Opus 537 - Stevens Family Reunion

In July we were able to go to the Stevens Family Reunion (my Mom's side of the family). The reunion was held at a resort near the Cedar Breaks in Utah. The weather was perfectly cool (not too hot, not too cold) and it rained for a little while every day. The rain didn't dampen our fun though! We found plenty to do inside when it was raining and headed out as soon as it stopped.

When we first arrived, we were greeted by this:

Saturday morning, we went to Cedar Breaks National Park with Grandma, Grandpa, and Aunt Lissa. The kids participated in the Junior Ranger Program. After they completed four activities, they were named Junior Rangers and got a badge.

We were there during the Wildflower Festival and were able to participate in those activities.

Including a bean bag toss, face painting:

And making flowers out of pipe cleaners. Notice their Wildflower Festival buttons that they got for participating in two activities.

After we got back from Cedar Breaks, my brother Doug and his family arrived. We all gathered for lunch. (My brother, Steve, and his family were already there). The cousins had a blast playing together.

Leanna, Eri, and Lissa playing with the Princess Toys

Aydon and Joshua had a blast playing with the cars:

Cousin Disney Bingo:

Joshua and Aydon watching Super Hero Squad

Joshua and Aydon playing football with Uncle Steve:

Joshua playing baseball with his 2nd cousins:

The Camacho Cousins (9 of 15):

My Mom with her brothers an sisters (one brother was not there):

The kids slept on the floor in our bedroom:

On Sunday we drove to Strawberry Point. The kids and I looked for a little while, but went back fairly quickly since I was scared to death of the unprotected ledges. They still had fun waiting for Daddy, Grandma, and Grandpa to come back.

The view from Strawberry Point (Jason took the pictures since I wouldn't let go of the kids' hands):

We had to drive on a dirt road for quite a while to get to Strawberry Point. It rained and hailed as we drove. Our car got a little dirty (this is actually much cleaner since we had already driving through a rain storm on the freeway by the time I took this picture):

The car looked much better after we washed it:

Some other fun shots from the trip - 

Grandma reading a bedtime story:

The building we stayed in (top left unit):

The view from our unit:

Opus 536 - Sleepover

In February, the kids stayed at their cousins' house for three days while Jason and I went to a Music Educator's conference in St. George. They had so much fun. They really wanted to invite Spencer, the cousin their age, over for a sleepover at our house. We finally made the arrangements and had the sleepover. Much fun was had by all. Lissa and Spencer discovered a mutual love of Lego's:

The kids played with the water table:

Then we had pizza and watched a movie. The kids got to sleep downstairs in their sleeping bags. They had a blast! The next morning we had waffles (with strawberries and cream of course!) for breakfast. It's so fun having cousins your age who live nearby! I think we might need to invite Spencer over again!

Opus 535 - Francesco Bernoulli

A local college was having a little fair (trying to recruit students). They brought in a race car so we took the kids so they could see it. Joshua called it Francesco Bernoulli (from Cars 2). He was in HEAVEN!

For those of you who haven't seen Cars 2, here's a picture of the real Francesco: