Our Life Lessons: Locey Family Reunion

Sunday: We were the chefs for the day. Mountain Man breakfast, PBJ sandwiches, and our supply of freezer meals were what we made. Since Friday, I had been struggling with some vertigo. Sweetheart stuck with me for every step of the meals. I really appreciated it.

We attended church. The boys participated in Primary. In Elder's Quorum, Sweetheart shared that he felt very grateful for our children and that we have the liberties we do in the United States. We talked about how we need to share our belief in God and the power that family has in our lives.

We watched "The Incredibles" as a family. It is an often quoted movie in our home.

Goldilocks came and took a selfie with Aunt Mimi and me to send to her sister at home.

That evening Aaron and Rachel with Chucho (my brother and his family) came from Salt Lake to share a meal with us for the evening. We had a really wonderful time with them. Chucho was a lot of fun to watch and see his enthusiasm.

Beck and Mimi had made arrangements for a friend to come and share about their experiences as missionaries in Africa. They shared great stories about how they saw faith and miracles as they served God.

Monday: We headed to the Jordanelle State Park for the day. Uncle CF brought his boat and showed everyone a really great time! He is an excellent driver. The boys with their cousins paddled out to an island they had seen the day before. This time they landed on the island and discovered the island had a lot of poop on it.

I went and had a massage to help with my vertigo. The massage therapist only worked on my upper shoulders, neck, and base of my head. The vertigo was gone.by the end of the day. The boys got a lot of sun. We came home and slept really well that evening after a few games of Hearts.

Tuesday: This was 7-11 day that had free slushies. We participated at the local 7-11.

We had a lazy morning and didn't get moving very quickly. The plan was to return to Jordanelle to play more. The troops arrived at the lake that afternoon.

We are grateful that Grandpa Locey went and got us a cabana for the day.

I went with Mimi and the nieces and nephews shopping while the boys went with their Dad. I found some shirts and earrings.

Underfoot and Hurricane created a Jeopardy style game for the family to guess. They had a fun time remembering the stories of growing up. Jilli, my Mom, came to help my brother with their new house. After helping my brother, she came and spent the evening with us. We felt so happy to see her and that she was willing to make the trip to come see us.

Wednesday: Aunt Mimi made arrangements to do the Locey Lope. It was a 2.1 mile race course. Everyone was awarded a medal.

Hurricane went at the front of the pack and said he arrived in 3rd place. Sweetheart and I took the tail. Underfoot wanted to be with his cousin's daughter, T.

He stayed with the stroller the whole way. I love the personalities of our boys and how they are manifesting themselves.

In the afternoon, we headed to the Utah Olympic Park.

We did the slides on inter-tubes, the ropes course, and the zip-lines. The ropes course was hard for Underfoot. He did great on the lower level but panicked at the upper level. He decided he would go with me.

The upper level was harder than the lower level. I fell on the upper level and had a hard time finishing because I got stuck. This helped Underfoot show how brave he was. My arms were completely bruised. By the time Underfoot had finished, he was SO HAPPY he had gone.

He conquered his fear and used it as an example later in the week. Come to find out, Underfoot was doing the adult ropes course not the children's ropes course.

Sweetheart went on the adult slide with his sister. He kept talking about how scary it was. We went on the zipline together at the end of the day as couple. The boys were watched by their cousin, Piper.

I spent that evening with my cousin, Julie. She is a nature photographer and works in Park City at an insurance office.

We got ice cream and went for a drive to Mirror Lake. We had a great conversation about life and got to know each other for the first time as adults.

She showed me some of her favorite spots in the Unitas.

Thursday: Early that morning Sweetheart and I went to a meeting in Salt Lake. He took me on a lunch date to the Lion House Pantry. It's one of our favorite places to eat. We came back and hung out that afternoon. In the evening, we went to the Desert Star to see the 3 Amigos.

We laughed at the jokes they made about Utah, the ad lib they did on stage, and enjoyed their 80s musical oleo.

Friday: We returned to Jordanelle State Park. Auntie M wanted to learn how to drive the boat, and Uncle CF taught her. The beach was full for the day.

Hurricane and Goldilocks were buried in the sand, and Handsome Ben played catch with Underfoot.

That evening was the family meeting. Sweetheart also invited Tom and Sherry Cutting to join us. We also got a call earlier in the day that Kirky and Jilli were coming down for the evening. The evening had lots of reunions. Kirky taught us about cars.

Saturday: We got up, packed the car, and rode the tram to the top of the ski resort.