Saturday, September 2, 2017

Summer Vacation - Part 2 Utah

For this year's Walton Family Reunion we stayed at at HUGE, awesome, and kind of bizarre house in North Salt Lake. 


Everyone loved taking advantage of the enormous back porch.


A family of deer visited for quite a while one morning.


It's so fun to see how much our cousins have grown! 


Isaac and Eliza, the two youngest grandchildren, having fun together.


Jared is a good subject for tormenting.


The pool table was nearly always in use.




Our first formal activity was a tour of Mrs. Cavanaugh's chocolate factory.


Ashlyn was in heaven.


After the chocolate factory, Adam and Diana treated us to a taste testing activity. We tried various unexpected food combinations and then gave a thumbs up or thumbs down. The Oreo dipped in orange juice was almost universally enjoyed.




The Oreo combined with pickle was not.



Most of the adults went to the Salt Lake Temple to perform sealings for a group of our family names. And Nate took Rebecca and Kaylee to the baptistry (Kaylee's first trip!)

Clearly our group selfie skills could use some work!
It wouldn't be a Walton Reunion without board games!


Saturday we enjoyed our "Sing" movie party! Here's the group letting their inner animals come out.


The "I'm Still Standing" Jenga competition.


Name that singer!


Some of our singers were a little more embarassed than others.


Sunday morning we took a group to Temple Square to attend the Music & the Spoken Word broadcast. It was awesome.



And Sunday afternoon was filled with Pioneer Day activities. Grandma found all the hats and bonnets, and Rebecca made all the aprons, complete with pockets embroidered with each girl's initials. So cute!


Isaac was rocking the 'stache.


Activity 1: Making edible covered wagons.



Activity 2: Homemade rag dolls.


Activity 3: Milking "cows".


Our reunion also included a super cool family talent show where we enjoyed singing, dancing, skits, and splits. Thanks for another awesome reunion, Waltons!