Family Reunion

This year our family reunion was stay-cation style and turned out to be super fun!  We're going to join mom and dad up at Heber Valley camp for the weekend, so decided to stick around the valley and do some things from home until then.  The week started out with a movie to see the new Top Gun.  We all grabbed tickets and loved sitting together and sharing popcorn and treats!

Chad and Britt were in charge of the activity the first day and Britt set up a private tour of some of the church sites in Salt Lake.  Her parents are missionaries downtown and give tours to guests that come to visit the state, so they gave us their best tour!  It was super fun.  We got to see welfare square, the main bishops storehouse and the dry canning center.  It was really pretty incredible to see all that the church does by way of welfare for so many around the world.  Very eye opening for all of us and made me so proud to be part of such a great organization!

Hayley and Caleb hosted the next day and organized a water kickball game in the field by their house.  We had a blast!  The bases were swimming pools and to get home we all had to slide down the slip and slide.  It was a perfectly hot day so the game was just what we all needed.  Such a fun time!

Josh and I planned a trip to Seven Peaks for our day.  I haven't been to seven peaks for such a long time and I'm not sure that our boys have ever been.  It was so great for the cousins to be together and ride all the big rides with each other.  Some of us adults rode along with the kids but mostly I loved seeing them group up with different ages and just have fun together!

Saturday morning we headed up to Heber Valley and got checked into our cabins for the night.  Then mom and dad took us to do all the fun things throughout the camp.  We did the zipline, the giant swing and the ax throwing.  And of course, spent half the day at the lake which is the area they are zone leaders for.  They have done such a good job making it fun and exciting and we had the best time being there with them!  We soaked each other with super soakers and tipped canoes.  We chased after each other and some adults tried to hide behind little kids so they wouldn't get wet.  But in the end, we were all wet from head to toe and happy about it!

Saturday night we had smores and woof em's and ate and ate and ate until we were stuffed.  We loved being outside in that gorgeous spot and taking in all the things that mom and dad have been up to on their mission.  They are certainly loved up there and we're happy to loan them to everyone for a short time so they can have that experience!  Such a fun family reunion even if it was a different style than normal.  Just a blast to be together!