Reunion Round 2

After coming home from the cabin we went up to Sundance for the Rowe Reunion. The first night we went to an outdoor theater and watch 7 Brides for 7 Brothers. The weekend also featured a cupcake war. Below is Dave and Deb's rendition of when he momentarily lost is ring while jumping off the trestle at the cabin. The weekend also featured family skits, a hike up to Stewart Falls, and some amazing food. We want to thank the Mckinnons for allowing us all to spend the weekend at their cabin.

The Beginning of a Legacy

So in the Bunker family it has become customary to announce pregnancies at the cabin and so we were privileged to do the same. It is a great place for it because you automatically have the whole family together. Most of you already know now but Nic is pregnant. She is due Feb 18. We find out the gender around the end of Sept. Please leave a comment at the bottom of this post with your guess as to if it will be a boy or girl.

The Cabin- Where Dreams Become Reality

After Nic's graduation we headed up to the family cabin in Island Park near Yellowstone. This picture is of the front of the cabin with the porch which was completed last year. The cabin is quaint but is the perfect place to relax with family and to get away from the world.

On the first day we grabbed the canoes and headed down the river which originates from a sprin.g only a few hundred yards above the cabin and runs past the canyon and back into town. Our course takes about an hour or so and is the perfect way to relax and search for nearby Moosen in the Woodsen 

On Monday we headed into Yellowstone and enjoyed Old Faithful, ice cream, swimming in a place named Firehole, and searched for more animals. We didn't get pictures of Firehole but it is located near a hotspring so it is not unbearably cold. It consists of a flowing river with a calmer area where most of the swimming occurs but you can also hike upstream a bit and jump end where there is a stronger current which makes for a natural lazy river of sorts. The highlight was that Kylie was old enough to go down the "slide" with her floaties and she beamed with excitement.

This moose and her calf were seen near the cabin. We saw others on our trip down the river as well.

This Buffalo was laying by the road in the park.

Buffalo go wherever they please. The trip was wonderful. It was a sad day when we had to return. We enjoyed spending the week with those closest to us and being able to do things as family. It was the first of many trips to the cabin for us as a married couple and Josh's first period.

Graduation Part II

Nicole's graduation started a very busy week for us. A few weeks ago Ben graduation from high school but this time it was Nicole's turn as she graduated from Brigham Young University. Walking in August was wonderful because of the small numbers. The entire ceremony took only an hour and a half.

Nicole graduated with a Bachelors of Science Degree in Psychology and we are all very proud of her!

Office Space

This past week Josh had the opportunity to head down to Vegas to help Chris move his chiropractic office down the street to a new office. We all pitched in and painted and moved all the equipment from the old office to the new.   

It was a lot of hard work but well worth it. The new office looks great and will be a great upgrade for Chris.  It was really nice to be able to give back to Becky and Chris for all that they do for us.

Exam Room

Main Room

 Main hallway to Chris's office and the rest of the exam rooms

Bunker Reunion

During mid-July we had a Bunker reunion in Heber City. We rented out two homes, our was pretty large, complete with horses in the backyard and curiously decorated. It was decorated with (which one is not like the others) two bison heads, a stuffed black bear, trout, knight in shining armor, bear skins and fox skins. During the day we had activities such as pioneer games seen above for Pioneer Day. This is a picture of Nicole looking Hott at the archery event. It was probably close to 100 degrees on this day.

At the firing range it was like Father like Daughter.

The last day of the reunion was designated for picture taking.

The children may have listened to Chris's directions better than adults (there is hope for the next generation), but all the pictures got done and the reunion was pretty successful with minimal trips to the emergency room.

Happy Birthday

This week we threw a surprise birthday party for Becky after she specifically told us not to do 

anything for her birthday. Chris was the mastermind behind the party...

and everything turned out great. The food was amazing, the attendance was great especially with many of the Bunker side being in town anyway for the reunion that night, and Becky later admitted she was surprised that she loved the idea of a large party so much.

We all drowned in chocolate thanks to Costco

We didn't think about the fact of there being sprinklers in the banquet room but thankfully we were able to open the door quickly enough after singing Happy Birthday to avoid having the party washed out. Happy Birthday Becky! We love you. You are amazing. We'll start planning for the century birthday party now.