Every year the
Spangler Family has a reunion where Mom and Dad
Spangler, all the kids and all of
grand kids get together. Other years we have gone to Starvation Reservoir, Grandma and Grandpa's Backyard, Cherry Hill, day activities and other exciting places. This year Wayne and
Vanee were in charge of planning and decided to go to Bear Lake.
We were very excited to go to a place that we have never been. We were a little nervous because it is in Northern Utah and it we have had a very late winter. But, I can say that it was one of the best reunions I have been to....
The kids and I headed up Friday morning without August (new job=need to impress=no time off). He arrived later that night. With a little help...ok...a LOT of help...(thank you Wayne and Steve)...I managed to get us all there safe, put the tent up and set up camp without any meltdowns or problems. We stayed at
Rendezvous Beach at the South end of Bear Lake. The drive was really good. Caleb even told me to turn off the movie so we could enjoy the beautiful valley:) He is so
stinkin cute!
After we set-up camp and it warmed up (59 degrees at noon) we headed down to the beach. If someone told me that I would be sitting in 6 inches of mud...and loving it...I would of never believed them. But seriously...the kids had more fun then I can remember. I brought sand toys and the cousins spent the next two days digging and making a mess.
Jordan didn't want to put his swimming suit on...by the end of the day his pants were a solid sheet of mud!
Bella was a serious crack up. She just joined right in with the big kids. I sat on the beach, relaxed and chatted while they all played for hours. Bella loved the water and the mud. The beach had about 100 feet of shallow, warm (yucky looking) water. Normally, this would be bad. But, it ended up being fabulous. The kids could play in it without freezing and without any risk of the deep water.
The older cousins took the little kids for rides on the wave runners. Caleb is an adrenaline
junky. He loved every minute of it. Josh loved it too.
Aiden was really sick most of the time. He had fevers and chills really bad. Olivia hated the dirt and the mud. She sat on the chairs cleaning her feet and her shoes! It was a crack up.
If messes equal fun, the this vacation was NIRVANA!
This was the first time I was able to hold him after he was born!
Life wouldn't be complete without this little guy. He has grown into such a great big brother, helper and lovable little kid. He is curious, mischievous and somewhat reserved at times. But mostly, he is happy just cuddling with mom and following Dad!
