Yay! Family reunion time! Ill admit, I was nervous, I hadnt seen my cousins and aunts and uncles for maybe two or three years. Ive seen from facebook that their lives have been changing and I dont know what they were like now, only what they were like before. But, I was excited hoping that maybe I could bond some and make memories.
So it started with the trip there. It was in salt lake city utah and unfortunately we were in richland (tricities) washington. That means about a 12 hour drive. It seemed it took forever. I took a few naps and mainly just sat there feeling lazy. Birdie did great, our little mini shnauzer, and we did have to stop a few times for a potty break.
We arrived at 7 or 8 to the marriot hotel and we first saw the Ehlers! Spencer and Eric were sooo big, I mean Julian age. Kadi was wow, taller, skinnier, prettier, but still the same old kadi. Taylor was back from his mission, and dang he has a tattoo of a guitar on his leg. Dallin didnt come because he was in Germany doing his military stuff. Tal and Juli were great, also trying to excersize a little bit. After chatting I went to walmart to go get some pads/liners cuz dangnabbit my period started while traveling in the car! I sorta planned for it but not really and it took like 15 or 20 minutes just to find a Wal-Mart and there was only one line working at that hour.
We finally got into our room. Room 416. It was beautiful and grand. There were two rooms, us girls took one, my parents the other. We put the boys on the hide-a-bed. Also in the rooms was our own bathroom and closet. There was also a mini kitchen with a stove, dishwasher, microwave, fridge, and sink! The shampoo and conditioner and lotion were amazing!! We did have a problem with the toilet, not flushing, but we had that fixed in the morning the next day. I went to bed late, and I did find out that Jace was also here in utah. It was provo but he was also visiting family. I told him to kiss his adorable niece for me, annnd with much convincing he finally did!
Day 1: I had a great nights sleep. I woke up a little bit early at 6:30 to go workout at the gym. I had gabi go with me so I wasnt alone. Gabi aorta walked two miles on the treadmill and I ran a mile on thw treadmill and did some crunches and other stuff in the room. We went back up to our room, and I took a shower. We went downstairs to eat breakfast. The Ehlers, Garcias, Jared and his family, and Wendy Sorenson with her boys were all there. Lots of hugging and "I missed you". The rest of the family was coming later that day. I decided to eat eggs, potatoe patty, a muffin, some mixed fruit, and some sausage.
The first activity was a hike! We met at 9:45 in the lobby and then left to go to Eagle Park. The houses in that area were so cute but we did get lost. So this hike was a historical monument of Joseph Smith...I think. It was an easy hike but definitely steep. Some of the aunts didnt even go. And jared was all woozy when he got to the top. We think the struggle was the elevation difference.
Gabi had to go to Orem to the ILP and kadi was going to come with her. Because of seats I went with her. We also picked up Aliselyn to take an adventure with us. It was an hour trip and getting out was hard because gabi kept taking wrong turns. Oops! Plus we used my phone as a GPS. Yeah, dang, we were definitely on our own.
