The day before we left Cheyenne we watched The Incredibles and decided that Quinn was a perect representation of Jack Jack. Today when I caught her grinning ear to ear with a pair of Alex's underwear on her head I had a flash to the movied Lilo and stitch and realized that she was more like Stitch. This shall be her new name.
Last week we took advantage of a warm Tuesday and went up the canyon with friends to have a picnic and chat. The girls spent hours in the shallow creek and running around the grass. It was perfectly summer and just about heaven.
Thursday was Pioneer day and we convinced Grandma and Grandpa to join us for the Mapleton city Parade.
It was awesome. The girls were really excited about Pioneer day and a parade and wanted Pioneer dresses. So we went to DI and found some charmers for $2 a piece and the girls were in heaven.
The parade was the perfect size and there was PLENTY of candy to go around. We went home for a BBQ with Kara and Finn and then spent the evening across the street chatting and watching Strawberry shortcake.
Friday we got up and headed straight to Willow Creek for the Brady Family Reunion! There was a smaller crowd this year than in the past, but it was fun to spend time with each family and enjoy the activities and cousins.
This was probably the cleanest Quinn was the entire time. She entertained herself in the rocks every waking minute.
Toby, Scout, Alex and Heidi were joined at the hip and went everywhere and did everything together. It was fun seeing Heidi hang out with kids her own age and not have to tag along with the older girls all the time. We fell in love with Scouty all over again.
Finn was a camping natural, I don't think I ever heard a peep out of him.
There was boondoggling, necklace making, games, candy and lots of laughter. I loved being able to let the kids just be, and not worry every minute about where they were or what they were doing.
Lots of babies this year!
Quinn did great in the tent. Well, in the pack n play in the tent. We shared an 8 man tent just the 2 of us because the girls wanted to sleep with Grandma and Grandpa SO bad.
Alex was super helpful as usual, hauling Quinn around to play and keeping her safe when I was busy.
Quinn sort of owned that place and everyone there. She wasn't shy about joining any conversation.
Watching Heidi sleep deeply despite all the noise and bright sun reminded me of myself as a child. Except I also remember Dad dumping me out of the sleepingbag as I huddled in trying to hang out to every minute of sleep and warmth. We let Heidi sleep until it was getting hot in the tent and it was time to pack up, then fed her chocolate doughnuts and strawberries for breakfast. That's camping.
I didn't get a picture of the whole group, but here were the stragglers who hung on till late morning before heading out. Heidi, Toby and Alex were up at the zip line of course.
I was convinced someone was going to be sent to the hospital, but 2 years makes a big difference and these girls owned that zip line.
Alex figured out a way that didn't require climbing on the platform and sitting on the seat. She would drag the rope up the hill, sit on the knot and ride down. The only snag was that the momentum didn't take her far enough up the next hill to get down on solid ground so she got pretty good at climbing down the rope hand over hand until she could drop.
They called themselves Tarzan and played for hours upon hours.
Heidi needed help on and off, and if there had been enough willing adults she would have ridden that thing all day. It was a fun time and sure made us miss all the family that wasn't able to make it!
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