THACKERS: July Utah Trip!

I thought that I had better post about our Utah trip in July before we go back again in September for Benson and Albree's wedding! We had a fun, fun time in Utah. My mom and Benson and Albree drove up from texas and met us at our house around 4:00pm on Friday night and after a few hours of sleep and dinner we took off for Utah around 8:00pm and drove all night. It was the best way to go. My friend Tairah and her four boys went with us too. Benson and Albree, bless their hearts, ended up with Lillie and Allie and my mom rode with Trairah and I in Tairah's Suberban with her four boys and Kassie. Emma went to Utah a week earlier with Nick and Corie. By the time the kid would have been getting restless, it was dark and they all fell asleep for the night. We only stopped to get gas and once for food in the morning. Hence the pictures of breakfast at McDonalds in Rock Springs, Wy. The kids all did really well and we made it to Carol's around noon on Saturday. 17 hours of driving that we get to do all over again in less then a month!

Bennet, Derek, Tyson, Kassie, Lillie, and Allie

Benson, Albree, Grandma, and Seth

We stayed at Carol's house the first week and then we headed out to the Thacker's for the last week! We painted wood letters and went to the water park and to Spencer's to ride horses and to the movie "How to Tame Your Dragon" and a whole bunch more while in Utah county! The kids had so much fun playing with cousins and what not.

Waiting to go into the movie...
Elizabeth, Kate, Lillie, Molly, Kolby, Kassie, Bridger, Allie, Hyrum, Maddie, Sam, Forrest, and Stetson.

Our week with the Thacker's started out with the famous "Longhorn Day" parade. The only parade that goes one way and then turns around and comes back..... Only in the Basin! After the parade, we went up the mountain for Eric's Grandma's annual 24th of July breakfast.

Lillie and Kassie and their sacks of candy.

Grandpa Thacker in his uniform doing the flag.

Grandpa is in the middle, carrying the United States Flag.

The last part of the week was the Thacker Family reunion. Eric flew in Tuesday night and we had family pictures first thing Wednesday Morning and then Headed up the mountain for the rest of the week.
We played a fun game at the reunion. It is was called the flag game I guess. Every family had to decorate their own flag and then hide it somewhere in camp. Not in anything man made though. Then everyone tried to find all the flags and hide them as well, without letting anyone else know. It was a blast. Only a few fights, scratches and bruises while trying to protect or regain a flag!! The family with the most flags, including their own, was the winner! I'll have to admit, Eric and Lillie were a good flag finders and hiders for that matter. We ended up with the most flags, and our flag never changed hands.

Allie adding her trademark to the flag!

Allie and Kassie

Kassie

The end result. Puff Daddy Girl's!

Grandma brought shirts for everyone and we did Ty Dye shirts one afternoon.

Just hanging around camp!

Another fun activity Grandma brought was BINGO! The kids had a blast playing. They would play about 20 rounds every night after dinner. Everyone with Bingo got a prize.