Hug Family Reunion

A couple days after Caleb arrived in Seattle we headed down to Elgin OR for a big Hug family reunion. (Elgin is where Caleb's grandparents live and is about 30 minutes from La Grande) IT was tons of fun! It was the perfect mix of planned activities and time to just hang out and catch up. Several family members we had not seen since that last Hug family reunion, which was right before we got married 6 years ago. NOt only was it great to catch up with people, everyone loved holding Peter. This was great for me because Peter is not fussy about who is holding him...he just loves being held. Also, there were tons of kids around that Hannah could play with, so I had a surprising amount of free time.

The family members there were: Caleb's Grandparents, their 4 children & spouses, plus most of Caleb's cousin's and families.

The first day we all went to Wallowa Lake. The second day we went on a scenic train ride along the Wallowa river. The third day we got a tour of Hot Lake Springs. And the last day was a chill day. Here are some pictures.

Peter is the one wrapped in the towel.

Here we are by Wallowa Lake.

Here's Wallowa Lake

Here's our nephew Judah being cute

Here we are playing games at night. Luckily Peter is a pretty good game companion.

Here's the whole crowd...49 of us.

Here's Caleb's immediate family

This is a view from the train ride.

Here's Levi with the grandparents. :-D

Here we are on the train. We filled up a whole car.

This is back in Elgin where we ate all our meals

Here's Elizabeth with Peter

Here's Grandma and Grandpa Hug again. We celebrated their 65 wedding anniversary! That's alot of years!!

Here's Hannah playing with her cousins and Uncle Titus. She had alot of fun running around.

This is Hot Lake Springs. It smelled like Yellow Stone...as all hot springs do. Back in the day it was a huge tourist spot as well as a major hospital/healing center where people would come to absorb the healing minerals and such from the hot springs. It's since been run down and the owners now are working to make it a destination spot again. The husband is a famous bronze artist and he has some pretty amazing pieces of work. This is a view of the hot lake from the resort building.

Here's one of the bronze statues out front.