The "Chisums" do DOWNATA

What a great little family reunion we had, thanks to Loreen who planned the trip and got us all up there, KUDOS  Lurleen!!  We missed the parents, Shane and Riana, Rich, and 3 of their kids and two of Jon and Cathi's kids though, So....it was a "half" reunion!!

We had lots of fun in the warm water springs, which were nice because it was only in the 60's and cloudy and windy most of the time. The kids loved the slides, playing with stick guns on the mountain, playing at the park, and of course, the fire.

We had our usual RIDICULOUS amount of food, half of Costco was brought into Idaho over the weekend and we thoroughly enjoyed it! Bummer that Gracie and Becky got the flu while we were there, hopefully no-one else gets it!!

The cabins were clean, cute and fun, Becca will have to pay for that decorative pillow though :)

Overall, we had a good time together, (except for Cathi who will always and forever be the SCUM of the clan :) the cousins had a blast and the adults had a good time too. We always manage to laugh our guts out, be very silly, get a little crazy and have fun. We have a great family, here's to many more fun times!!!

I am not kidding ,this bread is FABULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!Excited to see you all next week!! Double Chocolate Banana Bread

Recipe adapted from Cooking Pleasures

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1/3 cup vegetable oil

1 1/4 cups mashed bananas (about 3)

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 1/2 cups flour

1/2 cup cocoa (I prefer dutch process)

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

1. Heat oven to 350. Spray bottom of 8x4 inch loaf pan with cooking spray.

2. Beat sugar, eggs, and oil in large bowl at medium speed until combined. Beat in banana and vanilla at low speed. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl; beat into banana mixture at low speed just until combined. Stir in chocolate chips.

3 Spoon batter into pan. Bake 60-70 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pan; cool completely on wire rack.