Time Away with the Fam

Hola!

Well, we made it back. My family had our every-five-years-or-so family reunion at Aspen Grove Family Camp in Utah! I put our backdrop on the header. Just beautiful.









Of course there are tons of activities at a family camp, and the best part was that I didn't have to cook! :) One of Teresa's highlights was the High Ropes course:

















The cousins tried out slingshots.






One of Kara's highlights was being in the pool--yes, her cast is truly waterproof! Unlimited time in the water, if she wants.








We took a morning to go horseback riding.

















And here is Frank playing horseshoes...he's actually pretty good.











The flights to and from were of course loaded with adventure, from construction detours getting us lost so we almost missed the first flight, to delayed flights later in the day, to losing our luggage! Luckily, the losing luggage was on the way BACK, so we could just come home and have them bring it to us another day.

The one big bummer was the stomach flu. :( We hit the very unusual week where stomach flu spread like wildfire through the whole camp, for Pete's sake! Our week, there were a total of 450 campers attending. Probably 75% of the campers caught this silly stomach flu at some point during the week. Of our 21 who went, only 3 stayed healthy. All the others were sick in bed for 24-48 hours during the week sometime. Kara's age group had 22 kids in it, and one day they only had 6 show up! All the rest were sick in bed.

Oh well, what can you do about that...? (Wash your hands, for one thing...but THAT's another soap box for another blog entry, of course--)

After a lovely week in cooler, dry temps, we are now back to the humidity of the east coast.

Have a great weekend, Kari