For family reunions! Earlier this year we decided that we could only do two family reunions this year, it gets to be too much with little kids and school and everything else we have going on. So of course our immediate family reunions won out, and of course they were right on top of each other. We were gone for 2 full weeks out of the whole month for family reunions!
First off was the Slade Family Reunion. We have started to make it a tradition to go to
Aspen Grove every other year up in Provo Canyon. It was beautiful! What a dream for me to not have to cook any meals for a full week, and just lounge around all day doing whatever I wanted (within reason... I did have Collin with me all day)! If you've never heard of Aspen Grove, you should definitely look into it. We had a ball... Macey loved going to her "Stomper" class and LOVED doing the "Super Stomper" cheer in front of everyone on the stage! Highlights of this family reunion included badminton tournaments, tennis, shuffleboard, swimming, fishing in the pond, games (I love, love, LOVE board/card games), taking walks in the beautiful canyon and just enjoying family time! Macey has a boy cousin Sawyer who is 1 year older than her to the day and a girl cousin Libby (whom she ADORES) who is 7 that she palled around with. I hardly ever saw her the whole week! She was in heaven! I'm so mad at myself that I didn't take any pictures while we were there! The scenery is unbelievable and Aspen Grove itself is a site to behold. I'm a slacker!
Then 4 days after we got home from Aspen Grove we took off to meet my family at the
May Family Ranch in Clayton, Idaho. It was gorgeous there! We had a total blast... Macey was sooo excited to see her cousins, and I was sooo excited to see my family! We have a good time when we get together... I actually lost my voice from laughing so hard! Highlights from this reunion include rafting the Salmon, the awesome homemade waterslide that was at the ranch, Redfish Lake, family skits, the hot pots that we all went and sat in after dusk and of course just plain ole' spending time with the fam! Not-so-highlights included me losing my nice sunglasses in the TOILET at Redfish Lake. Don't ask questions. I was (and still am) SO MAD. I've had those glasses for over 3 years, they were by far my favorite! Just so you don't lose any sleep over coming up with a theory as to how exactly my sunglasses ended up in the toilet... I will tell you how it went down. It's very simple, really. I was helping Macey onto the toilet, she was a little scared with the whole nasty toilet that doesn't have a bowl thing, so I was bent over holding her on and... plop. Our conversation went like this:
Macey: No, I'm scared! I don't have to go potty!
Me: It's ok Macey, here, look... I'll hold you the whole time!
*Plop* (sunglasses fall in toilet)
Me: Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Macey: Mommy! Did you drop yours glasses in the toilet?!
*Me making sad face.
Macey: It's ok mommy, we'll get them in a minute.
*ssssssssssssssssss
:P
Anyway, I was a slacker in Idaho too and didn't even take my camera out! Luckily, my sisters made up for it... I stole some pictures from their blogs. Every year we take turns being in charge of the Judy Reunion, this year was my sister Natalie's turn and she worked her butt off! Thanks, Nat! It was a good 'en!
Floating the Salmon!
Macey and her cousin Tyler
Collin
Macey and her cousin Lexie, slurping up Red Fish Lake.
