Caldwell Family Reunion 2013

 

 Our family is getting to the point in size that this last year's family trip was referred to as our family reunion--sad but true. The weekend of the 24th of July was reserved in 2013 for the Caldwell side.  While sometimes the plans got a little confusing with so many of us, it was such a fun weekend!  Judd and Katie were nice enough to kick off the fun by bringing a boat to Deer Creek.  We had fun waterskiing (well not me), tubing, playing in the mud and water, and enjoying each other.

The next day we had a BBQ and took a stroll around beautiful Mirror Lake.

 

Swimming and lunch at a park in Kamas were highlights of the weekend as well as spending the day in Park City having another picnic and doing some outlet shopping.

 

My favorite parts of the weekend were when we played Guesstures at the cabin and when I got to watch Lucy and Hannah's silliness as they jumped on the bed.  Mark's favorite was showing the stars to some of the family with his telescope at the cabin.  Oh how I love being back in Utah so we can get in on fun like this again!

Cedar City Summer Fun

This summer was a very special one for me because Lucy and I had such sweet times together.  We would just hang out all day, just us.  Those days will always be precious to me.  We had a routine each week when I would go to get my shot at the doctor, Lucy would get to eat her sucker, then if we had enough time we would go to the park or storytime at the Frontier Homestead State park afterwards.  I am so grateful for such a sweetheart.  Lucy is a special one. 

These are from some of the times we went to storytime at the Frontier Homestead State Park.  After the story we would get to walk around and see the exhibits and do an activity they had planned.  Here Lucy is riding the stagecoach...

playing a pioneer hoop game...

and washing clothes.  

We spent some good times together in the backyard on the hot summer days with Lucy's blowup pool. 

We also went with Daddy to eat ice cream at Bulloch's Drug when they had a free day. 

 

We also went on a beautiful hike called Hidden Haven that took us to a waterfall.  The trail was filled with white butterflies. This normally would have been a good thing except that Lucy's greatest fear is butterflies.

 

The rest of these are just random cute ones from hanging out at home. 

4th of july

This 4th of July was a good one for us because we got the best of both worlds!  We celebrated in Cedar City and Salt Lake City. Our ward had a neighborhood breakfast we enjoyed before heading off to the parade on main street.

That afternoon we drove to Salt Lake for a BBQ at my mom's with the Caldwell side.  Included in the fun was great food and water fun for Lucy.

This year's firework show was made possible by Mark's childhood fireworks that Margaret randomly found and a fun pack from the Thalmans.