{Hansen Family Reunion 2011}

 Hansen Family, June 2011

Bear Lake, UT

What a fun week with the Hansen family.

We stayed at the Ideal Beach Resort Condos

with a HUGE Thanks to Tyler's parents for

letting us use up their time share points so we

could all stay together with 2 condos side by side!

It was crazy, it was cozy, it fun, it was perfect!

The actually reunion didn't start until Friday night

of June 10, 2011. Everyone was there by

Wednesday night for a little extra vacation!

So until then we played around and enjoyed all

the amenities the Condos had to offer

and some of what the cute little town of

Garden City, UT had to offer as well!

We played at the beach (even though the water was

still freezing this time of the year) that didn't stop us

from finding snail "sea" shells, making sand castles,

and writing our name in the sand!

 The boys went golfing...

 

The girls went biking...4-seater style!!!

How fun were these...all 7 of us pedaling

our way down the quaint streets of Bear Lake

stopping at the little shops and enjoying the beautiful

scenery that surrounded us. I have to admit this gave

us quite the work out. It just meant we could have our

 Raspberry Shakes later! They were kinda tough to pedal

but oh were they fun! We had some good laughs

at our selves and some good stares from others!!

Not a day went by while we were there that the
  kids didn't get in the pool! Rain or shine.

The pools were heated and felt just like bath water.

So no matter how cold it was they didn't care,

they were having fun. The slide was a huge hit.

Addie and Kaycie were little dare devils when it

came to the slide. They tried every which way to

go down that thing!!

 

Mmmm....the beloved Raspberry Shakes that

are famous to Bear Lake. They were amazing!

And so very very delicious!

We even went back the next day for another one!

 

Fun times out on the Lake. The water Trike was

the funnest thing. We've never seen it before.

random shots of cute duo's!

Let the Reunion begin!!!

Friday night we kicked off the start of the reunion

with eating "out" at Randy Raccoon's Hamburger Hide Out!

Thanks to Randy himself and his trusty ol' side kick

Marie, the restaurant was a hit! This has always

been a dream for Tyler's Dad to have his own restaurant

named Randy Raccoons Hamburger hide out. So

we asked him if he'd be willing to open his dream

restaurant for the reunion...and without hesitation

he agreed!! Thanks for a great dinner!

The next morning we divided into our teams

and had a Minute-to-Win-It competition!

It was hilarious to watch the tasks

that were given!  The little kiddos each

got buckets and shovels to

dig a shovel their hearts out in the sand

while the adults had the competition.

We then had some free time to do whatever

we wanted then we ended the evening with an

adult dinner in one Condo and a kids dinner in

the other Condo. Thanks to our niece, Hailey

who tended and fed the kids so we could have 

our adult dinner! The next morning we all went

to church then packed up and 

went our ways...'til we meet again'! 

It was fun to be together with everyone and enjoy

the typical late nights with games or movies.

Those are some of the best memories!

{Playing at G&G McFadden's house}

There's no doubt these kiddo's LOVE spending time

with their Grandparents!

They loved swimming their little hearts out.

We were probably out swimming everyday soaking

up the warm sunshine.

And if we weren't in the pool we were hiking the beautiful

red rock of Snow Canyon working up a sweat so we could go cool

off in the pool! This hike was a fun short hike with beautiful

scenery all around. It takes you to a mini slot canyon which

is full of historic petroglyphs.

We had perfect weather for our hike. It wasn't too hot and

we even lucked out with a little breeze to keep us cool.

The kids saw lots of lizards, lizard tracks in the sand,

and loved hiking up and down all the big rocks.

Welcome to our "Beach"

This will do for now until our family

can go to the REAL beach someday!

Because of some flooding earlier in the year we

now have 50 yard banks of nice soft sand before

you actually get the river. We discovered a pathway

down to the river one day while on a bike ride.

We decided to explore it and boy did we like

what we found. Soft sand, endless skipping rocks,

water to throw rocks in, and moist sand for sand castles.

It was perfect and we could have spent all day there.

So we went back at least 3 more times per

request of the kiddos!

How could they not love it. Addie had sand that she

could build something out of and Trey had endless rocks

to throw in the water. They loved going to the "beach!"

Good things always have to come to an end. It was sad

to say good bye but not as sad knowing we'll be back in

another 5 weeks!

{Playing at G&G Hansen's House Part 2}

Play play play....its what we do when we go visit family!

Unfortunately, the kids and I get to do more playing

while Daddy is being the amazing man he is and working

his toosh off doing a Dermatology Rotation. This is why we

were able to spend a month with family in St. George.

Tractor rides with Daddy are another must.

 Trey was in complete

aw of the tractor the whole time he was sitting in there

along the side of his Daddy riding in the tractor.

 

Another fun thing we did was visit Great Grandpa and Grandma Ence

up at their cabin in Pinto. In the summer they retreat from the

summer heat to the cabin for the week then back home on

the weekends. We took walks along the pastures, watched

the turkeys roost in their trees, chased lizards, played in the

sand by the stream, and relaxed. Grandma and Grandpa Ence

love having visitors during the week at the cabin!

 

And you can't go to St. George in the summer without

spending some time at the splash pads! They are so fun

for the kids and very refreshing on a hot summer day!

We met up with all the cousins at the splash pad

to celebrate cousin Bryson's birthday.

These 4 girlies have a BLAST together!

Addie loves being with her cousins!