What constitutes home?

Watching the Monticello Parade

I went to my hometown of Monticello last weekend for a family reunion. We had the entire Buckboard camp sight reserved for our family. It was so good to see all of my relatives and be able to spend time on the mountain. I felt at home on the good old Abajo's. There is nothing quite like the Blue Mountains... I got to camp, see the stars, bike up the Blanding road... Ahh, it was so refreshing and it brought back a lot of good memories.

Ironically, when I was back in town for the big 24th of July parade, I didn't feel so at home anymore. I grew up in Monticello from age 4 until I graduated and left home at 17. However, it just felt odd and it was hard to be there, even though I know just about everyone in town. It made me think about what really consitutes "home". The actual house I grew up in is no longer my house, but I don't think the building itself is what constitutes home... It's an odd thought...

Either way, it was so great to see the family!
Here are some photos from the reunion

Heather and I with some of Andrea's kids


The family talent show is always a highlight. Here is Julie's son Tanner doing a nice rendition of Elvis

Haley and I... she now has 2 kids!


Some of the Bunker clan at dinner one night


Sam, watching his fishing pole like a hawk... or maybe not so much...


We actually did catch some fish however...

There was a little pony that the kids loved to ride


While I was home, I also did the Lloyd's Lake 5K. My time wasn't all that great considering I'd been camping for two days and eating lots of brownies, but it was fun to run with my brothers, cousins and nephews. Plus, it was in Monticello, which means I knew most of the runners. My old cross country coach was there as well, which made it extra cool. I'd also like to say that I beat one of the girls that as the #2 runner on our team back in the day... I guess it is only fair to mention that she is 6 months pregnant though!

This was the first real official 5K for Adam...


The course around the lake is the same course we ran for our XC in high school. It was great to run it again. We got a little rained on...


At the starting line


Jordan won the race, not surprisingly!


Trisdan didn't run the 5K with us because she did the triathlon in Blanding instead. It's good to see she is still running too. We ran XC together all through high school.