Malone Reunion

This past weekend was the Malone reunion in Morgantown. We rented a big pontoon boat that fit the whole family for the day on Saturday. The boys went off the rope swing, the kids swam and played in the sand. It was relaxing and fun. In the evening, Matt and Erich did some dutch oven cooking and we stayed up late into the night visiting. What a nice, relaxing weekend with the family.

Dad letting Joely drive the boat.

Mom and Merrody

Uncle Erich with his boys

Beautiful Aunt Molly

Matt

Uncle Todd enjoying the boat ride

Aunt Carey

Uncle Ben

Noel

Hyrum with Uncle Ben

Christian

Merrody

Joel

Jackson

Clayre

Norah

Kate

One of my favorite parts of the weekend was the drive home. Oh, how I LOVE the beautiful Pennsylvania countryside!

Sunday Drivers

Little known fact: Did you know that for the 9 and a half years that Matt and I have been married we have consistently gone on Sunday evening drives. And by consistently I mean like every Sunday. When we lived in Orem we would drive up the majestic Provo canyon. Maybe we would take the road up to Sundance or out to South Fork Park or all the way to Strawberry Reservoir. When we lived in Morgantown we would take the Kingwood Pike or Route 7 or Summerschool Road to some of the most beautiful country in the world. In Moses Lake, we would explore our way around the small neighboring farm towns in the flat land that stretched out forever. Johnstown has been no different.

Sunday drives give Matt and me an opportunity to talk about life with the kids safely strapped in. We love to look out at the beautiful farmland, the fancy homes or the natural beauties wherever we go. We learn the geography of our current hometown and surrounding areas. It's something we both love.

Tonight we went on such a drive. It was filled with all the natural beauty we try not to get too blase about. It was filled with the regular scintillating conversation such as "Dad how does all the dirt get there and what makes dirt so dirty?" and "Kids, see how fast I'm driving? That's how fast a cheetah can run." We stopped when we found Blue Knob State Forest (another bonus of Sunday drives is that we're always finding cool parks and nature reserves). I just happened to have my trusty camera handy... :)

I know I put this picture twice. It's my favorite.