July 1

We spent our first week of vacation with the Locey family for our annual family reunion in Arizona. M and M, Sweetheart's sister and brother-in-law, offered their home to shelter, entertain, and feed us all. M did a marvelous job planning and carrying out a reunion.

Monday: We spent the day playing in the pool with water toys and squirt guns. Hurricane and Underfoot were thrilled to be with their cousins all day long. 

Tuesday: Canyon Lake was the destination for the day with ski-doos, blow up toys, and talking on the beach. We recently put a hitch on our Pilot and pulled the ski-doos. We all slept very well after being in the sun and water all day. 

Wednesday: Sweetheart stayed home with the boys while I went to Last Chance. Last Chance is the rejects from Nordstroms. I got a darling pair of shoes and some shirts. Later that day we played family games. We were going to go to a Rawhide but it looked like a monsoon was going to come into the area with a lot of wind. We got all ready to go but then decided to go and swim. Hurricane took off on swimming. He wanted to swim anywhere we would go. Hurricane even jumped off the diving board over and over and over again. He LOVED the pool. 

Thursday: In the morning the adults went to the temple. After the temple, Grandpa L took everyone to dinner at Costco for pizza. Then the whole crew went to a water park. The boys loved the slides and wanted to go over and over and over again. Hurricane loved the speed. Underfoot loved being together. Uncle A celebrated his birthday with cheesecake and a tuxedo cake after the water park. 

Friday: We left to go to Utah. We love the drive and to be together.

We were so glad to spend time with family. The boys loved to play with their cousins. When we weren't in the water, they were playing with their imaginations or watching a movie. Underfoot loved his cousins, A and M. He stayed by their side at all times. When A went to leave  Underfoot  was brave and gave her a big hug and then went to the bedroom and cried hard. He didn't understand why A was leaving and not staying with him. When A walked back in the door, he got the biggest smile on his face and asked if he could write her letters. We are grateful for all the care given to ours boys. A BIG THANK YOU to M and family for their hospitality and kindness. 

Be well.