Bassett Reunion

The weekend of July 24th we had our Bassett Family reunion. This is the family on my mom's side. I like to go because there are a lot of people that we only see at this reunion. We also had the Brown family 24th party that weekend with Matt's Dad's family so we had to cram them both in. It was a busy weekend, but a lot of fun. We went up to the Bassett Reunion on Wednesday afternoon and then came back home Saturday morning, so we could be in time for the Brown party. I will post about the Brown party another time. There was a lot of good food, 4-wheelers, lots of games and fun and a ton of flies. Steven's track record with bugs of any kind isn't very good ( he totally freaks out when they get near him) but he did pretty well this trip. Here are a few fun photos from our trip:


Matt and our boys on the 4-wheeler. They are only unloading the wheeler from the trailer, or they would all be wearing helmets.


Grandma has a bunch of little cars (trucks and 4 wheelers actually) that she keeps in her camping trailer for Steven to play with. They were a HUGE hit. He carried them around all weekend and had fun driving them everywhere. In this picture, he is holding as many of them as he can carry and walking across Grandpa's lap.


This is a photo of Kim (my mom's cousin's wife) using firewood to help Steven build jumps and a garage for his 4-wheelers. Thanks for being so fun Kim!


Matt "fire-walking". If you look close, you can see some glowing coals near his heel. The flash washed out most of the glow from the fire.


This is one of my favorites. Sammy just chillin' in a camp chair with Bonnie.


Steven swatting some flies. Giving him a swatter is a great way to get him to calm down about the bugs. I think it empowers him to feel like he can defend himself.


Our first day my mom made some indoor smores. While she was making them, Matt made some smores of his own... the supplies are Golden Grahams cereal, chocolate chips, and some mini marshmallows.


Isn't he cute?


And he's so creative!

The following video is of Steven and my cousin's little girl Kiera. I'm not sure if he thought he was protecting her or what but he followed her like this for 15 or 20 minutes. It was hilarious!



It was a great trip, and we can't wait for next year!