4th Annual Fred & Carolyn Family Reunion

We had a wonderful time as a family at this summer weekend reunion.  

We stayed in this awesome cabin way up on the top of a mountain just outside of Heber City, Utah.

As always at these reunions, we ate really well and had fun relaxing as a family.  

We took the kids on a scavenger hunt, Fred and Carolyn spoiled everyone with gifts, and we played other outdoor games.  I was having too much fun hanging out that I didn't get very many action shots this year.  But check out the shots that I did get:

Staci taking Bella and Bauer for a walk

Kevin and Wesley

Hot Tub Time

Sarah and Gideon

He's ready to dive right in!

Sibling teasing

Siblings - Kimball, Eleanor, Simon

Silly Sarah

Owen and Tyler are checking out all of the action from the loft.

Resting up.

Zoey

Maddy

Eleanor

 Kristen

 Katie

 Grandma & Grandpa Ward bought all of the older granddaughters matching outfits, accessories, and baby dolls.

 Cute cousins.

Zoey loves her mommy (Rosanne).

 Exploring their surroundings.

 Sadie

 The 2013 Grandbabies - Julia, Gideon, Sadie

3rd Annual Ward Family Reunion - Day 1

Sam and I were in charge of the 3rd Annual Ward Family Reunion.
We decided to spend the weekend in Heber City, Utah.
We rented out a rental home and we all stayed there together for 3 nights.
Our first activity was taking a scenic train ride on the Heber Creeper Train.
Aaron and Sarah were in charge of making the t-shirts and did a fantastic job.
We all wore our t-shirts on the train. It was fun to ride on the old train and see
the kids so excited to buy a treat from the concession stand and enjoy each other's company.  

Left this train station for a scenic train ride

#samandiareincharge

 Brian, Lisa, Train Conductor, Katie, Sam, Tyler

 Katie, Sam

 Grandpa Ward (Fred), Uncle Kyle, Aunt Staci, Simon, Tyler, Katie

 Aunt Becky, Uncle Kevin, Maddy

 Owen, Kimball

 Katie

View of Deer Creek from the train

When the train ride was over, we went to check in to our rental home.
Sam and I served dinner 
(poppy seed chicken, corn, applesauce, lemonade, and chocolate zucchini cake).
We spent the rest of the evening settling in.
After the kids were in bed, the adults all played mafia.  Good times.

Heber C. Kimball Family Reunion Day

Sam is a descendant of Heber C. Kimball.  

We attended the Heber C. Kimball Family Reunion held at 

This Is The Place Monument Park in Salt Lake City.  

There were probably 200 people in attendance.  

We enjoyed a picnic lunch complete with strawberry shortcake under this pavilion.

During the family meeting part, Katie was rambunctious,  so I took her on a walk.  

Tyler lucked out and won this sweet huge Star Wars kite in the raffle.

The adults enjoyed chatting.

Here's Sam's Aunt Deanne.  

She is a great host and it's always fun to go visit her and the rest of her family.

The kids enjoyed playing in this mini sized town.

Riding a pony was fun too.

More views of the village.

It was a super hot day, and my kids didn't last as long as we'd hoped. 

There were many fun things we could have done, but once we mentioned ice cream to the kids, there was NOTHING else that they wanted to do except get  ice cream.
The line for ice cream was way too long at this building,
so we left the park for good and ventured down to Wendy's so we could each enjoy a frosty.

We enjoyed a pizza dinner at Sam's parents' house with Aunt Laura,

Aunt Rosanne, Uncle Rafa, Zoey, Kevin, Becky, Owen, Wes, and Madalyn.  

Then we hung out in the perfectly shaded backyard for a bit.  

Becky started up a fun dice game that I participated in before heading home.  

I feel so lucky to belong to such a great family.

Here is Tyler bonding with his cousin, Owen: 

Brian and his cousin, Wesley LOVED the bubble machine.

Fun With Cousins from Lisa Ward on Vimeo.

The sunset on the drive home was just gorgeous.