Monday, June 6, 2022

Bear Lake Reed Reunion

This year, instead of camping, we opted to rent a cabin in Bear Lake to help the pregnant mamas to be more comfortable. We had a board game theme and I was put in charge of candyland! Here's how our sweet candy table turned out! 
We all got to the house and had to go explore! We were less than 1 mile from the lake and a super cute little resort. We went to the lake in the evening to check it out. It was so pretty! But we quickly learned why its not busy in early June....it was quite cold once the sun went down!
That lake sunset though! 
We explored the resort and made plans for the next day. We brought lots of lawn games and sand toys and enjoyed the day playing on a pretty much empty beach. 

Adam brought his kayak.  It made a great toy for the littles to sit in and eat lunch in. 
Once it warmed up, some of the kids couldn't resist getting wet despite the cold! Bri hopped in right away and played for quite a while!
The kids played in the sand and I enjoyed the sun shine and stayed dry. 
Adam gave kayak rides to all the kids. 
That evening we had a Catan themed dinner that mom worked so hard setting up! How creative is she?!
These little sandwiches were like chess pieces. 
We did a murder mystery along with it. Adam was in charge and did a great job on it! 

We found the pool and the kids played in it alot. They went back and forth from the hot tub to the pool and down the slide and back again. 
We hung out with Roman in the kiddie pool. It was the perfect size for littles. 

The cabin had a large patio overlooking the lake. It was so pretty. We ate out there, played games out there and just relaxed. 
In the evening we did some fun trivia games downstairs and all snuggled up on the big couch! This was one of my favorite parts. And we ate creamies while we played. 


Look at all these cute cousins!


The next day we visited a super fun park! It's called Bridgerland and it had everything from ropes courses, to zip lines, to golf! 
These slides were super fun and I loved that it had a magic carpet to take you back up the hill!



Mollie did a giant swing. 

Bri and Ry did the bungee ropes on the trampoline. 

Tony and Ashton rock climbed. 
And Carter, Chad and I ZIPLINED! 
Stepping off that pavillion was the hardest scariest thing! But I did it and had a ton of fun! I totally had to almost sit down to feel safe and feel the tension on the rope. It was scary!!


The resort had pickleball and tennis courts and basketball courts. So my sport loving family played lots of games outside. Ry loved shooting hoops. 
We of course had to go get some fresh raspberry shakes and celebrate Adam and Rylee's birthdays! So so yummy!

Our family LOVES ice cream!!!
And by the end of the week, many of us felt like little Roman! So tired from playing so hard!
On Sunday, we checked out Bear Lake church. WOW! It was really cool. It looks like a regular chapel from the outside but its just an open church with chairs only set up for all the visitors. There was a good 200 people in the audience. In the peak times they say they get around 700 people attending! It was a testimony meeting and it was neat to hear testimonies from strangers and where everyone had come from! 
This was such a fun trip! We loved it!!
 

Saturday, May 28, 2022

LASTS...

This week was full of lasts for all of us! Last day of school, last day at sterling, last day of firetrucks spraying the kids, last days with this PTA group I've grown to love....it was hard. I'd be lying if I didn't tear up a little. While I know we will still run into our friends, it was just different not knowing how the next school year would go. We were very comfortable at Sterling and there were several factors pointing us to move schools to Rose Springs. I think the kids were more on board that I was, but we took a leap of faith and switched all 3 girls to a different Elementary in Stansbury. 

All these lasts made my heart swell. Here's what I captured from field day and the last day of school. 




This group of friends has been a strength for Mollie. They are all cute and have brought her alot of joy over the years. I hope she can stay in touch with all of them! I love them all!
I'm a believer that when one door closes, another one opens. So here we are looking forward to the future with faith! I know these awesome kids will excel where ever they go. Goodbye Sterling! We have so many great memories here!
 

Carter messaged me on the last day of school and said he wanted to walk to Maverick with some friends. I ran him so money so he could get a treat. I went to pick him up a little later and found that he did go with some friends.....ALL GIRLS! But they are cute! 
And we went to the park with some friends to celebrate and they climbed a tree to hang out. Bring on summmmmmer!!!!!


Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Night Lights Festival

Every year my cheerleaders work this festival as a fundraiser. It was super intense for a little bit as we checked in every person and had them sign waivers. At 930 I tried to break away to go feed my kids dinner. It was so packed we waited an hour in line for burgers and hot dogs. Not my idea of fun. But then we got to get a lantern kit and light one up! 
it was harder than I thought and with the wind it was hard keeping the flame lit. 
We all wrote things on it.
And then lit it up to fly away! It took more than I thought it would but eventually we got it to go up!


It seriously is a magical feeling seeing all the lights around you! 

Look at them all! We lit ours off and watched for a few minutes, then got out of there to beat the crowd. We watched them the whole way home though and it was incredible. It sort of made up for the crappy time taking tickets!
the kids want to go again... I don't know if I do, but really it is quite magical!