Family Vacation 2014

20 Jul

Bagels & Nutella. What a delicious way to begin our road trip

Saturday: Rapid City, South Dakota

Cherry Pie, Key Lime Pie, Pumpkin Pie

We stayed the night in Rapid City. In the morning we got dressed in our Sunday clothes and found an LDS chapel, but the doors were locked, and a note on the door said they had Stake Conference somewhere else. So we decided to listen to Book of Mormon Stories in the car and drive on to Devils Tower.

Sunday: Devils Tower and Billings Montana

After hiking around Devil’s Tower, we drove to Billings and spent the night with my Aunt Lillian and Uncle Doug. Uncle Doug showed my kids a fun game called FlowFree, which became a family favorite

Monday: Rexburg Idaho

All the pies

It was my dad’s turn to be in charge of the family reunion.

I’m really proud of the idea I came up with to put posters of family stories in the hallway. That way when we were waiting in line for a meal, we were reading the stories. That was a big win.

Katie helped us make a coloring book of the family for all the little kids. She also had a bunch of hilarious minute-to-win-it games for us to play.

I spent hours on a family tree chart in a binder- that was maybe less of a success- I didn’t feel like it was visually pretty or easy to follow.

But all in all, the family history focus was 👌

The lengths parents will go to to get kids to smile for pictures.
Sammy, Cherry Pie, Cegan, Sariah, Bertie
Pumpkin Pie, Cherry Pie, Eddie, Kaitlyn, and Rowan
I led Zumba in the mornings for those who wanted to sweat before breakfast. that was really fun.

This reunion was the first reunion in 9 years that I wasn’t pregnant at the reunion, so I worked really hard to be skinny for it. I did lose about 10 pounds, and I was looking pretty good!

Nate brought his slack line, and Pumpkin Pie spent a lot of time being awesome on it.
Peach Pie tried it too
Jim did archery for the little kids. Key Lime Pie is deadly with a bow and arrow.
The Reed family
Eddie, Kaitlyn, and Rowan looking good.

This year our skit was to the tune of “Follow the Prophet” but the words were “Hansens are Awesome”

We also played at the St. Anthony Sand Dunes
Key Lime Pie

After we left Rexburg, we visited Aunt Cheli and Uncle Ed in Provo.

Blueberry Pie
Uncle Ed had all these sweet bikes in his garage, just waiting for kids to come ride them!
Banana seats forever!

After that, we visited the Great Salt Lake with Linda and Jonathan

Antelope Island

Arches National Park and the Delicate Arch. Junior Ranger Badges for the win!!
Mesa Verde
More Junior Ranger badges
Baby Bean in the car.

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