Lagoon in June

I texted Stockton back and forth again today about the shirts I mailed him. He went to the front desk twice asking about this shirts. No luck. They told him it might be at the post office at Union. So he needs to figure that out. Hope he can find them!

Today was my family reunion at Lagoon. It wasn't our entire family, but over 50 people. There were a lot of Roe's there. Debie and lots of her family, Tammi and David with his twins, Rozie and a bunch of her family. Steve & Sharon with several from their family. No one from Kris, John or Jackie's family was there. We had six people with us. Maysen, Jorja, Preston and Jorja brought her friend Emily. My dad also came. Stockton didn't come because... Texas... We got there right when it started and were able to get a lot of the rides in without too much of a line. We concentrated on the Spider/Wicked area. I think we rode everything down there except Music Express. No desire to ride that one now that I'm older! My dad came this afternoon. It was fun to have him there. I went into Lagoon-a-Beach with Maysen. I pushed her around on a tube in the lazy river. It was nice and refreshing and fun to talk with Maysen. I went on Rattlesnake Rapids after while I was still in my swimsuit. Mike really wanted to go on that. I went with Mike and my dad. We had lots of food. Mike brought out the cotton candy machine and the kids loved that. I found out that David Hopkins had a baby a few weeks ago. No idea his wife was even pregnant. It was good to catch up!

Gas is ridiculously expensive right now. Mike filled the motorhome just past half a tank.

This was the price. Ouch!

Maysen was tempted to get this. Look how small her hand seems! Haha

Maysen

Jorja, Emily and I had a quick break in the motorhome. (We parked it in the parking lot. I think everyone took a break in there at some point except Maysen.) When we were walking back I made them take a picture next to this weird car. How do you drive over bumps in that thing?

Emily & Jorja with sun in their eyes

I'm annoyed at myself that I didn't get any pictures of my extended family. Oh well, I guess I was just having too much fun. Jorja was able to talk with Derek a bit about Hong Kong. I was so glad she was able to do that. She has been feeling pretty anxious about Cantonese. She will surprise herself with how much she loves it. Today was a great day.

And That's a Wrap...

We survived our twelve hour flight to JFK then had almost a six hour layover in New York. Our last family photo. Lots of the same picture here, but it was our last one. It has been so much fun to spend all day every day with my family. Especially since we aren't able to get together that often. I am so thankful Rachel and Jordyn were able to come on this trip with me. Made everything super fun! How did this end up happening? Last Thanksgiving Jordyn went to China. She posted pictures on Facebook and asked where she should go to next? I responded 'Israel!' I told her I was going next year. Jordyn immediately was in. The two of us (mostly her) were able to convince others to join us. Brett went to Israel last year with my dad. He wanted Rachel to go. This was the perfect time! Rachel felt guilty that she was going with all of Brett's family and kind of thought he should go again. Haha. Sharon made a comment that one of the best things about the trip was getting to know Rachel. I agree! I'm glad the rest of our family can see why she is loved and adored by us!

Renee, John, Jordyn, Stephanie, Steve, Sharon, Dad, Mark, Rachel

 We are tired

 Gordon's selfie with the big camera - haha

 Rachel left first...we could only follow her to the shuttle

 She made it back to Ohio safe and sound

Mike was waiting for us in the airport at Salt Lake. All of our luggage arrived on an earlier flight, so we had to find it in the back. I said goodbye to the rest of my family then Mike took my dad and me home. It was nice being home. I got to see Preston right away. Jorja was at work. We were planning on going out to ice-cream once she got off, but she didn't get home until it was too late. She had a hard day at work. She worked with her friend who has been mean to her for the first time since her mom texted Jorja. It did not go well. The friend was awful all day to Jorja. Teenage girls can be so cruel.

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