Finally, the Ipson Reunion has been reinstated and was completely successful. We set the time and the place and the family showed up! This reunion is centered around Kevin's Grandpa Ipson since he would take
his family up to Timid Springs on Beaver Mountain for his birthday, which is around the 24th of July. They would make ice cream and bring it up and hand crank it in the ice cream maker using the ice from the
"ice caves" next to camp. His grandpa died when Kevin was almost 4 and the families tried to keep going but they stopped. I had never heard of the reunion and how sentimental it was until this year and that is why Kevin and I set the date and invited everyone to come.
Not everyone showed up but hopefully those who missed this year will come next year.
Kevin and I made ice cream on Saturday and we invited everyone who wanted to come to go get the ice from the ice caves. His aunt gave us some strawberries and so we made a batch of vanilla and one of strawberry and then we plugged our ice cream makers into a generator. The kids watche
d a movie since the generator was on until the ice cream was perfected! Obviously, Kevin enjoyed cleaning up the ice cream hopper. I dished it out throughout the afternoon since the family
came at different times.
We spent the weekend riding 4-w
heelers, hiking, playing in the dirt, and enjoying the Ipson family. Mandy decided to double piggy back with KayDee and Samantha. Grandma sandwiched our kids on the 4-wheeler for a ride too. We also walked around the pond they shoot cans on to sink. We had bantered with Jerolyn to put her hand gun on her
belt and told her we would take a picture if she put it on. She came back after a while with her gun on so we gathered everyone who was wearing a hand gun, and put a gun on some of those who were not, and took a picture. Oh the fun we have when we camp and while we are waiting for ice cream.
On Sunday we went to the Junction ward in Circleville and Kevin's cousin was ordained to the priesthood after sacrament meeting. We were impressed at how large the bishop's office was. After, we went back to the Ipson home in Junction and had a potato bar dinner. Jerolyn had found some old photo albums and so we went through those, and she decided that Kevin looks a lot like an Ipson.
Grandpa Ipson gave a real silver dollar to his grandma for their silver anniversary and I took a picture of it. It was even in the original paper that he folded it in to give to her and
the date is 1922. The other picture that I took was of the house that Kevin's mom grew up in until her teen years. She says she has the most memories in that house.
his family up to Timid Springs on Beaver Mountain for his birthday, which is around the 24th of July. They would make ice cream and bring it up and hand crank it in the ice cream maker using the ice from the 
"ice caves" next to camp. His grandpa died when Kevin was almost 4 and the families tried to keep going but they stopped. I had never heard of the reunion and how sentimental it was until this year and that is why Kevin and I set the date and invited everyone to come. 
Not everyone showed up but hopefully those who missed this year will come next year.
Kevin and I made ice cream on Saturday and we invited everyone who wanted to come to go get the ice from the ice caves. His aunt gave us some strawberries and so we made a batch of vanilla and one of strawberry and then we plugged our ice cream makers into a generator. The kids watche
d a movie since the generator was on until the ice cream was perfected! Obviously, Kevin enjoyed cleaning up the ice cream hopper. I dished it out throughout the afternoon since the family 
came at different times.
We spent the weekend riding 4-w
heelers, hiking, playing in the dirt, and enjoying the Ipson family. Mandy decided to double piggy back with KayDee and Samantha. Grandma sandwiched our kids on the 4-wheeler for a ride too. We also walked around the pond they shoot cans on to sink. We had bantered with Jerolyn to put her hand gun on her 
belt and told her we would take a picture if she put it on. She came back after a while with her gun on so we gathered everyone who was wearing a hand gun, and put a gun on some of those who were not, and took a picture. Oh the fun we have when we camp and while we are waiting for ice cream.
On Sunday we went to the Junction ward in Circleville and Kevin's cousin was ordained to the priesthood after sacrament meeting. We were impressed at how large the bishop's office was. After, we went back to the Ipson home in Junction and had a potato bar dinner. Jerolyn had found some old photo albums and so we went through those, and she decided that Kevin looks a lot like an Ipson.
Grandpa Ipson gave a real silver dollar to his grandma for their silver anniversary and I took a picture of it. It was even in the original paper that he folded it in to give to her and 
the date is 1922. The other picture that I took was of the house that Kevin's mom grew up in until her teen years. She says she has the most memories in that house.
3 comments:
Oh...that looks like so much fun. Wish we could have been there. we really miss the family get togethers. That is the hardest thing about living here.
I really wish we could have been there! I was missing the family the whole weekend!!! We are planning on it next year! We'll have to take our little one camping! There will be lots the same age so that will be great!!!
Looks like fun! Is that homemade ice cream? I LoVe homemade ice cream!
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