We drove alongside my Dad and Emily for most of the way. Which made the drive much more entertaining!
We stopped in North Platte, NE. Home of of the Wolrd's largest Railroad Classification Yard (whatever that means). All I know is that it had lots and lots of trains and Colton loved it. Colton and I went to the yard. You take an Elevator up 7 stories to get a great view of all the trains.
He loved looking at all the miniature trains, but his favorite part was the gift shop with all the toy trains he could touch and play with.
The next night we stayed at Little America in Wyoming. After passing all the signs for it many times our interest was piqued. We met my Dad and Emily there. After playing in the playground, we had a very crazy dinner (kids + driving all day = crazy, out of control kids at dinner). They were happy to have lots of 25 cent cones afterwards. Actually Colton doesn't like Ice Cream for some reason, but Kirsten loved it. We woke up in the morning, swam, and then headed to Bear Lake.
The rest of the family got there that day as well. We spent most of the week at the beach. Uncle Karl and Uncle Scott brought their boats. So we got to do lots of wake boarding and tubing. Jonathan is perfecting his skills on the board. Colton and Kirsten loved riding in the boat. Colton took lots of rides with Great Grandma. Kirsten still wouldn't ride the tube...maybe next time. I had some crazy tube rides with Emily and Michael. I still can't do anything cool on the board, but it's tons of fun.
All the kids loved playing in the sand...even Geoff. He couldn't pass up an opportunity to bury Kirsten.
Kirsten spent lots of time playing with Ashley. Ashley, Kate, Kirsten and sometimes some of the other little boys chased Michael around after he would steal a ball of something from them. They always called him "red boy" or "white boy" based on what color shirt he was wearing.
Michael and Nathan liked to play with baby Max.
Jana and Karl planned lots of fun activities, like kids Olympics and sing-a-longs. Karen and her family planned a really fun Minute to Win It game. Nancy helped us do a really cute craft. We had volleyball tournaments, got Milkshakes, played games at night, ate lots of good food...We had so much fun. I love being together with family!
We also did lots of driving. Good thing Max likes the pacifier.
Good thing these two like each other...for the most part.
On the way home we stopped at a hotel in Kansas that had a water slide. At first Kirsten would go on it. After seeing how much fun Colton was having she decided to join in. Then she was hooked. We had so much fun going on it over and over again.
As soon as we hit Kansas I thought I was going to die! It is so stinkin' hot here. What is going on this Summer? It was a very nice break up in chilly Utah.
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Hey! I posted some pics of the reunion and there are some cute ones of the kids that you can either steal, or tell me which ones you want and I'll email them to you. We miss you guys! Don't worry...we're strugglin in the heat too! blah!!
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