Rogers Reunion 2012

Hooray for family! My out-of-state siblings met up with the rest of us at a cabin in Heber City for a Rogers Reunion. My parents were kind enough to rent a large enough cabin for all of us so we could get some adult time after the kids went to bed. Friday the girls spent some quality time at the outlets in Park City and that afternoon we all rode on the Heber Valley Railroad. Normally the tickets are pretty expensive, but when our home teacher found out we were going, he volunteered to get us a MUCH better deal since he happens to work there. We were very appreciative to say the least. It was a perfect day to go and the canyon was beautiful.

Saturday we went to the Olympic Park in Park City. I had never been there before, but it was a really cool place to go. We watched the athletes training on the ski jumps and walked around the museum. Then most of us rode on the Alpine Slide. I had low expectations for the slide, but it was much better than I expected. The only bad thing was that it happened to be pretty windy and chilly outside that day so I look forward to going again on a sunny, warm day. Despite the cold evenings, we enjoyed the beautiful view of the stars at the cabin. I bought the Star Walk app for my iPad that allows you to easily see and identify the constellations and stars in the sky in real time. It still amazes me what we can do with technology these days!

Sunday all 25 of us invaded one of the nearby wards to attend church together. My mom attended Primary with the CTR 5 class since I have 5 nieces and nephews that age! After church my cousin and her husband drove up to the cabin to take some family pictures. They turned out great!

Monday came too soon and our time at the cabin was over. Fortunately Melody and Brandon came over to our apartment afterwards and spent the day with us. We enjoyed talking, going to the park, throwing the frisbee, and playing games together. Brandon just finished medical school in Missouri and starts his residency program in Nevada tomorrow so I'm glad they'll be a little closer to Utah now.

I'm already looking forward to our next reunion.

New Stuff

Some camp outside and some camp inside. You can tell what type of people we are.

Since we don't have much new to report, you can also see our new purchases: a brown sofa cover and a $130 area rug that we bought for $11. The tent, air mattress, and sleeping bags are also new. We decided to test them out before our ward camp out in a couple of weekends. They passed the test so we are ready to go. For some reason, summer doesn't seem like summer without at least one camp out.