1st Annual Criman Reunion

BILL AND MARTHA CRIMAN

FAMILY REUNION

Gardiner, Montana

August 2-6, 2010

This year Nathan's family planned their first annual Criman Family Reunion. This was a chance for siblings and their families to get together and not only enjoy each other's company, but enjoy the great outdoors of Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. This week was the first time that everyone has been together since Grandpa Criman passed away in June of 2008.

Saturday, July 31 - Our first stop was in Rexburg, Idaho. Nathan, Kevin, Kyle, Kristen, Jon, and I drove in the truck pulling the 5th-wheel. You can imagine how entertaining the ride to Rexburg was with all of us in the same truck. Never a dull moment. We parked the trailer in Paula's drive way of her new home. Jody met us there. He had already arrived in Rexburg earlier that afternoon.

Sunday, August 1st - After church we went for a ride to see BYU-Idaho and the Rexburg Temple. While at BYU-I, Paula showed us her office. She teaches and heads the Medical Assisting program and is starting her second year of teaching there.

Kyle shows off his outdoor skills on campus. This squirrel wasn't afraid of Kyle feeding it crackers.
Paula has the cutest house. We are so grateful for her hospitality and letting us visit her new home.


Monday Ausust 2 - 6th

Morgan and Dessa Dale invited us to share part of Gardiner, MT with them. They opened up their house to all of the Crimans. There were thirteen of us. When we arrived Cinda had a beautiful Lasagna dinner ready for us.

Above: Dessa and Owen (17 months old)

Morgan showed Kyle how to cast on the Yellowstone River below our campsite.

Tuesday we got to float the Yellowstone River. Morgan was the official "River Guide". There were two trips. On the first trip Nathan, Kristen, Jon, Morgan, and I went. It was a beautiful ride. I screamed and enjoyed every minute - two hours worth. Towards the end of our ride it rained really hard. Dessa and Chuck took turns on the Kayak. The second trip Morgan took Kyle, Kevin, and Jody. Sooo fun!!!

That evening our family (Nathan's crew) provided a yummy carne-ada meal. A little of El Centro in Montana.

I just can't thank Dessa and Morgan enough for letting us into Montana. We sure enjoyed ourselves! They live in a beautiful area of our country.
Thursday evening we enjoyed a lovely meal in the mountains. It was a delicious cowboy dinner in a beautiful setting. It doesn't get much better than this.

We had a delicious meal and were entertained by real cowboys around the campfire.


We spent a couple of afternoons in the park. Yellowstone National Park is an amazing place.

We saw buffalo, elk, a mountain goat, a coyote, waterfalls, rivers, and people from all over the world.

Jody brought "Mr. M". "Mr. M"has been to many parks, but this was his first time to Yellowstone.

One of our favorite stops was at the Boiling River. It's a place where the Gardner River and hot water from Geysers meet together. We walked through the water and found our happy place. If the water was too hot, we just had to get closer to the Gardner River. If you got too cold you moved closer to the Geyser water. AAWWWW!!!!
Below are random pictures of our campsite. A great time was had by all. I have to thank Cinda for organizing this whole reunion. She's been so excited since the idea came from her head. A special thank you to everyone for coming. We weren't sure if everyone was going to make it. Everyone did!!!!
The official Criman List:

Chuck and Lucinda Johnson

Morgan, Dessa, Owen, and "baby on the way" Dale

Paula Criman

Jody Criman

Nathan, Lori, Kevin, Kyle Criman

Jonathan, Kristen and "Baby David due in October" Zabriskie