Thursday, September 30, 2010

Perkins Family Reunion

Like I mentioned in the previous post, I was waiting to write about the Whitt and Perkins side so Dallas could participate in the blogging, but with his insane schedule I think I'm on my own.

Can I just quickly say how blessed I am to have married into such great families!? My in-laws are incredible and have done everything possible to make me feel welcomed into the family.  They are fun, loving, hilarious, and unbelievably generous.  There is only one that I do not get along with too well...Kelly, but I can't hold it against her since she's a dog and I'm allergic :)

After the Whitt family reunion up at Bear Lake, we drove to Casper to meet up with the Perkins.  After spending a calm night doing laundry and trying to recover from one family reunion, we drove down to Alcova Lake for three days of boating, playing games, eating, and laying out in the sun.
Ashleigh was being shy for the camera with no make up on.  I kept telling her she looks gorgeous regardless!  We are so excited for her and Robbie.  They are pregnant and due in February, the first grandchild in their family.


Kristie and Drew took advantage of the gorgeous deck overlooking the lake.  It was perfect for a relaxing nap.

Grandma Marline joined us for our time at the lake.  She is such a sweetheart!  Robbie showed off his wakeboarding skills.

After three days at the lake, we all drove 6 hours to Alpine, WY, which is about an hour south of Jackson Hole.  When we got to Alpine we took a gravel road for an additional 30 miles out into the middle of nowhere.  I seriously thought we were lost, but we eventually found the "Box Y Ranch" where we stayed an additional three nights.  

I have to admit at first I was a little overwhelmed by all of the stuffed animals.  The owners are professional hunters and have won several awards, so there were displays everywhere.  It was such a funny feeling coming from San Francisco to Wyoming...they are very different!



The ranch was made up of several different cabins and then a main cabins where they cooked the meals for us.  We each got our own cabins.  It was such a cool experience staying here.  The cabin was very nice inside, great beds, nice showers.  There wasn't electricity unless you were in the main cabin, so they had gas lamps that they lit at night.  The food was amazing; good hearty home-cooked meals.


Drew borrowed 3 ATVs and a dirt bike from one of his colleagues and we had a BLAST using them.  We would spend almost the whole day out exploring different trails.  It was absolutely gorgeous looking out into valleys covered in beautiful trees and not seeing a single person around.


Like father, like son!  Drew and Dallas loved the dirt bikes and luckily there were no accidents!  After riding to the top of one of the surrounding mountains we decided that we needed to show off our gang symbols...yeah we felt real cool...


I couldn't get over how beautiful everything was.  I left thinking that maybe I would be ok with moving to Wyoming someday, I just don't know how I would be able to leave the ocean behind.  I wish the pictures did the scenery justice!





We had so much fun with the Perkins family!
Thank you, Drew and Kristie for setting all of this up.  We love you both so much and are so grateful for such amazing parents!

4 comments:

  1. Looks like an absolute blast. So beautiful there. Glad you had a great time.

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  2. I love these pictures too! Gol, just makes me want a really nice camera and all kinds of time to just take pictures. Sigh. Someday...maybe?

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  3. It was fun to hear about the reunion!

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  4. It sounds like it was awesome!

    I'm excited to see you again soon, girl!

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