Recently we had a family reunion at Bear Lake! We moved it to June so our daughter-in-law could attend and we thought the weather would be on the cool side but it turned out to be just right. Our beach day was warm and the water wasn't frigid. The house had its quirks including the dishwasher being broken, but it was large and had a lot of good features. It all worked out well. I unfortunately didn't get as many pictures as I would have liked...
We arrived on Wednesday afternoon after braving the construction in Logan Canyon. Everett and Caroline made a dinner of shredded pork on buns with cole slaw and potato chips. After dinner, we played a game put together by Lincoln which involved guessing words on pieces of paper as prompted by one member of the team.
On Thursday morning after breakfast casseroles and fruit by Lincoln and MiCayla, we did our Undokai as put together by Everett. He worked hard on this and did a good job.
The kids loved the foam pit/climbing wall:
After a croissant sandwiches lunch made by Talmage and Sav, we headed for the beach. We rented a jet ski for three hours which was highly popular and also utilized the 3 kayaks we brought. It was really nice to have two shades to sit under when you needed a break from the sun.
Scott and I were in charge of dinner and it was Talmage's birthday. So we served ribs from Costco, oven-fried potatoes (5 lbs.), salad, rolls, and watermelon. For dessert we had Too Much Chocolate Cake (recipe from Allrecipes). I should have made two of them because there wasn't quite enough.
After dinner, we had a talent show by the grandparents and grandchildren. We did a couple of line dances, sang a song using recorders and ukeleles, and played a game called "Blessings."
It was a fun time! Next post, I'll cover the rest of the reunion.
This is a juvenile fiction book about a young girl named Melody with severe cerebral palsy. Her body doesn't allow her to feed herself, speak, or do much at all. She's very intelligent with a photographic memory but she can't really communicate. Finally, in 5th grade, she gets a "Medi-Talker" which is a computer that speaks what she types in. Finally she has a voice. This book explores what it is like to be severely physically disabled but not mentally disabled. It seems like one of the most frustrating of all scenarios. She is completely aware of all the cruelty (subtle and otherwise) that her classmates inflict on her because they don't really want to include her in their activities. One of the saddest moments in the book comes when she realizes that every one of her special ed classmates is kind, where the "normal" ones are not. Who really has the worse disability? The book was a quick read and fairly enjoyable. Wha...
Recently we had another Hansen Family Reunion at Bear Lake. We've been having these destination reunions since 2008. There were about 70 of us in attendance. Bruce and Michelle organized the activities and did a good job. I enjoyed myself! Hopefully lots of other people did too. We showed up on Wednesday afternoon and enjoyed a taco salad dinner, served by Neil and Kristie's family. We also worked on two mixer games: a word search with the names of all 100 Hansen family members as well as a Bingo card that involved finding people with different attributes like recent high school graduation, birthdays in certain months, etc. The word search was definitely the most popular. Also popular was playing Nine-Square and Sandy Pickle (a cross between pickle ball and badminton). Thys and Katrina might have won! After dinner, we had an FHE activity/lesson. Liz had made a book with stories of the first ancestors to join the church. She had selected different stories for us to act out in g...
For lunch on Thursday, Lauren and Kurt made Cafe Rio which was delicious. On Thursday afternoon, we had free time at the lake. Heidi and Aaron rented a pontoon boat and took people out for rides. This was very popular. Some of us went on the kayaks and/or swimming or just hung out on the beach.
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