Avondet Park City Reunion

I loved vacationing in Park City. It was so close. It was so easy. I still had to pack and stuff, but it was less intimidating to pack for a 45 minute drive. Here's a big thanks to my sisters who had to pack and drive for days to be with us. We are sure glad you did!

There were so many thing to do and places to go, all within 30 or so of where we stayed. Here's a quick recap of some of our activities.

BOATING - WAKE BOARDING - TUBING

thanks to my brother BRIAN and his BEAUTIFUL boat

PLAYING IN THE SAND

(this picture was taken by my sister, KATIE BLACKER PHOTOGRAPHY)

SWIMMING AT DIFFERENT RESERVOIRS AND IN THE POOL AT THE MARRIOTT

(picture by KATIE)

EATING DELICIOUS DINNERS
planned and prepared by our sweet mother, GO MOM!, and then cooked by us kids in turn

PLAYING AT THE PARK - CANDY HUNTING

dividing the find

devouring the find

SOCCER AND LOTS OF WORLD CUP GAMES

ALPINE SLIDING AND ROLLER COASTING

BOYS GOLFING - GIRLS SHOPPING

OAKLEY RODEO

FIREWORKS AT THE CANYONS RESORT

CHURCH ALL TOGETHER
(how cool is that!)

(another picture courtesy of KATIE)

MINUTE TO WIN IT GAMES
(in lou of a talent show...thank goodness!)

**leave the last card of a deck from blowing off the bottle**

Marianne vs. Joey
Girls 1 - Boys 0

**without touching the floor, pick up bags with mouth**

Becky vs. Doug
Girls 2 - Boys 0

**shoe toss to table**

Mindy vs. Brian
Brian celebrates boys first win
Girls 2 - Boys 1

**puzzle put back together**

Mom vs. Larkin
Girls 2 - Boys 2

**3 balloon toss**

Katie vs. Chris
no more keeping track, boys win again

**3 golf ball stack**

Marianne vs. Dad
neither of us could do it
Brian took the next few minutes figuring it out..and did!

We played more games, just no more pictures. It was so fun. I've never laughed so hard. My favorite of the night was Doug, trying everything he could think of to get his mouth to those bags! AND, Brian grabbing Mindy up in a huge bear hug after having just beat her! What a night. Loved it! Thanks for Katie and Chris for getting that all together.

What a week. How lucky we are that we can have so much fun together. Late nights playing games, sticking papers to our foreheads...Ponyo...all the laughs. I love you guys.
Can't wait till next time!

YUBA LAKE

We spent a couple days camping down at Yuba Lake with some good friends.

We thought we had left the camera at home, so we didn't get any pictures until we were packing up to leave and found the camera in the car! What luck. So here are some shots of us as we were leaving the lake that last day.

DISCLAIMER:

Some of us didn't have a shower that came with our tents, and we look it.

Those that look a bit more kept and groomed had a shower in their "tents."

Ashley says we need one of those tents.

A camper or RV would be nice.

Ashley

Daxton, Kate, Luke and Paige

Abby and Ashley

The Benches (with Kara below)

The Batemans

The Petersons

Judy and Burt who so nicely hung out with us those few days and shared so generously their boat with us all. So fun! Thanks guys.

And us.

What a great place to relax and play. We laughed so hard and ate so well and played so long. The sun was bright and the water freezing and we were all so happy. The guys water skiied and knee boarded and the wives whipped around on the huge tube and the babies and pregnant one rode in the boat and cheered everyone on. We couldn't have had more fun.

Thanks to Julie and Deven for putting that all together!