bryson reunion 2013

we do so love family get-togethers. this year's bryson reunion was an especially fun one. all of my texas family flew up to utah on tuesday morning. we all got together for a little stroll around the mall up in salt lake before i had to head home because i had to work that night. the colorado crew arrived later that night, but we didn't all meet up until the next day in bountiful. the rest of wednesday was spent just socializing with each other. thursday morning was a special one. my little sister mandie had made the choice to take her endowments out at the bountiful temple. it's always such a wonderful experience to gather together in the temple with family. after the session, we all got together with the dedows for a big lunch and some fun. claire had a blast playing with her cousins and everett had a blast playing with the basketball, as long as no one tried to take it from him. :)

after the lunch, we headed over to midway where we would be staying at the zermatt resort. it was a pretty cool little set up. the majority of us were staying in a town home, with the rest of us in a couple suites. the resort had tennis courts, a volleyball court, a mini golf course, a giant chess board, a carousel, and, of course, a pretty nice pool, which is where we spent most of our time.

we took a break from swimming to head over to heber city for my grandma's 90th birthday party. good food and good company, what more can anyone ask for?

saturday afternoon we headed over to park city for some shopping at the outlets, then back to spanish fork to ken and sherry's new house. we had a big birthday party that night for all the kiddos who had recent birthdays. it was a lot of fun.

obviously from this picture, i wasn't too excited to see my boy playing with dolls. :)

sunday we all went to church together, then had a big family dinner. monday we headed up to orem and spent most of the day at the mall shopping (amber pointed out to me that my family sure does love malls). after the mall, we headed over to our place where we bid everyone goodbye. it was such a fun week. we love our family.