Litster Reunion- Let the Good Times Roll!!!!!

The report on the first of two family reunions this summer........
Litster Family Reunion: July 9-10, in Salt Lake Valley Area: We met on Friday at Copperton Park for a potluck dinner, playground fun and talent show. Seriously, the playground there is..... amazing. Not to mention big, and fenced in. So we didn't see much of the kids except when they hungry, thirsty or needed a bathroom. The adults enjoyed shade and conversation under the pavilion while the kids played.

Unknown to me, that weekend we celebrated Grandpa Errol Litster's 100th birthday. So in addition to a giant Costco cake (my favorite) we had two of his favorite snacks: Red Licorice Nibs and popcorn, freshly popped and buttered. Yun!!!!

The talent show had a wide range of talents- from 9 year old soccer tricks, to piano solos (courtesy of the portable keyboard) to father-son-daughter & guitar-drum-vocals trio. I love seeing my neices and nephews exploring their talents, trying new things, etc. It's a great feeling!

Saturday morning we met a Melanie's for juice and breakfast casseroles, sort of a delicious spin-off of cinnamon french toast, supposedly easy to make. Then off to Kennecott Copper Mine for a field trip. It really a fascinating place to visit, starting with the size of the trucks they use. Just the size of the tires alone is immense. A school bus can't hold a candle to a mining truck, size-wise.

We watched a movie about the history of Kennecott, so big it can be seen from space. The thing that stuck out to me was how technologically savvy mining has become, how many jobs are needed, that it's so much more than people digging underground, riding trains up and down out of the mine, etc. Basically how I pictured mining up to this point.

We spent time touring the museum, it was big and full of information, I'd love to go back when I have more time..... I had no idea that copper was used for so many things! Pipes, Coins, all the Medals from the 2002 Olympics, sink fixtures, etc. Surprisingly though, my favorite parts of the museum had little to do with copper. My nephew Carter's comment to his cousin, "I wish we could see some diamonds here!" and they had a little house model to help show all the things that copper helps make. But even copper usage wasn't the best part. Nope. It was all the little details that went into the house! No detail overlooked, seriously. They even had a storage room with a food pantry and you could clearly read the Betty Crocker cake mix labels, recognize the cans of Campbells soup, etc.

The end for now..... Still to come, swimming and adults only BBQ dinner!