Well, here we are a year later and once again Shandi is teaching me about blogging. She and Jaeleen posted just before we came for our reunion and both Mac and I decided that we wanted to Blog once a month cause we loved it so much. When I say Mac and I, of course that means that Mac will load the pictures and I will type the text and change whatever needs to be done to update it. This should be fun.
Well, this year has been a little rough economically. We were going to take Eric and Shandi to the Canary Islands but after booking the resorts way early we decided financially that was not going happen. We had to use the weeks before March or lose them so we booked the only resort available in Utah for our family reunion.
East Canyon Resort is near Henefer and it has ended up being a really fun place to come. It is nestled in a peaceful canyon and is fairly remote but in 45 minutes you can be in Park City or an hour in Salt Lake.
We all gathered on Friday evening and on Sat. we did a lot of playing games, watching movies and them in the afternoon a bunch of us went snowmobile riding and when they got back sledding. It was snowing pretty hard and so it was not so much fun for the children.
Sunday we had breakfast and headed for church...when we got there we were there for the entire block. That was OK cause Braden has a new girlfriend and we all enjoyed being in church together. On the way back we saw a lot of deer and Eric and Greg made fun of me. Big surprise; we laughed a lot.
Everyone took turns with meals and Mac, Jessica, Quentin and
Iwere in charge of Jaime and Greg's birthday dinner. Shandi said in her blog that we are all about food and I guess that is true. Good food at that. We had both Carrot cake and chocolate cake and it was yummy.
Shandi and Eric and Kenz and Greg had to go back on Sunday night, Zach and Jaeleen on Monday and Breton and Jaime on Tuesday.
On Monday we went tubbing and Jaime and I went down on the same tub thinking we were going to go so fast and we went down the hill at a snail's pace. It was good for a really good laugh.
Each day was fun filled but as you might guess so many people with so many personalities got a little crowded and we were all happy to get back to our own lives.
Mac and I had Tuesday evening and Wednesday alone. We always really enjoy one another. We read and watched movies, snowmobiled,went hot tubbing and watched deer. We started a fire that night and it was wonderful to have that kind of heat.
Shandi and Eric joined us Weds. night and we had fun talking about their new business and life in general. We have to go home today and go back to real life. It's been a great get away. We love being with our children and grandchildren,strengthing family ties and building memories.
The next 6 weeks will be action packed with preparation for Kenz and Greg's wedding. Hold on !
Thursday, January 28, 2010
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Yipee! You did it! Good Job. I look forward to more posts to come!
ReplyDeleteAnd it was a great weekend...I would have loved to stay for more time. Were you ready to get rid of us??