Carpenter Cousins Reuinion

On Saturday August 2nd, we held our first Carpenter Cousins reunion (AKA the "Wet Bum" Reunion) at Murray Park, in the Salt Lake City area.

There were nearly 50 people in attendance. We met to visit and to play together. It was wonderful to see everyone.

The highlight of the reunion was ice blocking down the grassy hills in the park. The kids loved it, and after some coaxing, many of the adults slid down the hill too.

Mark demonstrating his ice blocking technique
(Note: You can click on these photos to see a larger view)

Everyone wanted to know if there would be ice blocking again for next year's reunion.

We had a great time ice blocking. Everyone was being a good sport.

Even Nancy!

It was great to have Mike and Barbara join with us. They came all the way from Oregon to be here. They introduced the game of Padunk, which was enjoyed by several of us.



For some, all the ice blocking action was just too intense.


Who could blame him? This was a call for a little R&R. Not a bad idea really: a nice park, a babbling brook nearby, a little Harry Potter, some lemonade, and a chance to catch 40 winks!



Finally, after the ice blocking was over, the question came -- What to do with the left over ice blocks? Answer: Why have an ice block sitting contest, of course! So we Did!

This six brave souls are all sitting on ice blocks. They remained there for about 15 minutes, or so. It was decided to call a truce, and an end to the contest after all of the participants experienced the uncomfortable side effect know as "Numb Bum".


We are in the process of gathering photos from our adventure. Many of us were taking pictures, and we would love to have them. We will publish them on a web site, and will provide a link here at this blog, as well as in an upcoming email where you may view the photos.

Please email the photos you would like to share to our email address (below). We would love to see your photos too.

carpenterconnections@gmail.com

You Can View all of the photos that we have uploaded to the internet so far here. You can click on the thumbnails of each photo to see a larger view.

We have already planned that next Year's Carpenter Cousins Reunion will be held in Evanston, Wyoming on Saturday, July 25, 2009. It will likely be at Hamblin Park, near the rodeo grounds.

And Yes -- We will try to find a hill for ice blocking again!