As you read this, I am probably in the mountains somewhere in the wilderness of Utah with my baby strapped to me entertaining a bunch of school-aged children that are somehow related to me. I am reposting one of the craft projects we did with the kids last time we had this family reunion, two [...]
Patriotic Reunion T-shirts
The Summer of ’08
I know not all of you know what “My Insanity” did last summer, so here is a recap of some of the best summery posts you may have missed. Our summer started with our fun School’s Out for Summer Breakfast. Summer is the time for weddings. Have any of you prospective brides considered feathers in your [...]
Family Gathering
(portrait of Grandma by Aunt Marsha) I traveled to Southern Utah this past weekend for the funeral of my grandmother. She was 101 years old and left behind quite a posterity that includes 101 great grandchildren. This blog isn’t a place for me to get personal about funerals and family, but I did want to [...]
Sand Art
The credit for this one, goes entirely to my sister, Shanda, who is genius when it comes to entertaining and interacting with children. We were in charge of crafts with the 7-11 year olds at the family reunion, and this was one of the projects we did. Since we were camping, we used natural dirt [...]
Family reunion blogging fun
Most of my family’s reunions are still planned by my parent’s generation, but it doesn’t mean that they can’t be more accessible to today’s computer generation. So far this summer, I have set up 3 reunion blogs (yes, I have lot of family!). People are using blogs to update guests about weddings and other big [...]







































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