Dahl's: Eborn Family Reunion

Monday, July 14, 2008

Eborn Family Reunion

Last weekend we went to the Eborn Family Reunion in Preston, Idaho. We had a surprisingly good time. I don't know about you but for me the food is very important when determining the success of an event and I must say the food was very good. I'm bummed because I don't have any pictures of some of the funnest things we did (floating the river and swimming at the Hot Pots).

Uncle Sam took us on a hay ride.
We saw two Bald Eagles.

Floating the river was more of an adventure than it should have been. I mean my cousins set us up to float the easiest part of the river and we still managed to fall off our rafts and loose flip flops. It was very embarrassing. I am sure my cousin Rusty thinks me and my sisters are complete retards. The Hot Pots were also fun. I'm one of those super mean moms who makes their kids try things they don't want to. So, I forced Marcus to go down the slide kicking and screaming the whole way to the top. But as I suspected He loved it. The Hot Pots are way more run down than when I was little but we still had fun.

We camped and the mornings were very cold.

Aunt Rachel taught Marcus how to put on a rave style light show with glow sticks.

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Favorite Quotes by Marcus

"I'm the smallest guy out there." Marcus commenting on why he has a hard time "crushing" people during football practice
Marcus, "We need 5 brothers and 2 sisters in our family." Dad, "Wow that is going to cost a lot of money." Mom, "and I want a swimming pool ." Marcus, "Mom kids first and then a pool." Later that night while swimming in my cousin's pool, Marcus, "Mom maybe pool fist and then kids."
"I'm not a chick."
Mom, "Marcus did you tell you church class that you went to the temple to have Maleen sealed?" Marcus, "Yes, and I told them I hated it."
Mom, "Rember when Maleen wasn't in our family yet. That was so sad." Marcus, "She was always in our family. She was just waiting for her time to come in Heaven."
Mom, "Good news it's Friday." Marcus, "I hate Fridays." Mom, "Why?" Marcus, "Because there is no t-ball practice."
"Am I her boss" referring to Maleen
"Have you seen my sister yet?" Marcus's fist question when he talked to my on the phone while I was in Alabama.
"It's national camel week. Save the Camels!"
"Grandma can I have an antihistamine"
"I hated floating the river and I am not going to do it again." (When asked how floating the river was at the Eborn Family Reunion
"Remember that time Luke smashed my fingers in his window?"
"I think your baby is going to have those bad fingerprints Aunt Mel." (After one of Mel's early contractions)
"I know Fenn is going to hit me because he smiles." (Don't be alarmed Fenn is his 1 year old cousin)

Favorite Adoption Quotes

A Birthmother puts the needs of her child above the wants of her heart.
When you honor the birth family, you honor the child.
By choice, we have become a family, first in our hearts, and finally in breath and being.
We look at adoption as a very sacred exchange. It was not done lightly on either side. I would dedicate my life to this child.
Time and experience have taught me a priceless lesson, any child you take for your own becomes your own if you give of yourself to that child.
If a child is born and raised in family that is loving and nurturing, where there is complete truth about who we are, you can't give a child any greater place from which to fly.