We enjoyed the loveliest, most relaxing extended weekend with our long time family book club at Andrea and James's ranch in Avon, Utah. I loved every minute of our time there and am happy to be sitting down to record our memories. This group which began as a family book club-- hardly seems descriptive nowadays. While we do still read a few books a year together, this group of people is our third extended family. The adult are like aunts and uncles, the kids are like cousins. These relationships have blessed our lives immensely.
Walking with my ladies recharges my soul.
Michael, George, and Peter slept outside in a tent two of the three nights.
The hummingbirds were constantly swarming the feeders. I've never seen so many hummingbirds before.
Abe slayed breakfast duty.
This group (except for George) played a lot of D&D together. They had a great time.
Our group had the Hyrum State Park Reservoir almost completely to ourselves. We had so much fun.
What a sweetheart our little Peter is!
Bethany took this awesome picture of George. It is a very representative picture.
Check out those gorgeous swimmer shoulders!!!
Why yes, I did paddle board for the first time ever! And little Greta came along for my second ride. And then I realized she had no lifejacket on and that this was my first time paddle boarding. Not a safe combination! We quickly headed back to the shore.
We had a little talent show and Greta played the first twinkle variation on her violin.
Bethany performed one of her original songs.
The Youngs led us in a few couples yoga poses.
The artists showed their beautiful works.
Andrea's talent was giving this beautiful handmade quilt to Christine for her birthday.
Bethany and Cannon performed a funny little thing they like to do-- they call it throwing faces. This was a reprisal of a performance at last year's Fox family reunion.
Abe told a sweet story to the younger kids about how our book club got started.
Here it is-- accompanied by Bethany.
We played lots of games.
Christine led us in morning yoga. So relaxing and invigorating. It was perfection.
Greta was so adorable winning the Rock, Paper, Scissors tournament.
One of my favorite pictures of Peter ever.
Putter pong
You can see why we love this place so much.
For Faith and I, discovering our mutual love of cornhole was a highlight of the weekend.
We could not get enough!
We formed a team and called ourselves "The CORNucopias". We challenged anyone to a game.
And sometimes we even won! We had so much fun and the first thing Faith did when we got home was order our own set of cornhole. It's scheduled to arrive tomorrow!!! YIPPEE!!!!! Also, I love this picture with Faith. She is a gem.
A side-by-side ride with my sweetie. I confess, he did have to drag me away from the cornhole.
Then I drove one for the first time ever. First a paddleboard and then this. What an adventurous weekend for me:)
They're so cute
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We enjoyed the great outdoors, we connected with friends and family, we played and talked and ate and slept so well. It was a heavenly weekend. Till next time, Stratford Ranch!
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