Bennett Reunion Weekend

Every Memorial Day Weekend the Bennett Family Reunion is held in Holden. This year we still all got together as a family, but instead of a reunion, we attended a funeral for a family member. My father in law's cousin, Sandy Bennett Wade past away on May 24th, after a battle with brain and breast cancer. It was a beautiful service and she was a great mom and grandma. She lived in Fillmore and always attended the reunion every year. She was only 63, so it was very sad, but her family is very strong and we know we will see her again someday!
On Friday, after Nicholas got off of work, we headed down to Holden, minus Carson, since he was already down there. We had dinner and enjoyed visiting with Uncle Larry, Aunt Lynda, and Aunt Toni. The kids swung on the swings while the men changed tires on the truck. I got up early and went for a run before getting ready for the funeral. My niece Makenna was sweet enough to stay with the kids while the adults attended the viewing and funeral in Fillmore. Sandy was buried in the Holden Cemetery. After the burial, we took the kids back over to Fillmore for the family dinner.
It was different to be eating dinner at the church instead of the cabin, but it was still nice to be with family. Carson had so much fun playing with his cousins. Makenna is so nice to Carson and Kaylee both, I wish we could take her home with us!

After the funeral was all over, we did eventually make it up to the cabin and play.

Grandma Karen, Kaylee and Austyn.

Grandma Karen and Papa Bear!

Makenna and Sam McCall.

They had Chase's cute tractor power wheels at the cabin. The kids had a blast taking turns riding it!

Papa Bear entertained the kids with four wheeler rides.

Lynda, Karen, Makenna, Toni and Kaylee.

Carson had a fun helping Papa change the sprinklers on the field. He wore his sprinkler boots, but I wasn't fast enough to get a picture in them just him putting his cowboy boots back on.

Makenna and me!

We stayed long enough to roast a hot dog and then headed back home since I had to be home for the Music and the Spoken Word broadcast Sunday morning. So we made it home around 9:30 Saturday night and unpacked and went straight to bed! It was a fun weekend in Holden, but we were all exhausted! Carson played so hard while he was down there. He came home with a goose egg on his forehead, a scraped up chin, and a bit of a sunburn on his face. You could tell he had a blast though. He can't wait to go down again and help out on the farm!