We spent the first weekend in September in beautiful Ogden Valley just on the other side of the Ogden mountains.  The occasion was the 2014 Hymas Family Reunion.  I would love to say we all had a great time the whole time, but that would be stretching things a bit.  Taking our kids anywhere these days is just hard.  They fought pretty much non-stop and I was in tears half the time, I was so embarrassed.  Oh, and we single handedly ruined the once in a life time family picture.  Ok, so the first two are exaggerations, but the picture?  Yeah, we pretty much did ruin that.  I apologize once again to all of Rock’s family for my lack of grace and well, the kid’s lack too.  But there were lots of good moments and here are the picture highlights.

This was the amazing view off the balcony.  Kudos to M & D for picking such a fabulous place!  Who knew just over the mountains in Ogden was this gem!  It is even appropriately named Eden.  We will definitely come back here. 

Seven Little Hymas people!!  The kids LOVED getting to know and play with their cousins.

The boys traded Pokémon all weekend. 

The biggest thrill of all was the game room downstairs.  Ping Pong, Shuffle board, Pool and Air hockey. 

The hot tub was a pretty close second. 

No one drowned during this activity.

It was fun to see Rock catching up with his siblings.  In this picture they are laughing about how Sam and Rock used to have hair.

We roasted marshmallows,

Played with bubbles,

And sparklers too!

We also went to the Pineview Reservoir for a very chilly swim and some jet skiing!

The best part of the weekend really was watching the kids play with their cousins from across the country.  Wish they were closer!

Thanks for making it happen G & G!!!