Allen Family Reunion

Vance's family has always been good about getting together once a year for a family reunion.  This was his mom's side of the family, and her brother, Trent, was in charge.  He chose to have it in Sun Valley, Idaho.  We were very excited to escape the heat of Las Vegas.  We drove up on Friday, 6/24/2011, and we arrived in Sun Valley around 3:30pm.  We swam, visited with everyone, and had dinner with everyone in the evening.  We stayed at the Sun Valley Resort which was very nice.
Saturday, 6/25/2011
We went hiking.  Brady and Logan did great!  Clark walked some, but I carried him most of the time. 

When we got back from the hike, we had lunch and the kids played.  The closet in our room was big.  We had all three boys sleep there in their sleeping bags, but during the day, the kids turned it into a playroom.

Then we had a blast swimming!

 

We decoupaged tiles with scenes of Sun Valley, ID to use as coasters.  They turned out great!  It was a fun day!

Sunday, 6/26/2011

We attended Sacrament meeting in Ketchum, ID, and then we had a picnic lunch at the River Run Lodge to end the reunion.  It was fun to see everyone. 

 Then Vance went with his dad to catch a flight in Salt Lake City, UT, and then the kids and I headed to Boise, ID to spend a few days with Angie, Gavin, and Ellie.  It was so fun to see them!

Cousin's Camp #2

Wednesday, 6/22/2011-- We arrived at Becky's around midnight last night.  The kids were so excited to play with their cousins.  They made up lots of games, they had a paper airplane flying contest, and we went to the park and had a picnic.

 

 We left for a couple of hours so that we could go to Abby's Birthday Party (their cousin on the other side).  When we got back, we had some more fun on the slip n' slide, running through the sprinkler's, and throwing water balloons.  The kids also had fun decorating cake pops that night.  It was a fun day!

  

  

I couldn't believe there was still snow on the mountains in June.  Pretty Crazy!

Thursday, 6/23/2011--Today was another good day!  The kids decorated canvas bags with puff paint, and then we spent the afternoon at Cowabunga Bay!  Riley was nice enough to take Brady around to all the slides, and he took Logan down the Lazy River.  Brady was so Brave going on the slides, and he loved hanging out with his Big Cousin, Riley.  Logan was only able to go on two slides, the pink and yellow slide.  He would only go down the pink slide, and I convinced him to go up to the yellow slide, but when it was his turn, he decided it looked too scary!  He had fun just playing in the water.

 

Vince and Ben were nice enough to watch the kids while I spent some time with my sisters.  We got some italian ice with some ice cream.  It was a good time. 

The night ended with some wrestling fun!  Then I loaded up, picked Vance up at the airport around midnight, and made it to Aunt Jane's around one in the morning.