Vacation 2011 -- I Actually Survived It!

Well, Friday evening we returned from our vacation with Jamie and her family.  So there were 9 of us, traveling in 2 vans, first to Las Vegas for a Nishimoto family reunion/65th anniversary celebration.  Most all the family was there, all the children, grandchildren and great-grandchilden were there.  It was fun there and I had one unfortunate incident.  I lost the smart key for our new van.  It will be a fortune to replace.  I looked everywhere.  And quite frankly, we had only been in the hotel and at the home of Spencer's parents.  There really could not have been many places that it could have gotten lost...We scoured the place, still no luck...  Well, such is life. 

Here are some of the pictures of the reunion:

Here are the original 5 children in the family.

Here is a shot of grandpa and grandma and their 14 of 15 grandchildren.

Here are the 9 great-grandchildren in the family.

My daughter, son-in-law and their sweet kids.

Grandpa and grandma with Grandpa's sister Marion.

A game of "monkey in the middle" in grandpa's house.  I worried about them breaking something while there.  But all went well...thank goodness.

 Grandpa and his little performance.

 After the food was eaten, this is how things looked.

The senior generation enjoys the festivities.

Girls just want to have fun!

and lots of it!

 Jamie and Logan looking at the book that Erin compiled with letters and

photos from all the family members.

Eating leftovers from the reunion on Sunday.