On Thursday we had family pictures taken by a photographer friend of Leah's. So far we haven't seen the proofs but I will post some once I get them. Then we had a camp fire in a newly created fire pit made by my dad and my nephews. We roasted marshmellows and had s'mores. Then my brother, Jared, presented what was taking place in the world in 1968 when my parents got married.
(Here are all of my nephews setting up the fire.)
On Friday we had a fun run/walk in the morning on the levee next to the Snake River. Leah made us all matching shirts. You could choose to do the 1-mile course or the 5K course. Here are pictures of the runners who did the 5K course.
Jeff and Jake were the big winners. 
Next came my sister, Anna.
Porter came next.
Then my brother, Ira and M'Lynn.
My brother-in-law, Scott, and nephew, Rylan, were the #1 winners in the 1-mile race.
Here is my cutie pie dad.After the fun run we had a barbeque and then played at the beach.
On Friday night, we played the Newlywed Game with Anna as the hostess. Some of the questions were: If your spouse could marry a celebrity who would he or she marry?, Who is the worst driver out of the two of you?, where was your first date?, what was your last argument about?, what was the first movie you saw together?, etc. It was really fun but Jeff and I came in dead last. My brother, Jared and his wife, Heather, won. And the rest of the couples tied.
On Saturday most everyone went to the water park that is in Clarkston, Washington across the river. The kids really enjoyed it. Meanwhile, Leah, Heather and I stayed home to prepare for our grand finale night. Leah and I always wanted our wedding receptions to be on our parents front deck because my parents have a done of wonderful job of landscaping it and making it so beautiful. But we both got married in the winter so we couldn't have our dream come true. So we were excited to have this celebration on our beloved front deck. We brought out long tables and tried to decorate the tables but it was fairly windy that day and I decorations turned into a wreck. 
We all love this Mandarin Chinese restaurant in town called Mandarin Pine and so we had them cater the event. (Actually we just got a bunch of take-out and had Jeff and Scott go pick up the food and then we put it in nice serving trays and put it on the table.)
We all love this Mandarin Chinese restaurant in town called Mandarin Pine and so we had them cater the event. (Actually we just got a bunch of take-out and had Jeff and Scott go pick up the food and then we put it in nice serving trays and put it on the table.)
Leah's mother-in-law, Jody, made a replica of their wedding cake. So we had them cut it and feed it to each other.
After dinner, my brother Jared presented some questions in a powerpoint presentation of questions they had asked my parents about their feelings about their courtship and falling in love. After that we watched a 30-minute slide show that I created with pictures put to music showing the Richard and Lynnette Young Love Story. I put it on a big screen in our living room. First it started out with pictures from my parents' childhood and then as they were in their young 20's. Then I showed their marriage pictures. Then the slideshow progressed into all of us 5 siblings being born and then all of the marriages so far in the family and the grandkids. It took me many hours to create on my computer but it was a labor of love. I cried many times as I created it but they were tears of joy because I feel so fortunate to come from such an amazing family. After the slideshow, we had a dance on the deck that Ira and Teralyn were in-charge of
That was it. It was such a blast to all be together. Here are a few more random pictures.
Picking roses in Grandma's garden. 
My sister, Leah, is two and half weeks farther along in her pregnancy than me. She is having a girl.
We had to go to one of my favorite home town restaurants, Burger Ranch. They have saddle seats to sit on while you are eating.
Grace and Erica 
