Woodland, California
First stop, Woodland California. BBQ at Grammy and Pampas home and picking garden veggies at the Bringhurst home. Everyone also goes to the county fair and more.
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Axa and Raj travelled out a week early by themselves |
Grammy taking everyone for frozen yogurt at The Big Kahuna |
Wildwings... where grammy and pampa live |
Dutch Bros coffee! (no relationship to the Netherlands but super yummy) |
Panda Express take out |
waiting for the bats to emerge from the Woodland highway underpass |
the bats!!! |
Pampa using 'the black olive' BBQ to make pizza |
picking grapes from Grandma Betty and Grandpa John's back yard in Woodland |
Sarah playing the piano at her childhood home |
this week's edition of 'the fearless flyer' at Trader Joe's |
being silly at the UC Davis campus |
reminiscing at the Davis train tracks (where we dated and took our wedding announcment pictures) |
UC Davis arbotetum |
it was surprisingly difficult to find a normal cappucino in the US, but this cafe in woodland was amazing |
one of the best parts about visiting california is eating authentic and amazing mexican food |
the Woodland county fair!!! |
bumper cars |
Axa, Nick, Raj, and Zech |
yes... we eat this in the US :) |
Angels Camp, California
Grammy and Pampa have hosted many Familia family reunions over the years with their time shares at Angels Camp (see 2013 & 2018). This time, they rented 3 units for all the families. We did all the ussual activities (below) and had an amazing time together.
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playing put put golf while waiting to check in |
video gaming |
Nick and Raj |
pizza at the local diner |
Uncle Curt and Charlotte |
observing the local deer |
playing basketball with Zech and Uncle Jake |
Grammy!!!! :) |
boardgames |
MURICA! |
sarah sharing a story about Grammy's great grandmother from Italy |
day at the White Pines lake |
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Pampa, Charlotte, and Aunt Lissy |
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Visiting spectacular giant sequoia trees at Calaveras Big Trees State Park... Axa, Raj, Nick, Lissy, Zech, Grammy, Pampy (with Charlotte), Curtis, Stephanie, and Tony |
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Raj |
Sarah |
Axa |
Salt Lake City, Utah
The last time all the Bringhurst family was together for a reunion was in 2012 (visit here). All of Sarah's siblings are married now and there were many many more kids! It was an amazing time.
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ROAD TRIP!! driving 10 hours from California to Utah |
first stop in Utah... ice cream at the BYU Creamery |
BYU campus |
Sarah and Uncle Ben hiking the "Y" |
taking a quick drive past Tony's home in Springville where he lived when his family was in Utah |
Uncle Jesse's famous taco truck... he always ate there when he went to soccer games in Salt Lake. He got to know the owner and she catered at his wedding. Now he and Lauren were visiting for the first time to show baby Weston to her. |
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Grandma Betty and Grandpa John rented this huge AirBnB in Salt Lake City, Utah |
looking through old family photo albums... Sam (holding Weston), Jesse, Lauren, Sarah, Rachel, Hannah, Betty |
Aunt Rachel with her daughter Emmeline |
playing pool in the basement... Emmeline, Jack, AJ, Uncle Ben, Uncle Jesse, Uncle Sam, Seth, and Grandpa John |
Grandma Betty, Julia, Elisabeth, Uncle Ben, Uncle Jesse, Grandpa John, Raj, and Jack |
Grandpa John and Raj |
each family took turns cooking dinner (from the recepire book that Sarah made from all our family recepies). We made our traditional Familia Meatballs and spaghetti |
playing "Crazy 8" |
Sarah presenting the Bringhurst family cookbook, which everyone submitted recepies to |
Bringhurst brothers breaking out the old school Nintendo |
AJ and Carter trying to camp in the backyard... but shortly later getting rained out by the sprinklers |
Uncle Jesse, Aunt Lauren, and new baby Weston |
Bringhurst family talent show! |
Ben and Rachel's family |
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Grandma Betty and Grandpa John teaching the grandkids to scottish dance |
Sarah's talent... reciting poetry (the Changeling by Charlotte Mew) |
Axa and Raj playing the kazoo |
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dancing to Puff the Magic Dragon |
we visited Sam and Rachel's home one of the days |
hiking Mirror Lake up the canyon |
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ROAD TRIP back!!! |