I know my blog is all out of whack lately, chronologically, anyway. But it will all be straightened out when I make it a book. So, my apologies.
Backing up to Thurs., August 15th: The kids and I left Bridal Veil falls and continued down the canyon road until we got to Heber. I think they all slept, they were so tired!! We found the big, gorgeous house that they had rented for the reunion and were reunited with the family that were there. Kenny drove down with Chris and his family, and was very sunburned from his day of bass fishing. They had a fun time though, and I'm glad he got to go do that with his brothers. Everybody except Grandpa and Mike came that night and it was fun to see everyone again! All of these people that we love so much and have such a good time with, and we have to cram everything into one weekend, once a year! It's such a bummer. But it really makes us appreciate the time we do have with them.
Friday Aug. 16th: Beach day! We all went to the reservoir and played in the water and sand (okay mud and rocks) for the day. It was hot, and it felt good to be HOT :). They had some fun water toys, paddle boards, canoes, etc. They rented a couple pavilions and we brought a bunch of food for lunch. Grandpa and Mike came around 2 or 3 with the boat, but our kids had had it by then and wanted to go back home. So we got them out of the sun (we're really not used to the heat of the sun anymore and how much it drains you!) And all 6 of us fell asleep! This vacation was wearing us all right out haha. Eventually everyone else made it back too, we all cleaned up and went out to eat together at some cute little burger diner with a train theme all over. Good food. We did a devotional every night and stayed up playing games and talking once our kids were in bed.
Saturday Aug. 17th: Park City day! We all wore our matching reunion shirts and headed out to Park City for the day. First we stopped at the outlets (I hadn't been in years and it brought back lots of good memories of back-to-school shopping every year with my mom and sisters!). We got some new outfits for the kids, though I could have got a whole lot more, I had to refrain since we had limited space in our suitcases. Then we met up with the rest of the crew for the alpine slide, coaster ride, etc. We had a great time on the coaster (I think that's what it was called...) and then it started to rain when we were all in line for the alpine slide. They shut it down for like 25 minutes every time. So it would stop raining, then start, then stop, then start. Kenny took the kids on the little kid rides and they loved that, but we were wasting hours, with no hope of it stopping raining long enough to get on the ride! Once it started again, we all decided to get a refund and call it a day. It was a bummer, but we all still have fun together back at the house. All the little cousins really enjoyed the hot tub especially! This was the first year Tyler's been brave enough to get in. He is very sensitive about certain things like temperatures, diff. noises, etc. but he did it this year and had a great time! We had a photographer friend come and take a big family picture that night, (thankfully our prayers were answered and the rain stopped, and the sun came out. Just for our pictures, I think:) ).
Sunday Aug. 18th: Everyone packed up and cleaned so we could check out of the house. We all went to a ward sacrament meeting together. Most families went to a nearby park and pulled out some leftover food (there's always a lot) and had one last lunch together. Then we had to say goodbye and go our ways. We went back to Kyle and Keli's house, and Andy and Shalee came with us (since we had their car). Our flight wasn't until like 8:00 that night, so we had some time to kill. It was fun to see their new townhome, and spend a little more time with those guys. We had to rearrange our stuff to finish packing our suitcases for the flight, and then we left. We had a direct flight back to Anchorage, landing around 11 p.m., which now felt like 1, since we had adjusted to Utah time :). Carmin was kind enough to go over to our house, get our hidden key, and come pick us up in our van. thank heavens for kind friends. The house was spotlessly clean when we got home which was so nice. I had forgotten that I had it super clean because they needed to show it while we were gone. It's always so good to be with family, but it's always good to be home.
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