Lee Family Reunion, Part 3

For the uninitiated, July 24th is a holiday in Utah called Pioneer Day. It commemorates when Mormon prophet Brigham Young led the Mormons into the Salt Lake Valley to escape persecution in the Eastern United States. Technically, it was part of Northern Mexico at the time, and this allowed the Mormons to practice their faith with relatively little interruption from state governments and Washington.

To commemorate the day, we went to an awesome park in Cedar City. We had our own parade, played games, played at the park, and ate lunch.

Lena with uncle Dan playing her recorder before we started the parade.

Kathleen and Clare getting ready for the parade. Notice Clare has a little instrument and some flair on her leg.


The whole crew getting ready for the parade.


The parade.

Kathleen's sister Kristine leading the kids in some songs. Her daughter Julia is dancing and singing, and her husband Jason is seated to her left.


Lena and her cousin Reese playing in the sand. Reese is holding Lena's sandals. Reese is apparently obsessed with shoes. Good luck with that, Darren and Larynn.

A couple of the adults (including Kristine, Kara, Dan and Grammy) got into walking across a narrow ledge in the park. Here's Kara getting guidance from Kristine.

A cool action shot of Kara taking a tumble (though Kristine had the best tumble of the day). Dan is watching before an attempt of his own.

We also played some games I don't have any pictures of, including an adult Red Rover, which I discovered is not an adult game, especially when you combine a bunch of hyper-competitives, and men the size of Babbo, Dan and Darren. The game ended after Tara and I held the line against Kristine. Unfortunately I was holding Lena, and she took a tumble. Evidence of the hyper-competitiveness, and a nominating moment for my candidacy for Dad of the Year.

That night we attended the Shakespeare play 'As You Like It', which was good, but not as good as the previous two.

On Saturday morning the adults left the kids with Karlee and Carly and went to the Mormon temple in St. George. It was awesome. That night we attended our final play, 'Private Lives', which was probably my least favorite, though still fun.

Sunday we headed back to North Salt Lake, but not before taking a good picture (minus Karlee and Carly).

Here's the whole crew with funny faces.

Several of us stayed a few more days, and my last installment will cover our trip to Hogle Zoo.