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| Fran showing us how it's done. |
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| Shawn's new toy. |
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| Mike and Christina |
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| Cowgirl Mom |
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| Keith on Harley |
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| Tenessa and Karlea |
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| Grandma and Helen supervising with style. |
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| Yeeehaaaaa! |
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| Nancy loving the horses! |
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| Sweet P |
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| Surprise Shower |
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| Caleb, Josey, Tenessa,and Tyler thought Christina was a rockstar! |
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| This cake was amazing. Thanks Brenda! |
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| Enjoying family and food! |
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| Caleb helped decorate the cake. |
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| Samuel |
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| Amy and Olivia |
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| Frank always busy. |
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| Jo's cowboy contribution. |
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| Take a long look, Dad on a horse may not happen for another 15 years! |
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| Love Harley's blue eyes! |
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| Cindy is so amazing with the horses. |
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| Showing us how well trained this one is, since SHE trained him! |
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| The Storey sisters and Linda helping to hold the horses. Fran, Darlene, Freda, Dorothy and Helen. |
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| My amazing Grandma D! |
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| A cowgirl and her boys. |
For the 4th of July weekend we went on the first road trip since Pepper's arrival. We headed down to Ontario, OR to Frank and Cindy Grimaldo's place for the Storey Family Reunion. We have not had a big Storey reunion for about 5 years so it was definitely time. Originally Cindy planned for it to be at Anthony Lakes which would have been an interesting camping adventure with a 6 week old. The huge amounts of snow everywhere changed those plans and thankfully Frank and Cindy opened their home/ranch/resort to all of us. The weekend was very fun, full of horse back riding, four wheeling, swimming, and, in my case, serious relaxing. Jo and I got more sleep than we have in 6 weeks, mostly due to the light blocking window shades that helped us trick Pepper into thinking the night was quite long! It was so fun to see Grandma and her sisters on horses. Grandma and Helen even went for a ride on the four wheeler! The food was great, of course, and it was so nice to get to know family better. We also were blessed with a "surprise" shower, a nicely decorated lemon/raspberry cake and a generous gift which we are going to use to buy an ergo carrier. Thank you all!
We all are hoping that the family reunion happens again soon, at the Grimaldo Ranch. Thank you very much to Cindy and Frank for the HUGE amount of work that it took to make the weekend so awesome!
A little Storey family history: When my Grandma Dorothy was young, Great Grandpa and Grandma Storey had a logging business in Idaho. They also had six daughters and no sons, so my grandmother and her sisters learned to log. Initially they logged using horses before they had machines. The Storey girls later all became nurses. They are amazing women, full of life and fun, always showing us the love of the Savior by their example. I am so proud to be a part of the Storey family!
