The Trip...

I'll do a few more pics of this week because we had so much fun.

Mon. 7/25--we head to Provo for the day after I run in the morning (the hills killed me!) and Dan biked with his Dad in the mountains.  First we meet Dan's old mission companion and his fam at a park for a picnic lunch in Provo.  Then we walk around the outside of the City Center temple--beautiful!  Then we drive up the canyon and "hike" a paved trail to the base of Bridal Veil Falls.  The kids had fun climbing around.  We head to campus.  Most things are closed because they were observing Pioneer Day on Monday!  Boo!  So we had chick fil a shake instead of creamery ice cream at the WILK and then go bowling in the basement.  We had dinner with our friends Nate and Steph Bleak and their 4 kids.  They had a big firework pack to shoot off and we do that when it gets dark.  Fun.

Tue. 7/26--We visit Dan's Grandma Aird at her assisted living place in the morning.  We don't stay long but have a great visit with all the kids.  We have a quiet afternoon playing games at Dan's sister Heather's house.  We visit Dan's high school friend and his family for dinner and walk around a place called Wheeler Farm.  It's hot (like 100) but not awful in the shad and when the sun goes down it is fine.  The kids had fun looking at the animals and playing on the playground.

Wed. 7/27--We hike with Dan's dad in the morning (we leave Emily at home and take Jack in a hiking backpack.  it's our fam plus a few cousins).  It's a 3 mile round trip hike up a canyon not far from their house.  The trail follows a pretty stream.  At the end of the hike there's a rope swing in a tall, tall tree that we all took turns on.  It reminded me of the tire swings at the ranch.  We run some errands in the afternoon and have a quiet dinner.  Dan's cousin Bryan and his fam come over to say hi after dinner.  Their visit got cut short a bit when their 4 year old fell on the swing set and hit his head on a rock wall--he bled a little but didn't need stitches (they had to run him to the urgent care though!).

 

 

Thur. 7/28--We (all the sisters in law) have a surprise baby shower for Ben's wife Eboni at lunch time.  She's having their first child, a boy, in October.  Dan and his Dad and another brother in law watch all the kids while we party.  That night we have an adult dinner to kick of the family reunion with Dan's parents and all his siblings and spouses (minus one brother in law who had to work).  Very fun time and the babysitters survived the kids.

 

Fri. 7/29--The whole clan goes to Lagoon for the day of the reunion.  We get there at 10:30 am and don't get home til 10:30 pm.  Lots of fun.  Brooke and Megan were really brave and went on some big fun coasters with us.  There were also lots of little kids coasters and things for Jack and Candy to enjoy.  It was a hot, fun, exhausting day but it was great to be all together.
 

Sat. 7/30--We are all SO TIRED!  So we have a pretty quiet day.  Dan and I and our kids move to his sister Heather's house because his parents had someone coming to stay in their basement.  After we move and help clean the basement, we visit his sister Amberly and play games.  We play more games after a Cafe Rio takeout dinner with most of the clan again at Heather's house.

Sun. 7/31--We head out to my roommate Maren's ward that meets at 9 am in Riverton.  Her husband is the Bishop, so that was fun to see him conducting and he also taught the 5th Sunday lesson.  We go to her house for lunch and playing after church.  We get back to Bountiful at 4, start to pack up, take some pictures for my nieces and nephews and then head to a birthday celebration for the August birthdays (me, Dan's sister Ali (aug 12) and her husband Ben (aug 13).  We say our goodbyes and head to Heather's around 8 pm to finish packing.  We play a few more games with Heather and Randy but go to bed at 10 since we are driving out early in the morning.