Bear Lake, Summer 2010

Once again, Mama and Papa Bailey brought on a great family reunion. This summer Gr Bailey found an awesome house in Bear Lake that was big enough for our ever-growing family. We had such a great time. My kids are still talking about it. The grandkid picture was taken outside the front of the house. The inside was very nice and included a basement full of fun: pool table, foosball, ping pong, games, playroom, and movie theater. We played outside all day and saved the basement fun for the evenings and nights when the mosquitos were in full force.





There was a park across the street from the house we stayed at. We spent lots of time over there playing capture the flag, launching water balloons, having water fights, kickball, obstacle courses, and ole fashion park stuff. I think that some of the adults were into the capture the flag games as the kids. That game was definitely one of my most favorite memories of this reunion. After the obstacle course, Gr Bailey had a treasure box full of loot for the kiddos to pick from. Yum, yum- rootbeer flavored chapstick!








The house had a huge backyard. It was the perfect place for catch, frisbee, and letting the kids run without worrying about someone straying. Gr Bailey had packed a gi-normous box of fun things. The kids got to set off little rockets and blow up rocket balloons. The little guys played with bubbles. The perfect day includes playing outside all day long with best friends...I love that my boys think of all of their cousins as best buds even when we don't see them as often as we'd like.













We spent very little time at the actual lake. It was chilly that morning and the water is c-c-c-cold. That didn't throw the kids off at first, but it wasn't long until they were ready to dry off and just play in the sand by the picnic tables.








The area was beautiful to bike and run through. Our family had such a fabulous time and we are grateful for a fabulous family to share time with. We look forward to next summer...

Summer Fun Part I

While I was running Ragnar, Darren and my parents spoiled the kids in Park City. We stayed in the Marriott that is next to the alpine slide. They got all day passes and spent the day going on the alpine slide and coaster, mini golfing, bungee tramp, rock climbing, and riding the small rides. The resort was great- it had an arts/craft/play room for the kids and an arcade (Blake was in heaven). The pool was a bit cold but there were several hot tubs that made up for it.





After Park City, I took the kids to Jill's house (Darren went back to Vegas to work). Before this part of our trip was over, the boys wanted to move to Draper. Not only did they get to play with cousins, but Jill's neighborhood has a fun group of boys and they have formed a "Boy's Club". The kids were outside all day long- we'd have to take them drinks and snacks. It was so fun to let them run around like that in the middle of summer. The pictures below are of the kids at a jumpy place and at the Thanksgiving Point farm. Ethan got to go off on a little adventure and stay with our cousin Kaden in Logan for a couple of days on his own. It was a first and it turned out to be a great time for him. We also got to see G & G Bryan's new condo that they are staying in while serving a mission in SLC at the Family History Center.

Wasatch Back 2010 * Lucky Ladies

This race was just the beginning of one of the funnest two weeks of the summer. Ragnar- Wasatch Back- 2010. The name of our team was the Lucky Ladies and it consisted of 12 gals from Vegas. I was in the second car with Myndi, Joanna, Jen, Brenda, and Michelle. We had such a great time! I was surprised at how rested I felt after 30 hours of relay running * sleeping in a sleeping bag on a cold morning * running 10 miles in the middle of the night * running the first leg of Guardsman Pass * encountering barbed wire * no true showers * etc. The scenery during the day was AWESOME and it is one of the things that would draw me to this race again. Also, I would do it again if I was guaranteed to run with these awesome Ladies!




Looking out over Guardsman Pass


Car #2


Joanna coming down after her long climb. Her view was the following picture- Snow Basin.