Johansen Reunion

We just got back from the Johansen Reunion down by Loa. We had so much fun with all our family. My mom was in charge this year and did a great job. She prepared super fun games for both the kids and adults, and she got everyone involved (This is amazing with our family). We did a family trivia game that was so fun and we learned exactly how amazing and strange our family is. We also ALL (again amazing) went on a ride and went looking for arrowheads. My grandma LOVES looking for arrowheads and we had a blast looking and my cousin Matt found a perfect one. He was so proud (as he should be).

Logan and mom getting ready for the 3-legged race. Each family had a different color bandanna (sp?).


The kids loved riding 4-wheelers and finding grasshopper. They all had empty gatorade bottles filled with little grasshopper habitats. They all had names and stories about them, because they could talk you know. Logan's grasshopper was named logy, I think he named it after himself. They also played golf and caught butterflies and my mom kept sending them out to find "rabbit eggs" (round wight rocks that were every where). The kids would be gone for about 5-10 min. and then if they cam back with a good rabbit egg they would get a quarter. I think Logan came home with $1.50 and was so excited that he had money for the ice cream man.

Logan with Ashton & Skyler (2nd cousins) showing off their grasshoppers.




My grandma and Aubrey gathering golf balls.




The funniest thing was the kids found an old cowboy boot that had a cow bone sticking out of it. The kids were freaking out thinking it was a human bone. They carried this thing around the entire time. They called it "the bone in the boot" and had to take turns taking care of it. We kept telling them to put it back and they would and then a few min. later someone else would have it.

We all have a new s'more favorite. We used graham crackers, coconut marshmallows and peanut butter. They are amazing. Scott and I came up with this recipe in out backyard fire pit and everyone (the adults mostly) at the reunion went nuts for them. Scott is the best marshmallow roaster in the world, no fooling. So he spent every evening taking marshmallow orders.


I am glad that our family is so close and all get along to the most part. I am glad that my mom and her sisters and brother take the time and effort to do this every year.

Scott looking fab!!