Oregon

This past week Jason and I went to a family reunion for his mom's side of the family. It was held in Echo, Oregon at Grandma and Grandpa Cook's house. That whole area of Oregon is farmland so they basically live in the middle of nowhere. They used to own a lot of land that they farmed, but sold it all in recent years, with the exception of their apple orchards. They have a big house, a big yard, and a big pool- perfect for a big family reunion.

There were around 70 or 80 people in attendance (Launa is the 7th child of 8). Each of Grandma/Grandpa's children had a room in the house or the trailer (which is what Launa and Steve had this year) and the rest of the grandchildren and great-grandchildren either slept in tents or on the floor somewhere in the house. Jason and I took a tent.

There were lots of fun activities like Pool tournaments, ice cream eating contests, shooting clay pigeons (my first time to shoot a gun), and going out on their house boat. We had a great time, and it was so fun getting to meet the rest of the family.

As most of you already know, on Saturday Melissa lost her baby. Clarisa was 1 lb. 10 oz., 13 inches long, 26 weeks old, had dark hair, and Melissa said she's beautiful. Please keep Melissa and her family in your prayers.