Mackay '09

We travelled to Mackay, Idaho for the annual Neilson Family Reunion. I was more than a little apprehensive about camping with Deacon this year. If all the motels hadn't been booked we would have stayed in one- without a doubt! Luckily, our awesome friends the Moaks let us borrow their super nice trailer, so it was a little more bearable! Deacon of course had a ball playing with his cousins and getting filthy dirty! I had a few nervous break downs trying to keep him away from the road, the river, and the campfire.

But isn't he so cute?

Some of the gang:
Fun at the river:




Fun at the campfire:
Playing cards:

Aunt Ede and Uncle Ron:

Cari and Uncle Bud

Uncle Preston caught a deer! Actually he helped it out of a fence it was caught in, but I'm surprised he hung on to it for as long as he did!
The cute little kitten Steven brought was quite popular::
This tricycle was also a hot commodity:


Deacon thought he was pretty big stuff in this chair that was just his size (look at that dirty mug- who is his mother?):
We had a great time even though I decided camping is more work than it is worth and I don't get care how much I get mocked- next year I'm moteling it up!