Lagoon

James played Mom while I was at girl's camp and school. One of the days he took everyone to Lagoon and another day he took everyone to Splash Summit. I was so grateful for his help so everyone could spend time with cousins. I was also grateful for my mom and siblings help in making sure everyone was good too. The younger kids slept over in Heber a lot.

After Lagoon they went to In & Out. 

Charlie sent this to me from their drive home from Lagoon. Haha! It was a good day!

Saturday: Temple and Derby

 I was blessed to find an appointment for 8 people to do baptisms at the Orem Temple. 

Good memories for cousins!

It was a good start today and then they finished with a fun night at the Derby.

Cousins Bake Sale

This year I had to could not carry the bake sale. School is too busy! My mom stepped in the made the bake sale happen. She made peanut butter bars, marshmallow brownies, cocoa Krispy treats, fruity Krispy treats, and lemonade. Lynnlee and Lydia made the Swig sugar cookies. I made the suckers the mornings of the bake sale. So thanks to everyone's help it came together. I was able to work on homework and the kids enjoyed another year of cousin's bake sale.

After the bake sale everyone was playing Brawl Stars together. It is a funny picture though because if you didn't know that you would think everyone was on their devices being anti-social. Haha!

I love all of the cousin time! Everyone slept over that night and then even on Saturday. 

Pioneer Day

We started off Pioneer Day at Bismarck Donuts in Orem. It is so yummy! We took donuts to everyone in Heber. We hung out in Heber the rest of the day. It was a great Pioneer Day in my opinion. It was nice spending time with everyone. I got to try gluten free chicken strips from Dairy Keen for the first time. They were so good! It was a great day of gluten free eating.  

The girls wanted to sleep over that night. I thought I would be having a quiet night at home that night at home because they boys were at Wind Rivers. I stayed in Heber until 10 and then headed home. That night the boys called from Wind Rivers. I was so worried when I saw them calling because it was Thursday and I wasn't suppose to hear from them until Saturday morning. So naturally my first thought was that something terrible had happened. When I answered the call I immediately said, "Is everything ok?" Marshall said, "No, Kade is being life flighted right now.....just kidding yeah we are all fine!" My heart dropped and the adrenaline was pumping. It was not a funny joke! The cell service wasn't very good but they said they decided to come home early so James could go to a HXP reunion Friday night. They said they were driving home and would be home around 1:00am. I was happy to hear they were coming home but honestly a little sad I wasn't going to get a quiet night at home by myself. Haha! The life of a busy mom means looking forward to alone time. I was excited they came home early though. It meant that they could participate in the bake sale on Friday. Plus Charlie's family was in town and Katie's family so naturally, cousins were so excited that Kade and Tag were home!

 

Lagoon!

Sienna, Lynnlee, Lydia and I went to Lagoon. The rest of the family planned to go when Lynnlee and I would be at girl's camp so this worked well to be able to go. We had the wagon with us so we had lunch, snacks, water, and sunscreen. It was a hot day so I was grateful we had plenty of water.

The lines weren't too bad. We went on every ride we wanted to buy 4:00 pm. The rest of the night we went on rides again and then we left around 8:00 to eat dinner at Chick-Fil-A in Farmington. It was the perfect day! We were going to take Sienna's friend but she couldn't go. I'm glad we had an even number so we could all go together. 

We had a Zeppes break which was the perfect way to cool off. 

I loved stopping at Chick-Fil-A and having a yummy dinner after a busy day. I tried the gluten free bun for the first time and it was good. Not as good as Bonnie's homemade buns but still good. 

Lava Hot Springs and the Movies

The boys left to Wind Rivers on Monday morning. The girls had fun plans of our own. Lydia flew here Sunday. We were so grateful she could some spend the week with Lynnlee! We left Monday morning to Lava Hot Springs. We picked up Betsy on our way. We got there around 11:30. We spent the day at the pool. Everyone had fun on the slides, in the pool, and trying out the hot tub. It was very very hot, like 112 degrees at least! None of us went on the high dives or platforms. It was a nice relaxing day!

We left the pool around 4:00 pm and checked in at the hotel. Then we walked up and down Main Street. It is such a cute, small town that you can walk up and town in less than 20 minutes. We got ice cream from a Sweet Shop. Yum!

We did a little shopping and watched people float the river.  We didn't float the river but I wish I would have put it in the plans because it was something Sienna wanted to do after she watched others. I just didn't think anyone would want to. It would have been fun with a quad tube though and all of us.

We went to a pizza place for dinner. We got there right before the dinner rush. I wasn't pleasantly surprised that they had gluten free crust. Mmm! It was really good too. It was thin and crunchy which I really like. This picture is fun because the guys in the background totally photo bombed quite well. 

We did some more shopping but didn't really see anything worth getting. Just had fun checking things out.

That night we went to the hot springs. It rained on us so it felt good to be in the hot water. 

We were all so thirsty that Sienna and I went out and got some more water for everyone. We had a normal hotel room with two queen beds. Sienna was a trooper and slept on an air mattress on the floor. It was a little tight but we made it work and it was fun having Lydia and Betsy with us!

We got up around 8:00 and packed up and headed home. We dropped off Betsy around 11:30 am. We went home and got stuff done. I did school and exercised. Then we went back to Betsy's neighborhood and met up to see the movie How to Train Your Dragon. Katie's family was in town so they came too and brought Ivy. We all had the nice luxury seats so it was so cozy and fun! I really liked the movie.

Kade's Team at RSL

Kade's team got to go on the field at the beginning of an RSL game. Then they watched the game. It was the night of the Steel Days fireworks so we sent Kade with team mates and we didn't go with him. I think he was ok with it since he loves hanging out with his team.

Steel Days

We didn't have anything on Saturday of Steel Days. We put some chairs out the night before. Saturday morning was over cast so it was the perfect weather during the whole parade. Otherwise it would have been sooo hot. Bailey came with us. We had to park far away but everyone was really great about walking. (The boys were still at young men's camp.)

There was a ton of candy and handouts thought the whole parade. We came home with two bags full of candy. Colby, Lynnlee's friends, came and said hi to everyone. 

That afternoon, Lynnlee, Kade, Sienna and I walked around the booths. We put a blanket out to save a spot for the firework show that night. Lynnlee didn't get to see fireworks on the 4th and so we had front row seats for the Steel Days fireworks. It was amazing! We had to park a mile away but it ended up being just fine. When the fireworks were over we all walked to the car and it was so far away that it was easy to drive away because the traffic wasn't as bad.

These were the only pictures I got because I feel like pictures of fireworks are never as good as in person. Lynnlee, Colby, and Eden went with us. We were all on blankets looking up and enjoying them. 

Sienna at Steel Days

Sienna's friend Audrey invited her to the Steel Days carnival. I was so grateful because I was gone to Kade's soccer game and so it gave Sienna something fun to do for the day.

Young Men's Camp

Marshall, James, and Tag went to Young Men's Camp. It was a really hard decision for Kade. His team had a tournament and the games were at the exact wrong times. We were hoping if the times we a certain way, he could catch a part of camp. Sadly it didn't work out. His coached begged for Kade to play in the tournament. Kade felt needed and decided to miss camp. 

Everyone met up Thursday morning. They drove to the Syracuse Temple and did baptisms for the dead. 

Thursday afternoon they spent the afternoon tubing down the river in Lava Hot Springs. Friday they spent the day at the pool and that night they went to the hot springs. They had pizza in town and had a really great day. They camped somewhere outside of Lava Hot Springs in the mountains. Saturday morning they cleaned up camp and headed home. Tag was really lucky he got to go too. He isn't old enough but he's close.