Ockey Family in Town

Dad and his brothers

Jim and Naimah decided to travel to the US to see Grandpa Ockey. Dax was two years old the last time Dad's brother came to Utah, so it was a rare occurence. When they announced their visit, Gary said he'd come from Iowa to be here, too. That meant that all of Dad's family would be in Utah together for the first time since Mom and Dad's wedding. Craziest of all, both brothers would be staying with us. That meant late nights and early mornings as we laughed and debated together.

We had a great time hanging out with family. We hiked the Living Room and visited the UVU Roots of Knowledge stained glass exhibit. We walked through the Saratoga Springs Temple for the open house. We even watched a Bees' game, during which a 529 foot homerun was hit, which was the longest this year at any pro level. Gary and Shelly liked sports events, so we played some disc golf at our park. We even went and hit some baseballs at the park together. And we celebrated Jim's birthday!

We love taking people to see our new temple.

Another brother picture

The living room hike--the most loved and hated hike in Utah!

We were definitely worn out at the top.

Shelly came with us while Gary had to work.

The boys enjoyed spending tine with Jim. Naimah walked through the NHMU.

The end of the Living Room hike is so fun.

We celebrated Jim's birthday!

Grandpa came to the baseball game with us!

The baseball game was fun.

There was a lot of guitar playing and singing.

And even a little karaoke.

We had a great time at Roots of Knowledge.

And we played a lot of games!

Jim was a good sport and played with the boys a lot!

We also went on a walk to show Jim our favorite pond.

We were in Yellowstone for Seth's birthday, but they still surprised him with a gift when we returned.

The main event was a family get together at the park. We had our old friend Erin Pritchett take some pictures. There were quite a few extended family, along with the all of Dad's family. After taking photos at the amphitheater at the temple, we traveled down to the park for a picnic. We had a good time talking and laughing together. 

It was really fun to be together for a week. Dad is still catching up on sleep, but it was worth it!

The whole gang that was in town

Grandpa Ockey and his sons

All the siblings

Siblings and spouses

Nice glasses Mark!

Family pic with Grandpa

Erin was kind enough to take some family pics, too.

We sort of recreated our picture from last time.

Oh Dax!

Mark looking grown up as usual.

Everyone was pretty good for the pictures.

Seth has a great smile!

Dax did smile nicely for this last one!