Once upon a time a Japanese island boy met a sweet sassy southern girl and they fell madly in love and had lots and lots of really ridiculously good looking babies (that would be my siblings and I, of course :)
The the babies grew up and got married and some of them moved away and started having babies of their own, and everyone missed each other so much they decided it was time to officially organize an Uda family reunion!!
Udas Udas EVERYWHERE!!!
Uda's from Chicago! (Naomi and Kevin, top row)
Uda's from L.A.! (Liz and Tony bottom row)
Udas moving to Hawaii! (Rae and Ro, who are living in Oahu now)
Udas from New Hampsha! (Me and the Tabester)
The Udas came from far and wide to celebrate the awesomeness of being an Uda.
We took the party to Seven Peaks and worked on our Uda tans.
Then we held a big fat Uda family home evening. Mama Uda gave a beautiful lesson about eternal families, Jake played the ukelele and the My sisters and I sang kanaka wai wai. The spirit was so strong, reminding us of the blessing it is to not only be brothers and sisters through birth, but brothers and sisters in the gospel.
And of course, we couldn't have family home evening without doing the hokey pokey. It's tradition!
Ah...good times :)
For the FHE activity, my brother Josh busted out his laser tag guns. The boys were in heaven.
And for the FHE treat, me and Taber snuck off with Sarah and Tau for a little milkshake run. I never would've guessed it, but I'm telling you, Taco Amigo has THE best fresh strawberry milkshakes in the entire universe. Seriously changed my life.
And that is the end of chapter one of the Uda family reunion. More to come soon...or, considering my pathetic blogging consistency as of late, more to come...eventually :)
3 comments:
Love your parents' happily ever after story. :) Very concise and very accurate!
Taco Amigo, huh? That IS surprising! I'm a total sucker for fruity milkshakes. If I ever see a Taco Amigo, I just might have to grab a strawberry shake!
I would love for my family to plan a reunion. We've talked about doing it for as long as I can remember but we've never actually pulled the trigger on it. Looks so awesome!
Great post dude and LOVE the pics! I didn't get any pics from FHE. The Hokey Pokey ones are awesome!! And I love the laser tag ones too! :)
I really want to be an honorary Uda. I am pretty sure wherever your family is, there is fun to be had! Family reunions are the best. Was this your first organized one?
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