We just had our Robertson yearly get together! and all 12 of the Robertson kids were able to make it!! The Parents obviously wouldn’t miss that, and 5 of the 6 in-laws made it, and 18 of 19 grand kids! It was awesome to have so much of the family together and awesome to have them all stay at our house for 3 of the days!

Tom and Annette Robertson Family

Since the get together was here in Utah I got to do most of the planning. I enjoyed planning it all out and I was pleased to see the week turn out really well. We have thousands of pictures thanks to our eldest sister and her new camera so I am thinking this will be a documenting post and if I am ambitious I will follow with pictures as I find time.

On Monday we all made our way to Payson Lakes. A lot of the group was coming all the way from Oroville but they left early so that they would have time to set up camp and enjoy the evening. Ryan and Ben and I packed up all of the food and extras and got there around 4pm. Joel, Brady and Sean beat us there so we got to see Sean right when we got to camp – he looks awesome and was so much fun to be around. It’s really neat being around a new returned missionary. Everyone else arrived within the next hour or two and we set up our camp. I must document that we stayed in Group site C and it was perfect for our family – we could be loud and had no neighbors, no cars coming or going because we were at the end of a road, lots of exploring for the kids, plenty of tables, bathrooms close by and everything else we needed for a fun camp out.

Tuesday: we hiked to a waterfall in the morning and then spent the afternoon at the lake swimming, kayaking, fishing, getting muddy, playing frisbee and visiting. We finished the day with dinner and a late night around the campfire.

Wednesday: a slow morning in camp, packed everything up just before the rain started. We cancelled our afternoon plans because of the rain and checked into the Ben and Jana hotel a little early. Our grand parents came over for dinner, some went to jump on it and we played games until late.

Thursday: 7 Peaks! We got there when it opened and stayed all day. It was fun to have so many of us there. Everyone helped with kids so we all were able to ride tons of slides. A bunch of our cousins met us there and we just played hard all day. That night was Pizza and games.

Friday was our last day so we packed everything in. We took some family pictures and then we set up the giant slip n slide at the park. Then we needed Kong Cones before heading to Rock Canyon park where we had a BBQ, played soccer and ultimate, did lots more visiting and finished the night with Yorbing.

It was really fun to be with my parents and all of my siblings – the last time was for a couple of hours after our Hawaii trip in 2006 so it was over due. And to all of the crazy in-laws that agreed to be part of this family- thanks for contributing to the craziness and awesomeness 🙂 actually now that I say that it is usually the in-laws that actually contribute anything beyond smack talk (that part the Robertson’s do well). WE HAD A GREAT WEEK WITH FAMILY.

missing Rob, Tara and Braden