Shearer Family Reunion August 2010

- The Shearer Grandchildren from oldest to youngest-

(Darren) Samantha, Jace, Janika, ReAnnan, Jaden, Cash, Austin, (Michael James), Cameron, Tate, Case, Kylan, Kimbrey, Cort, TayleeMinute To Win It

The first night of camp Grandma Trudy split us into 4 teams and we played Minute to win it. This is Taylee with a pin pong belt trying to shake the ping pong balls out of the box on the back of her belt. (Really Cute)

Other games were...

Stacking hangers 7 layers tall
Swinging a potato in a nylon, around your head, and knocking over water bottles

Pulling tissue from a tissue box, one at a time, one handed
Sucking M&Ms up with a straw, carrying them over to another straw, and them balancing them on top of the straw.

Getting to Know You!

The kids loved Grandma Trudy's minute to win it, so the next day they made up their own games and they were so fun. Cash demonstrating his made up game. It's not as easy as it looks. Here is Marla trying things out.

Good Job Marla!

One day, while gathering 20 pieces of wood for the fire, Tate found a snake in what he calls, a log motel.

Another one of Grandma Trudy's fun games.

Kelle the Hair Stylist

Kelle became the official hair stylist of camp.

Don't they all look so cute!?!
Cort the Sumo Wrestler
Tate the Mohawk man

Case the Punk Rocker

MINATONKA CAVE

The kids loved the chipmunks at the Cave.Feeding Time
Oh, I see one. I see one.

North Shore

Bear Lake

Janika following in her Aunt Kelle's footsteps of becoming a Hair Stylist

The younger cousins getting the best of Darren, the oldest of the crew

A family night on the temple lead to a pinata break the next day.

Bloomington Lake

The hike to Bloomington Lake was great fun, but when lightning interrupted the swim, the kids took to rock climbing and cave exploring

Go Tate!

The Lake before the storm hit.

Taylee wanted to be part of the fun.

Mike discovered a cave which sent the kids on a wild adventure.Things were pretty tight.

The Paris Tabernacle

We got to visit a beautiful tabernacle in Paris which the kids described as a temple.
Taylee posing for a picture

The Porters

The Johnsons

The Shearers

The Spencers

Jace testing out the pulpit and the trap door

We got to test out the acoustics in the tabernacle by singing,

I Love To See The Temple

More Games

Three legged races

Steal the BaconBud

Bud was a favorite of the kids at camp.

Tate never wants to go camping without him.

He figures Bud saved his life.

End of Camp
What we all looked like at the end of camp.

It was definitely a two thumbs up reunion.

Cowboys Prayer

We only had a few mishaps at our camp.

The first night it rained all night and we were in the middle of a terrible lightning and thunderstorm. Justin's and Channie's tent had a hole in the top corner and Janika and Austin woke up soaking wet. Marla realized she set up her tent over a stream and when the rains

came she had a river running underneath her. Kelle, froze all night and had to run to Logan to buy some warmth. And my dad almost started his tent on fire with his Buddy Heater.

It was so much fun. For a bunch of non campers, we had a blast.