That night Rose and I made tacos for dinner, then we sang "Happy Anniversary" to mom and dad and gave them their anniversary gift from us all. Pauline made a family tree w/ everyone's name on it. It looked great! Afterwards we had cake and ice cream, then played games. There was a huge yard so it was great to be outside. We played volleyball as well!
Mom and Dad's 40th Anniversary
The family tree Pauline designed
Thursday, June 25th we had breakfast, then some of us went on a little hike behind the place we were staying. It was a nice little morning stroll. Nyles and Ezra thought it was really fun to play in the dirt of course ;)
Chris, Pauline, Ezra, Charlotte and Barbara
Nyles playing w/ a stick in the dirt
Steve, Nyles, Chris and Ezra
Nyles catching a ride back
We met w/ us Rose and Ava who left a little before us.
When we got back we packed up a lunch, changed into our swimsuits and headed to Lava Hot Springs which took about 15 minutes.
Ali, Abby and Sophia ready to swim
Wade, Kristi, Daron, Riley, Haley, Ryan and Mikey (in the back), enjoying the pool
Dad w/ Dallin, yes Dad actually swam for a little while!
Daron, Ezra, Rich and Ryan
Pauline and Ezra
We all took a break after a while and ate our lunches. After lunch we headed back home to put Nyles down for a nap. Chris came a little while after us to put Ezra down for a nap as well. Unfortunately it was REALLY hot upstairs (no A/C) so Nyles didn't take a nap. About this time everyone else decided to come home as well. A little boy fell off one of the diving boards and had to be rushed to the hospital. They made everyone wait while they cleaned up the mess. Steve and I had just left when this happened so we didn't see it.
Callie enjoying her lunch.
Once everyone got home, they showered, changed then played around the house. Mom brought some fun games for the kids like "pin the tail on the donkey."
Dad helping Callie play
Abby trying also
Ava and Rose
Since Nyles wasn't going to take a nap we decided we wanted to go back swimming (since you can come and go all day). Of course right as we hit the pavement Nyles fell asleep. So we drove around in town a little bit and let him get a quick nap at least.
We got to see some of the beautiful surrounds while Nyles slept.
We woke Nyles up after a little bit to go swimming. He wasn't happy at first, but soon got excited about swimming again, especially on a hot day.
Lava Hot Springs Complex, Olympic size pool, diving boards, and kiddie pool area (inside)
Nyles and I going back for round 2 of swimming
Steve taking a selfie ;)
Back to the kiddie pool area (the water inside was 92 degrees). Nyles thought it was fun to watch the bucket of water tip and pour over.
Steve and Nyles trying the water tubes now.
And now the slides, oh yeah!
After we got home, we had dinner, then got everyone together to play some fun games "Minute To Win It" style. We divided up into 3 teams and had everyone take turns playing.
Haley, Ryan and Mikey trying to suck up M&Ms
Now Rose, Riley and Brady trying
Abby, Charlotte, and Sophia trying to get the cookie in their mouth w/ no hands, just their face muscles.
Now Ali, Dad and Brady trying.
Dallin, Ryan and Pauline trying to stack the cups
Now Abby, Riley and Mikey trying
Chris, Barbara, and Daron trying to stack dice on a stick
Now Rich, Ryan and Brady
Haley, Barb, and Mom trying to keep the balloons in the air
Now Ali, Charlotte and Mikey
Haley, Riley and Wade trying to roll ping pong balls down on a tape measure
Now Dallin, Ryand and Brady trying
Ali, Charlotte and Sophia moving ping pong balls on a spoon
Now Abby, Ava and Mikey
Sophia after moving cotton balls w/ Petroleum Jelly on her nose
Ali and Rile trying also
Abby, Charlotte and Daron trying to jiggle the ping pong balls out of the box.
Daron won w/ one jiggle, pretty impressive moves. :)
Now Barb, Dallin and Mikey trying
We then played outside again before bedtime.
Mom and Callie enjoying the cooler evening temperatures.
Doritos fingers
Playing volleyball
Nyles w/ Dad trying to search for bunny rabbits. We actually had several around the yard.
Charlotte, Dallin and Ali
Mom playing bingo w/ Sophia, Charlotte, Abby and Haley
Ryan and Dad playing some pool.
Friday, June 26th we had breakfast, then packed and cleaned up to go. We got a group picture before heading out though.
Hegerhorst Family (minus Dexter and Anna's families)
The house we stayed in
We made it home in good time. Dad and Mom decided to come down to Utah since Dad's cousin Annjanette Hegerhorst (Uncle Walter's daughter) was getting married. Dad of course wanted to go fishing, so Steve said he would take him up to Strawberry to do so. They invited Chris Grayson to go as well, so after Chris got back to our place they headed up. Steve's dad Dave was kind enough to let them use his boat to go trolling. Steve also invited his mission friend Eric Seamons to go as well. Mom came to our place and visited a while, then headed over to Rose's to stay the night. The guys stayed the night at the cabin of course, and got up early the next morning and went fishing again bright and early at 5am.
Steve and Dad out fishing
Dad helping Chris gut the fish.
Saturday, June 27th
Chris and Eric fishing.
Dad and Chris getting a fish
The fish they caught, proud guys!
While they were out fishing, I took Nyles to our Branch BBQ at our church. As a Primary we were in charge of games, so of course we did water games. The kids LOVED it !
Nyles trying to figure the slip and slide out
Now enjoying some popcorn, yummm!
After the BBQ Nyles and I went home so he could take a nap. Steve and the guys also got off the water and headed home. They cleaned up, then we went over to Pauline's for dinner. We then all headed over to the reception in West Jordan.
Annjanette's wedding reception. Pauline, Rose, Annjanette's new husband Danial, Annjanette, Ora, Walter, Dad, Mom and I.
Nyles, Me, Charlotte, Pauline, Grandma VaLere, Rose, Sophia, Alia, Ava, Summer and Mom.
It was a great family reunion! We hope everyone had a great time and most importantly that we got to spend some time together as a family. Thanks everyone for helping w/ the meals. Love ya all! Until next time.....
