Oh Remember Remember

This year for Christmas we had to wait 9 months to experience our gift from mom and dad Whitehead.  They got us all tickets to Aladdin at Tuachan and a two night stay in a condo in St. George.  WHAT A BLAST!!  We all had such a great time ALL together.  I was thinking that this will become more and more rare as the kids grow up, but I enjoy the times now when we can all be together.  Thursday Nick and I left early so we could visit some friends, the Askeroths.  It was so much fun to see them and seemed like no time had passed...even though it had been over 3 years.  The drive from Cedar to St. George we talked about our favorite memories in Cedar and there were A LOT.  We love that place.

We got to the condo and Nick watched the girls while I attempted a trip to the temple only to find that it was closed for cleaning.  Everyone arrived for dinner and then off to the play.  I was pretty nervous about leaving my 6 week old baby with a babysitter I didn't know, but the showcare on site was great.  They gave us beepers in case they needed us and also a code to scan closer to the stage that we could scan and see the kids from a camera.  Molly did better than I thought she would sitting through the whole play, so it was a success.

On Friday we spent the day playing mostly in the pools...they had 4 and 2 hot tubs.  I got a nap while Nick took Molly and Sherstin watched Avey.  We played Volleyball and at the playground.  They also had mini golf, life size chess, racquetball, etc.  That night we had a great talent show.  Johns family did a clogging routine to Bob the Builder and acted out the inspector coming to the Jensen house.  So funny.  Molly did her pretty ballerina dance all with a sad face since I forgot her dance shoes and she had to do it barefoot.  Josephs family did a skit about a real incident with Ed and Joe when they were kids...playing Karate.   Jessicas family showed off their swimming skills and did the water skit.  Matthew thought he did it wrong because everyone was laughing.  Sherstins family did a few songs.  One Keenan wrote and played with the family singing, one Lance sang and played as song he wrote for his staff and Yaerli and Trin sang a duet.  Mom and Dad led everyone in Tootie Ta and then the kids went to bed and the adults played a friendly boys vs. girls game of Word Buzz.

On Saturday we were given the theme for this years reunion ORR- Oh Remember Remember.  Mom and Dad told us things they remember about my grandma and grandpa Whitehead and they gave the kids crayons and coloring books about memories of Gand G Whitehead.  They talked about remembering out heritage.  They also announced that they may not be to the next reunion because they are going to talk to my dad's doctor about serving a mission!!  So excited for them.  It is something my mom has always talked about doing.  On the drive home we ate at Pastry Pub where Nick and I had our first date and then stopped at the house my G. Whitehead was born (Burrville) and a field where my Gm.Whitehead grew up. (Sigard)   Dinner was at moms and then we went home to prepare for Avey's blessing.