Christensen Family Reunion

We went to Utah for a couple weeks to get together with my entire family.  There is a lot of us, so it's a big deal when we can all be in the same place at the same time. 

It was such a fun-filled trip that every time I look at pictures to post about it I get overwhelmed.  I've finally convinced myself that I can document the trip even if I don't do a perfect post.  I'm just grabbing a selection of pictures that shows a variety of what we did on the trip and calling it good.  :)

The kids were happy to do anything that involved cousins.  They all had so much fun being together.  For the first week Megan and the kids played with those that were available at different parks and museums.  James flew in for the last couple days of our 2 week trip when all the siblings/spouses/kids made it in town for the reunion with everyone together.

So, in no particular order of chronology and not a complete list of activities, here is a glimpse of our fun:

Exploring the Ashton Gardens at Thanksgiving Point

Gale Center-Hands on Museum of the history of South Jordan

Learning to play pickle ball (and loving it-despite teasing my dad about it being a game for elderly people)

Church History Museum Family Festival

Getting to see Brooklyn perform in West Side Story

Museum of Ancient Life at Thanksgiving Point

Harry Potter Escape room for all the cousins 8 and up (plus Jared, the patient uncle with a plethora of Harry Potter knowledge)

 Roots of Knowledge stained glass display at Utah Valley University

Bowling at BYU

Racing (or in Preston's case coming in and at a leisurely non-competitive pace) with family.  Cousins did the fun run together while some of the adults did the 5k, 10k and Half Marathon

Adults making it out of the escape room (we split into 2 groups to allow for childcare, the other group of adults survived also, which was good, or we'd be stuck watching a lot of kids.) :)

 Museum of Curiosity, one of the kids favorite places.  We were there 6 hours that day and the kids would have kept going if the adults didn't have other conflicts that evening.

Outdoor shows and movie night.  Ferdinand was the movie of the night.  We also went to the movie theater for a showing of Incredibles 2.  With a group our size it felt like we were buying out the entire theatre. 

Chalk Art Festival-we didn't notice how 3D this one looked until we took a picture of it.  The art was incredible.

Aquarium including an "everybody birthday party" where we all got to have pizza and ice cream in a play room together.  

Itty Bitty Bluffdale City, in which Grandpa took close up pictures along the bike trail by their house and we split in groups to go find them.