Murdock Family Reunion

better late than never :)

The Murdock Family Reunion was a blast. I am so so happy to be in this family. 

The quality and quantity of people are astounding, seriously!

Let me break it down for you

2 wonderful parents- Mama Mimi and Papa G gave birth to

8 boys

1 girl - Melynne (sis in law, is one tough girl)

9 spouses and
28 grandchildren later with more to come! (2 of the Murdock families havent even STARTED having kids yet, Bentley and I included.)

a couple ATV's, guns, bows and arrows, a razor, mud, face paint, birthdays, music, home cooked meals and some hot chocolate in the great outdoors. . .
= a recipe for one heck of a good time if you ask me :) 

My family is very small, one brother, nana and papa, a handful of cousins and a few aunts and uncles. I can comfortably say that changed the moment I married my Murdock Man! I am now an aunt and a sister to other sisters for the first time :)

His parents have a beautiful cabin up in Duck Creek Utah, thats in souther Utah near Cedar City. It was custom built by the previous owners to be their little retirement home, but some things happened to them and their plans changed. That is how Mimi and George landed such a wonderful cabin in the woods. Since there are so many of us they rented the cabin on either side of thiers' to house everyone, and keep us a short ATV ride away from one another. 

It was a full on block party! 

Mimi planned this for months, she even set the date a year out so everyone would be able to make arrangements with work and get the time off. She is wonder woman, ask anyone! Meals, food and activities for little ones were well thought out and prepped. She put together an itinerary to let everyone one know who was responsible for what, when, and where.

with this amount of people an organized plan is a necesity! 

Mimi is no stranger to organized Chaos :)

life story?

 'Croaky' the Horny Toad

 living room

 saddle up :)

 THE RAZOR... aka golf cart on roids

splittin' wood

 fleece blanket making for a homeless shelter for women in Vegas, one of Mimis' wonderful ideas

 face painting with Alana

 gun safety with Mckay

 final product after a busy morning choppping

 

too many July birthdays to count :)

 

I melt at moments like these.... 

and thank heavenly father for moments like these....

 

Bentleys surprise birthday dinner upstairs 

 my first swiss army knife, thanks bentley, you are such an eagle scout :)

 more birthday goodies...

 

Atticus, seriously cute 

Sloppy night- no utensils with dinner, the kids were looking forward to this forever!!! 

Grayson took full advantage of the opportunity.

Baby Asia, newest addition (at the time) we have had another birth in the family since the reunion! :D

Malia, gorgeous girl.

Too many 6 packs to count! Where do they put it all?

cant get enough of these guys!

XOXO