Lovell Reunion

I will start off by saying that because of my lack of pictures lately, I have decided to make it up by putting WAY to many this time. Wow! What a busy weekend! I have been really busy with my new calling as Primary Secretary. We have met every single night for HOURS trying to get things situated. I don't think I was this stressed out when I was Primary President. WOW! We headed up to Idaho on Thursday. Zac invited his sister Barb and her friend Garit to come up with us. We got to Idaho in pretty good time, but the ride up to the cabin took FOREVER! They were doing so much construction! I think Zac forgot to tell Barb how many people normally stay at the cabin. We had a full house on Thursday night, with my Uncle Steve and Aunt Sharon sleeping in their truck even! We introduced Barb and Garit into the world of pirates by playing Pillage & Plunder...Zac was excited that he won the first game. :) Speaking of having too many people at the cabin...Devin told me that he went to the bathroom at night, and when he came back, somebody had taken his pillow! The one he brought from home! So he ended up sleeping on one of the camping pillows, then to top it off, Mike Smith came upstairs and asked if I slept up here. I said "no" and he said "Oh I thought I saw some cute blond girl sleeping up here" Which would be Devin. hehehe First his pillow go stolen, then he got called a cute blond girl. What a way to start a weekend Devin! :)

Our first rafting trip was scheduled at 7 am the next morning. They had 2 river runs scheduled...I was able to go on both of them. Lucky for me, Zac didn't want to go so he got to stay behind and watch the kids! Barb was a little nervous about going rafting, and then when we hit one of the big rapids, Steve (who was the guide) fell out of the raft into the Snake River! If you look in the picture you can see his legs up in the air! I'm sure that made Barb feel a little more safe knowing that the guide fell out of the raft. The next river trip down though, they made Barb the "river princess" where she got to sit in the center of the raft and not have to paddle...she just enjoyed the ride. Garit tried out the double kayak, and he fell into the river once, but other that he did great on it!

After the river trip we had a birthday celebration dinner for Grandpa and my cousin Matt (who leaves for Iraq in 2 weeks). Grandpa got a new grill for the cabin for his birthday, so we tried it out by having Sharon make us bacon bleu cheeseburgers. Yum! Steve and Sharon left their 3 four-wheelers up at the cabin for us to use. The kids absolutely loved them! Aubrey would scream if you tried to get her off one after a ride. She probably went on 15 rides while we were up there. She didn't care who she went with as long as she was going.

Saturday morning we headed down to Uncle George's for the reunion. Eric went with Nathan immediately to the golf course. Dad met us up at George's and helped watch the kids. Justin and Lisa spent the night before at the cabin. I can't believe how big their kids have grown! I'm glad they are closer so that my kids can get to know their other cousins. Aubrey wanted to do anything and everything at George's. She loved the kid's zip line. They modified the adult zip line as well, and Zac made Garit do the first run. But when Garit came crashing into the poles at the end, everyone opted out for going any longer. As I was telling this someone, they said, "Well who was spotting at the end? Who was catching them BEFORE they hit the poles?" Apparently, we were suppose to have somebody grab the rope as the person went by and stop them in time.

Eric could not get enough of Grandma Parry. Whenever he saw her he would run up and give her a hug. I even saw him sitting with Grandma for a good half hour just listening to the conversation she was having with relatives. Aubrey has been really shy around her, but if Eric goes up to her first, then she will go up.

Last year at the reunion I wished that I had brought my swimsuit so that I could go down the water slide with the kids. This year, Aubrey didn't want me to go down with her. I got about 10 rides with her before she absolutely did not want to go with me. So Dad would bring her to the top of the slide, and I would catch her at the bottom. Before we left the reunion, Zac took the kids down the slide. At the bottom, Aubrey was SCREAMING, but I could not find any scratches on her...until nighttime when we were putting pajamas on her. She got burned on her leg by the slide and scratched up. Poor girl. After the big slide, Eric wanted to go on the smaller one all by himself. So he made it to the top looked down it, sat down, and told us that it was too scary, and he wanted Daddy. So Zac ran up the stairs and went down it with Eric.

We left the cabin on Sunday, and came down to Robert's homecoming. Jason came home from his mission on Friday, and Robert on Saturday morning. Lucky for Robert, he got to speak within less than 24 hours after his return. He gave a great talk! We left after the luncheon at Rozie's and the kids slept almost the entire ride home. As soon as I got home, I had to put flyers on everyones house for the primary/ward activity on Tuesday, so I took the kids in the stroller and walked up and down the street and stairs giving people these flyers. While at the cabin, Zac went over to Wyoming and bought a ton of fireworks. He had shopping lists from our neighbors. As soon as we came back from the store, we had a voicemail on the phone stating that ALL fireworks are banned from Eagle Mtn. SO, now we are going to have everybody meet at our house, then we will drive somewhere that is allowed to have fireworks. What a hassle!