Stephenson Reunion 2014

Now that my family is growing and starting our own families and getting real jobs and everything, it gets harder and harder to get all of us together at the same time.  But we scheduled a trip up to a cabin in Mammoth Creek a few months ago, and we made sure it happened!  We all arrived at separate times, but once we were all there it was an absolute blast.  It was a beautiful cabin, with plenty of room for all of us and all of our kiddos.  Most of us had our own bedrooms with our kids in a separate one, and there were bathrooms for all of us.  There was plenty of space for the kids to play inside, and of course the deck and the yard were perfect for them to play as well.

We spent our time riding ATVs, playing games nonstop, eating junk food, and just watching the kids play together.  We roasted s'mores a few nights and Quinn could not have cared less about them.  She just wanted to eat the chocolate and marshmallows by themselves.  Harper, on the other hand, was reaching and trying so hard to get a taste of the s'mores.  It was so cute.

The weather was beautiful and we couldn't have asked for a better time.  Quinn and Harper had a blast with their cousins, and they were both so well behaved!  They did great on the drive there and they both slept great for naps and night time the whole trip.  Quinn did figure out that she could easily climb out of the pack N play, so we had a long talk about her sleeping in mommy's bed.  She got out a few times, but eventually saw the gate outside of the door and climbed quietly back into bed and fell asleep!  We were so proud of her!  Then when Nate and I would go to bed we would move her into her pack N play.  It was so cute that when she woke up in the morning she would quietly climb out and come into our room. (She did go back into her crib though when we got home...not ready for that transition yet) One night when we went to move her, we found her on the floor in the corner and we were busting up!  She is too funny.

We couldn't have asked for a better trip.  We missed my brother, Connor, but we are definitely hoping to make this a yearly occurrence so he will be there with us in a few years!