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Reunion Time

 
Summers are reunion time in our family.  This year our Kansas cousins arranged for us to all meet up at the Heber Valley Camp on July 3rd and 4th.  We enjoyed a challenge course with a zip line, a nice fire pit with plenty of firewood, great bathrooms, cabins to sleep in, places to hike and some time on the lake in canoes.  And good meals with lots of watermelon!
 
This is where we got our instructions for the zip line.
 

Mindy screamed her way down the zip line.  I'm glad she did it.

Susanna's a pro from doing it at girls' camp the previous year.

Camille wanted to do the zip line and she got up the pole a few feet but she wasn't quite strong enough.

Doing this took a little more strength than I thought it would, but I made it!
 
I was in charge of Friday night dinner and I served pork burritos and watermelon.  I think we had watermelon at almost every meal.

The older kids and teens enjoyed non-stop card games in the pavilion.  You can see the fruits of the parade we enjoyed on July 4th with lots of candy thrown out by the missionary volunteers who paraded by in decorated ATV's.

The younger kids enjoyed the fire pit and games involving the log benches.  We made banana boats on Friday night in the fire.


 
This is our two with a cousin on the hike to Missionary Overlook.  Mt. Timpanogos is in the background.

The lake is not large (more like a pond) but it was still fun.  Unfortunately we were only able to make reservations for 16 of us (our group had 40 plus people) so there was a lot of competition for those 16 spots.

Because we had few adults and many children who wanted to canoe, I took out three small girls in my canoe.  The canoes were lightweight so it wasn't hard to get us around.

On Sunday, we met at my sister's house and had dinner together there.  Here is my brother and grandmother talking together.

This is the beginning of a group picture taken on my sister's front porch.  Unfortunately I don't have a copy of the final product.


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