Our Summer Vacation- The Wheeler Family Reunion

For our first Wheeler Family Reunion, we met up at this really old house in St. George(built in 1870). Alyssa commented that she loved the house even though it was a "little creepy."

There were some nice perks to the house like the pool...

 (although we had to keep a close eye on these two)

the rickety old play set that these two spent so much time playing on(the toddlers weren't allowed on it with out an adult for fear that they would fall off of it)...

and the tennis court that almost everyone got to enjoy.

 Mostly it was fun to get the cousins together.

 Alyssa and Robbie are always good friends when they get together.

Ashley and Lydia were best pals and did everything together, even when it was something that the parents didn't exactly agree with(like chasing a cat into an empty field full of sticker weeds with bare feet. That certainly wasn't their best moment). But they sure had fun together.

Tyler and Tommy sure had a lot of fun together, as well. Kennedi had fun with them, too, but we don't have any pictures of her getting in on the fun.

 And everyone took turns holding Camden, even the kids.

One of the highlights of the trip was our hike in Zion National Park. We started on the river walk trail. Those who were able, continued on up the Narrows. We had borrowed a hiking backpack for Camden, so we were all able to continue on.

We needed help from others as Tyler was too little for some of the wading spots and Ashley did not want to get her clothes wet. Fortunately between Daddy, Grandpa, Gawbie, and Uncle Bobby, we made it as far as everyone else. The water was freezing, but as soon as our feet were numb, we were great. Here is a picture of the Wheeler Men after the hike was done.

The reunion was a lot of fun. We are so thankful for all of the planning and hard work that Gawbie and Grandpa put into it in order to get us all together. We look forward to the next one.