Tuesday, April 15, 2008

2008 Silva Family Reunion in Phoenix

We all went riding motorcycles and atv's one day out in the desert which is about 10 min. from Pauls house and had a blast until....Nathan got lost following Todd and Austin as they were racing through the desert. We searched frantically for about 1hr. before Lisa called 911 there were 8 people out searching for him.
This was the police officer who came to escort us to the location of our lost rider who was approx. 7 miles away. Nathan said he crashed 5 times but kept on going.....tough little bugger!
If you look behind Nathan at the mountain with the peak he was on the other side of that waiting for us with 2 girls, 1boy and another police officer. When he realized that he was lost he told a gentlemen and they helped him get reunited with his family. He was gone for a total of 2hrs.
We also went to the Nascar race in Phoenix, this is a picture with the whole gang who went and all the stuff we hauled in. We looked like total rednecks!
We sat up on rattlesnake hill, but there were no snakes present, just a little lizard! It was great fun!
When we were in Phoenix for our family reunion everyone had a great time at Pauls house playing games and talking to one another. We also went to the pool that is just up the street so all the kids could swim.

Todd showing Geoff his mad basketball skills!


Geoff and Mikel coming back from the pool

3 comments:

Emily and Mike said...

Looks like you guys had an extremely eventful trip! I saw that Nathan got lost on Paul's site as well. That must have been so scary! What a tough little guy to crash but keep getting up, and smart to find someone to help him!

Brigitte Eppley Pace said...

So happy you found Nathan Walker! What would we do without him?? =)Sounds like the rest of the trip was totally fun...

Walt and Joyce said...

Grandpa and Grandma were so worried. Grandpa went out in his truck looking for him. We were all praying and God was listening. I believe Nathan learned a lesson that day!