlene Middleton clan.

Rance and Edie Savage group.

Charlie and Janet Parke family.

Alan and Jane Savage group.

Karen and Carlee

Doug and Roberta Degener.

After pictures, it was everyone's favorite part: the races! This is a tradition that they have done for years! We have added different ones at different reunions, but the foot races have always been done!

Our group waiting for the races to start.

 There were gunny sack races...

Relays...

 Ball hitting races...

Couple's races...this one was hilarious! There were quite a few collisions when everyone had to go around the big ball to come back!

Waiting for instructions.

Go!

And more relay type races...

Christiana and Sloane bonded over fish...

Landon watching all the craziness. He refused to do any of the funny races.

After the funny races were the foot races. They started with the youngest group and then went up from there! They were pretty entertaining to watch!

Travis trying to help Sloane race, but she was more into eating her rice crispy than running!

Landon took first in the next group and got to pick a prize. The winner in each group got to pick a box of candy!

Travis took 2nd in his group

Carson took 2nd in his too.

From here on out, the racers got older...

high school to twenties guys.

30-40 ladies. I was just glad I didn't come in last!

30-40 guys.

40-50 ladies

40-50 guys. There were actually only two of them that fit this category, so a few younger ones joined in to give them some competition.

Women's 50+ My cousin Diana actually won it and grandma Foulger came in second, but since Di was the one that organized it all, she gave the winning candy to my mom.

And the old guys!

Grandpa Foulger spent a lot of time blowing up balloons for kids while they waited around.

Savage Family Reunion

We just got back from Idaho after spending most of the week at the Savage family reunion. We left Wednesday morning at 6:30 and drove the 12 hours to the campsite. Carson got to go half way on Tuesday with grandma and grandpa Foulger and then the rest of the way on Wednesday with them. The boys had a drawing to see who got to go with them and Carson was the lucky one.

Headed out!

Part of our drive was through Yellowstone. We came to one valley where there were hundreds of buffalo. It was an impressive sight. We rolled down the windows and were able to hear them grunt and snort.

The drive to the campsite was beautiful, but long! We were in forest most of the way and then drove deeper into the forest to the campsite. At the end of our drive, our GPS said we only had 20 miles to go, but that it was going to take an hour. We didn't think there was any way it was going to take us that long! What we didn't know was it was a dirt road with hairpin turns the entire way down the mountain into the campsite. We were just happy that we weren't pulling our camper and had decided to stay in a cabin.

The reunion site!

 We got to the campground and checked into our cabin. When we opened the door to the cabin it smelled really bad of propane gas! Not impressed! So we went back to the check in place and told them and they came and lit the pilot lights that had gone out and stuck a fan in it for us. Travis was pretty sure we were all going to die in the night because of the gas. Lucky for us, we didn't die! The cabin had two queen beds and a couch that pulled out into a bed, a stove, full sized fridge and our very own outhouse. We were supposed to share the cabin with Jason and Cassie, but after they heard about the gas smell, they bunked with grandma and grandpa Foulger.

Christian checking out our private outhouse.

After checking in, we went down to the main camping site for the reunion and said hi to those that were there. A lot of them had gone to a musical in town (an hour away), so not very many were there yet.

Thursday morning, the Foulger family had breakfast duty. We were in charge of prepping, cooking and cleaning up breakfast. We cooked sausage, pancakes, eggs and had an oatmeal bar.

The boys trying out fly fishing while we waited for all the breakfast stuff to arrive.

Grandpa Foulger cooked the pancakes, Christian cooked the sausage and I cooked the eggs. Landon was a great supervisor!

Our set up for all our gatherings.

 After breakfast, my cousin Jennie, who owns a laser tag company, was kind enough to bring all of her gear up and let us all use it. They had open play for quite a few hours and then we made teams and had a tournament. The kids LOVED this. I asked each of the boys what their favorite part of the reunion was and they each said the laser tag was the best part!

Jason and the boys playing around. The campground was the perfect place to play. Lots of places to hide in and under!

Landon and his team. He was on a team with my cousin Jay's kids and one of my cousin Diana's grandkids.

Our team for the tournament. We lost our first game by one kill...dang!

While the laser tag was going on, there were lots of games being played! Telestrations is always was hit!

The boys took a time out from laser tag to play in the river. It was a perfect spot for the kids. It was shallow, not fast moving and right close! They spend hours down there playing. They worked together with several of my cousin's kids to make a dam so that the water would be a little deeper so people could "soak" in it.

Christian and Landon bringing over a log to help build the dam.

 Lunch was hamburgers, hot dogs, shredded chicken sandwiches and lots of sides. For dinner, we had burgers and chicken breasts and sides. After dinner, my cousin Jana's son, led the group in a Family Feud game. It was hilarious and so fun!

Playing family feud!

Grandma Foulger brought light up rockets to give out to all the kids that night. The kids had a blast with them. It was funny to see how many got stuck in trees. One of the trees looked like it was lit up for Christmas it had so many stuck in it!