Park City Utah Family Reunion

The third weekend in June we headed up to Utah for a family reunion with Glen's family.  

Our first stop was Joni and Paul's great new house!  We've been there before but they are always adding and doing something fun and different to it, it's fun to watch!

While the guys were off golfing the kids heard the ice cream truck and it was over!  They were so excited and Aunt Joni let them each pick out whatever they wanted.  The girls were pretty girly and stuck with Hello Kitty!

Not sure who really won but they all came back with grins and funny stories!

Paul and Joni cooked us hamburgers and we started a fire to roast marshmallows while we waited for Joel and Erin to arrive.  (SIDE NOTE: Paul may or may not have almost killed us and burned down his house trying to start that said fire!)

The next morning we woke up bright and early to head up to Park City for more fun!

We all met up at a strip mall right by our hotel/condo for lunch.  Bess and I were SO happy when we saw Zupas, we thought we were going to miss it on this trip! YEAH!!

First stop: POOL!

We spent most of the day swimming in our hotel pool.  We LOVE Newpark Resort.  It's one of our all time favorite places.  We were happy that others agreed on our recommendation! 

We enjoyed a little time on the Alpine Slide!  Here's my company catching the ski lift up to the slide.

Ellie was so excited to go on the Alpine Slide.....until she got up there, then she wanted to back out but she was brave and DID IT!  I even caught this smile before she went down.

Afterwards we hit up our favorite Mexican place for lunch.  We are glad that others were willing to indulge us in the things we miss about living so close to Park City!  Everyone left full and happy!

Back for more pool time!

And relaxation! & good conversation.  Lots and lots of that!

The kids loved this idea of just soaking your feet in the hot tub off the condo.  They would tell stories and laugh and just enjoy each other.  Isn't that what reunions are all about?!

The very last night we all gathered in the hotel common area to play games.  We were able to put the little kids to sleep and feel close enough to listen for them in our rooms with monitors and phones.  It was perfect!  
Games with this large group of people can get funny and crazy!

Maggie was in heaven for 3 full days with these girls.  She loved being with Sophie and Ellie.  They were always together!  It was sad to say goodbye!  She still talks about when she can see them both again. 

We missed not having all the family together, it's hard with us all living all over the place.  We really hold these memories and times dear.  Family just is the best!