ijump continued

i just realized i hadn't loaded all my pictures from our fun at ijump. so here are some more for your viewing pleasure. :)


madalyn with wes running up the tramp in the background

kaylin and spencer

madalyn and collin

look at all those jumpers!

wesley taking a dive 

 

emily and collin 

madalyn, spencer, and kaylin

dad

madalyn

gabby

practicing my back flip

dad 

manwaring reunion continued

they also had face painting, fishing for prizes, and tug of war. it really was great. then we enjoyed a yummy lunch and a little program. thanks for the fun manwarings!


owen 

carter, owen, kate, and ogden 

gregg manwaring granddaughters vs gregg manwaring grandsons

such a fun picture

until next year! 

highland games

the kids had a potato sack race.


ogden and lincoln (with a scottish wig) 

 

if there is one thing that manwarings love to do it's compete. the men had a LOT of fun doing this caber toss and a stone put toss. benjamin represented the "mcgregors" well and won in both competitions.


justin 

dad 

tyson (benjamin's fierce competitor) 

jarom

the girls observing (alyssa, halle, anna, kate, and madalyn) 

so cute! 

benjamin (the winner) 

the junior caber toss. isn't lincoln so cute in his scottish get-up. 

the kids also played a few other games. this one looked fun! 

izzie covered in whip cream and coco puffs.

collin 

dad, nat, and eli 

kaylin and eli 

madalyn and me 

elena and jarom 

spencer 

holley/gregg manwaring family reunion

jarom and elena hosted the gregg manwaring family reunion this year and decided to combine it with the holley manwaring reunion. we had all the siblings except for melissa's family. we missed not seeing all of them!

the fun started thursday night at jarom and elena's home. we all brought a treat to share and made our t shirts and family flag for saturday's festivities. we also enjoyed smores and a fire in their back yard.

friday morning we all met at ijump for some private jumping fun! plus we had doughnuts and juice to boot! it was a great way to play all together. kids and adults loved it alike!


anna, madalyn, and kate 

collin hanging on for dear life 

dodge ball - owen, ogden, wesley, benjamin, carter, and alyssa.

grandpa 

owen 

owen doing a front flip into the foam 

more dodge ball 

more dodge ball

we had any contest you could think of in this trampoline house. it was a ton of fun! then we met up for lunch in the park and had some water festivities. human battleship included.

friday night we had a chapel session and endowment session with the extended family at the temple. it was great to be there with everyone.

saturday morning we met at freeman park for the extended family fun. the brett manwaring's were in charge and put on a great day for us all. we had a yummy breakfast and then it was time to start the highland games. brett and sue served a mission in scotland so they had a lot of fun ideas for this reunion.

we started, as tradition goes with highland games, with a "march of the clans".  each family was asked to create a flag and we marched around the park a time or two behind a guy playing the bagpipes in his kilt. our clan, the "mcgregors", wore our matching shirts with our family tree printed on it. elena did a great job creating them.

the "mcgregors" (gregg manwarings) 

 

 

 

our 94 year old grandma leading the clan march

this young man with the bag pipes served with brett and sue in scotland and was so awesome to come do this at the reunion. his wife would even do a little scottish jig every once in awhile. we got quite a few stares but really enjoyed it. :)

then, it was off to compete.

girls camp 2012 - arise shine & sparkle

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summer swimming lesson

last week we wrapped up our two-week swimming lessons at ammon pool. all three of kids were able to participate. maddy was so excited to go...until we got there! but, by the end everyone had a good time.


madalyn
what an attentive student!

on the last day everyone went off the diving board. whether you wanted to or not. ;)

owen was first! he wanted to jump off about 20 more times.

somehow, wesley got on there without me even seeing. i was so sad i missed it. but, i do know he went bravely.

madalyn needed a little shove. but, she survived and actually thought it was fun.

we did the lessons with a couple of favorite families. the allen's and the lowry's. i miss spending 30 minutes with them everyday.