Got my camera back!! Catching up.

Ok, so I got my camera back from leaving it behind in Utah (thanks Mischele for sending it). Now I can visually catch you up on our glorious vacationing this summer in Utah with our families. I'll go in chronological order:

After getting in late the night before David met up with Mischele to run a 5K race in Bluffdale. It was a beautiful morning and both runners did awesome. Somehow in all the excitement of the moment I agreed to join them next year??!!?! Must have been my runner's (spectator) high that brought that one out.

Austin and Ethan jetted off to be with Grandma Libby and Grandpa Irv in Montana. They were there to offer moral support and strong arms to help them pack for their new move!! They also played Yuccor (sp?) and visited the "awesome" city pool in Missoula.

Then, as requested, Allison had her baby a few weeks early so that we would be able to see him (Good job Alli!). We drove out to Neola, Utah (3 hours) to meet Camden Jeremy Davenport and to see Jeremy and Allisons gorgeous house. It was a great visit, complete with a viewing of "I Am Legend" and a sleep-over for the little kids.

Next, it was off to my sister's Vicky and Jim's and my three cute neices house in Park City for some boating fun. This year their little Marlee (not even 3!!) got out on the ski and tore it up!! She still hasn't stopped asking about going waterskiing. Evan braved the tube at a respectable speed as did Ethan and Austin. Austin got up on two big skis this year following in his MOTHER's example of skiing this year. Thanks to corrective eye surgery I was able to enjoy water sports for the first time in 15 years!! It was fabulous and we had a great long day on the boat (about 5 hours with 7 children!!) It was so fun.

We were able to play tourist up in Park City this year when we visited the Olympic Park. They have turned it into a summer playground including ziplines and alpine slides. We were all able to ride the various attractions and took advantage of the "bounce back" feature to do them again. Everyone had a fun time with it. Austin says he wants to sign up for the ski jumping classes into the big pool next year. Who knows??!!

Our annual family reunion at Bear Lake came near the end of our vacation this year. We had our large family up there (25 kids/18 adults) camping and hanging out on the beach and camp. We had a huge scare when we lost Evan for 30 minutes or so, but found him asleep under an air matress in the tent. Not so fun, but we'll remember that part forever. We'll also remember the fun at the beach (a few sunburns--crappy sunscreen!!) and oh, we'll remember the food--lots and lots of guilt-free food (no calories at family reunions!) McKinley absolutely LOVED the waverunner and was on any time I was. I was actually ticketed for having too many people on the waverunner and for not having an orange flag when towing people. So I've been targeted by the Utah Boat and Safety Patrol as a menace!! I've sent my money in, so maybe they'll remove my name from the list. We'll see next year if there are wanted posters posted around the lake!!

Well, the battery on my camera died, so no more pictures today. I was going to end with Austin on the beach at Bear Lake and then a cute picture of David huggin his mom goodbye on the day we left. I'll put them up as soon as I get the batteries charged. I'll also post about the first day of school that was today!! See ya later.