Time again for the
Pope Family Reunion. My family was in charge this year. Good times. We headed down on Friday after work. Anyone who knows me knows that I hate the drive to St. George. I was hoping for a smooth drive. NOT so! Just outside of Fillmore, my serpentine belt broke.


Thanks to Triple A, Lisa and I enjoyed a nice tow truck lift back into Fillmore. This delayed us a few hours. Good thing Mom and Dad were not too far ahead of us. So, we had to jump in with Mom and Dad. That was a good time.
No, we aren't squished at all. We had to take all the stuff in my car and put it in with Mom and Dad. Ok there is a reason we drive our own car on family vacations. :) Anyway, it's been a long time since we all drove together longer then 45 minutes, but we did make the best of it. We told Dad to drive fast. All I can say is there was a lot of laughing and a lot of comments flying around.
Let the family reunion begin.

We always have a fishpond. Lisa is very excited for this. Good thing we had some help. Jack and Bryne were so great to help us with this.


This is the group filling up water balloons. (to be used later in a giant water fight)


And the effects of the water balloon. We did get a little wet. Thanks to Mary who started it.

And onto the
raffle. This is how the reunion is funded. Everyone brings stuff and we all buy tickets. One of the highlights of the party.



And then comes the
Talent show. We never participate, but this year we made an exception.

Helping Emily with her bandanna.

Emily, me and Lisa.
We did a skit in honor of Errol making it through the Air Force Academy.
We had a good time.



Listening to Uncle Wendel play is the highlight of the reunion. I can sit all night and listen to the music. We all sing along. It can go all night.



More to come....