Family Party and Pictures

I finally got around to posting this. Since we were on vacation, we weren't able to post it, so its a little late. We had a family party in Layton about two weeks ago. It was a special occasion because we had a lot of family here that we haven't seen in a long time. Grandma and Grandpa Regnier came down from Lovell, Kristie and John came from Boise, Cody and Doyle (along with their family) came from Colorado, and everyone who lives close was able to make it. It was a lot of fun. We took this opportunity to get some family photos, and we tried our best to get a good picture of our family, but Tyson and Owen were due for a nap, and they didn't enjoy posing for pictures. I think we finally got a good one, but it took quite a while. Here is the best picture.
Here is a big family picture, with my immediate family. This one took a while also
While we were there, the boys were fascinated my Montes chickens. They have been raising chickens for eggs (and eventually meat) in a little coup they made. They have quite a few chicks, and a few more fully grown chickens. The boys keep staring at the chicks, and kept trying to feed them hay through the fence. Monte opened the gate and let Tyson and Owen run free with the chickens. They were cute. They weren't sure what to think at first, but they eventually got more comfortable with them and even tried to grab them (Tyson and Owen both reached for one chicken and it jumped to get away from them. They both were shocked that it could do that.)

Here is Tyson trying to feed the chicks.
Here is Owen petting one of the chickens. He eventually got more comfortable.
The only bad part of the party was the ride home. We got on the freeway, and as we started to leave, we got stuck in some bad traffic. what would normally only take 15 minutes to drive (from Layton to Lagoon) took over an hour and a half! It narrowed from 3 lanes down to 2, for about a mile or two, then from two lanes down to one for another couple of miles. I knew road construction was bad in the Ogden area, but I had no idea it was that bad. Thank goodness we don't travel that way too often.