Every year the William Jordan Flake (my great-great grandpa and one of the founders of Snowflake) family has a family reunion on Friday, and the town celebration is on Saturday. The family reunion includes a rodeo, a pot-luck luncheon, and a program.
David and I and Tyler's family were in charge of breakfast Friday morning, so we got up early to prepare biscuits and gravy and fruit for the crowd (the number was around 65, including babies, I think). Let me tell you, I made a LOT of biscuits, but since my mom has a Bosch, it wasn't too bad. After getting breakfast cleaned up, we went to the Flake Rodeo. I was sad that there weren't any bleachers at the rodeo grounds this year. Pretty much everyone just sat in the back of their trucks or under their own portable shade canopies, so I didn't really even get to see who else was there. It makes for a lot less visiting and catching up, but I still enjoyed watching all the events (even though I didn't participate in anything this year). Josh was pretty cranky towards the end of the rodeo and fell asleep way before we got home, so David stayed home with him while I went to the luncheon and program.
On Saturday our family did one final "campaign" float in the parade. Wynn had a great idea of doing a "Thanks From Jake" float to thank everyone for all they did for my Dad and for our family after he passed away. It worked out really nicely, because the Town had asked my mom to be the Grand Marshal for the parade, so our family's float was right behind her, and we still got to watch some of the rest of the parade after we were finished. Teresa, as usual, did a great job of putting the float together. After the parade most of us kids went to watch my mom speak in the Pioneer Program at the Main Street Chapel. The theme this year was "Women, the Heart and Soul of Pioneering" or something like that, and my mom gave a great talk about how the Lord has blessings in "store" for us, and compared those blessings to running out of something (food-wise). Just as you have to go to the store to get more of what you run out of, the Lord also expects us do do something in order to received the blessings he has for us. She said it much more eloquently than that. She also talked about her early married life when she and my dad lived on a ranch in Young, and how she often felt like a pioneer down there, because of all the little luxuries she had to do without (running water, electricity, etc.). My mom is amazing!
Saturday afternoon I went with Mindy, Kayla and some others and watched the "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" production. A couple of my nephews, Jayze and Noah, were in it (two of the brothers), and my sister-in-law Pam was in charge of the costumes for it. The play was very well done...it's amazing how much musical talent two small towns can produce! David again watched Josh while I was at the play (he was great about that), and after we got back he and some of the boys went up to the cedars to play paint ball.
Saturday night I went to the town rodeo to watch some of my brothers participate in a couple of events (Travis won the keg race, and Tyler/Brandon/Doug would have won the wild-cow milking contest had they not been disqualified for their roping technique). David came at the end, in time to watch the keg race. I'm going to make him into a rodeo fan yet! :)
All in all, I had a blast hanging out and visiting with my family, enjoying the cool weather, seeing a few friends who I don't get to see very often, and being in Snowflake. Here are some pictures:
Josh and I enjoying the Flake Rodeo from the back of our truck. Most of the pictures we took at the rodeo were on our video camera, so I don't really have any "action" shots here.
David and my mom enjoying the nice cool weather in the back yard.
Josh had a great time finding everyone's leftover cookies and cleaning up.
I don't know what Rachel is doing here but it looks a little questionable to me!
Here's a picture of Teresa's masterful float skills.
Here's a picture of Teresa's masterful float skills.
My mom, the Grand Marshal. She got to ride in the parade in the back of a convertible.
What a city-slicker...Josh is wearing shorts as he rides Tyler's pony, Mumble.
The float going down the parade route. Tyler is in front, on a horse, and Ashton is riding Mumble next to him. Celeste was able to get a sign made that looks like my dad's campaign signs did.
Josh and Mom after the parade.
Josh had a great time playing in Trey's Jeep. David is happy that he's a Jeep fan at such a young age and is excited for cooler weather so he can take him Jeeping for real!
5 comments:
Looks like you guys had a lot of fun. I haven't been up to Snowflake on the 24th in a very long time. I miss it.
Did you end up going to the U7 party? We were out of town in Heber. I had my phone off the whole time and didn't check my messages until I got home on Sunday night. Anyway, if you went, how was it? I'm sad we missed it. It would have been fun to see all the old school u7th warders.
I love the pictures of Josh on your shoulders and on the pony - very cute!!
I'm glad I got to see you, but didnt get near enough of you in Snowflake. Its sad how our paths dont hardly ever cross unless we MAKE them now. Thanks for inviting me to swimming. I probably wouldnt have gotten to see you much at all if not for that! YFC,
Michelle
That is so cool that your mom got to be the grand marshall. I sure love your family! Sounds like you guys had a great 24th.
Teresa does make a great float. I love the idea your family had to say thanks. How special! I think the picture of Josh running around in his diaper eating the leftover cookies is cute.
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