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and after...
After I cried for a while, and got mad at them both, I called the hairdresser. She was able to see us the next day, and she told me she had seen worse. So here is Anna's first haircut in a real salon. Beth came along for moral support (and to play with the toys, if there were any.)
The finished product...
Jeffrey learned to ride his bike on the trip. Now you can't keep him off it!
Cousins on the root of a fallen redwood. That is Anna in the middle.
Jeffrey, Josh, Ryan, Adam and Anna next to the Smith River. Plenty of sun there.
Katie, Jacob and Daniel took the partly deflated boat down the river with no paddle. They learned the meaning of the term 'lazy river.'
Katie and Beth in the redwoods.
The trees are huge and beautiful.
The view looking up a hollow tree
The view looking down at Ryan, Daniel, Anna, Jeffrey and Adam
Cousins in front of the 'big tree'
Daniel, Beth, Katie and Anna
Muscles!
At Crescent City Beach--it wasn't exactly warm. Once the kids figured out to build a fire, we were a lot more comfortable!
Josh chopping wood--one of the great things a boy can do only when he is camping...
Keables, Pettingills and some friends
Josh and Adam on the river 
Boogie boarding Beth
Anna Banana
Dads get some fun, too. Here is Rich jumping from the big rock on the river.
Jeffrey, Ryan and Adam
Boogie boarding Adam
Anna and Jacob in the sand
Beth and Anna in the sand
Ah, settled next to the fire
The two football teams come together after the big game on the beach.
The Keables Family
Whitney and Brandon kiss Anna Banana goodbye
Katie gives her beloved twin a kiss
Daniel, Adam, Jacob and Katie around the fire
Family picture
Then the fun had to come to an end. Here is a picture of Katie, Daniel and Jacob at 6:25 a.m. on the Monday after our trip, the first day of school and seminary.
Driving to Utah, Jeffrey and Anna were absorped in the travel booklets Grandma Jeri made. It was our easiest long distance drive ever. Life with a nearly three-year old girl is pretty nice!
We attended the Pettingill Family Reunion in Heber City, Utah. Rich's dad and Jeri have 11 children between the two of them. 7 of the 11 were able to attend, with their children, which made 49 people including over 30 cousins ages 17 and under! Here is Beth playing with Mallory and Lydia, with their newspaper bag 'water babies.' 
Jeffrey loved his water baby. This was the big hit of the reunion. Jeri and her girls, before she married Lewis, spent years doing an early morning paper route. The girls play with the plastic bags the papers went in. They would fill them with water, tie them at the top, and call them 'water babies.' I have never seen so many children entertained for so long by something so simple!
Anna loved the baby pool, playing here with her cousins Cohen, Evan and Thomas. Guess what? They all have water babies in the pool!
Grandpa, Calvin, Jacob, Rich Daniel, and Troy playing cards
We had a family talent show. Katie and Beth made up a song to sing together.
Rich, Anna and Adam stayed in the audience
The teenagers did a special dance number. There's Jacob, but can you find Katie and Daniel?
Even the moms worked up a little number. We called it 'Fire Burnin' on the dance floor'
Little fire burnin'
The reunion took place near Deer Creek Reservoir, where Rich asked me to marry him 17 years ago. On our way to stay with family before we left for home, we stopped in to get a picture. We had never been back until now.
The reunion ended Sunday, so after attending church in a little ward in Heber City, we stayed one more night with family and went to Temple Square. The big kids went to see the Joseph Smith movie while Jeri and I took the little kids to the Church History Museum across the street. Beth made her own version of a temple.
Super Daniel in front of the Conference Center
Cousins at the reflecting pond
