Strobel Family Reunion 2015: Bear Lake

My sweet, dear grandmother is such a kind, generous woman. Each year she pays for the lodging and food for our ENTIRE family to go to a reunion at some new location each year. This year, we went to beautiful Bear Lake. It was great for us because it is so close by. My grandma rented this humongous cabin that fit almost all 150 of us that came. There were three additional smaller condos that were nearby that some people used, but everyone else was in the big cabin. Each family had a room with an attached bathroom, so that was extra nice.

And now for the onslaught of pictures!

See that $3 hat was worth it! Binda loves that thing.

 Day One:
We spent the morning on a hike/scavenger hunt and then the afternoon at the lake!

Cute kiddos ready to hike!

Cute Claire with her dad

Jace thinks he is one of the big boys. He spent as much time as possible with Uncle Jack and Logan. 

Flor let me borrow her hat! What a sweetie. 

The cabin had a lighthouse complete with a bed way up high. Lucky Trisha got the 5 extra flights of stairs every day. :)

A view of the family/dining area of the cabin

 At the lake:

Some of my awesome Riddoch cousins

Flor was unsure of things at first and then just sat in the same spot and had the time of her life

...especially when Jace dumped water on her head (really! She laughed like crazy)

Fun with Grandpa Dave

Flor just struggles with pictures sometimes. Oh and Devin wasn't there this day until way later because he was "working" (aka golfing)

Me and my sister

My cousin Meagan with her cute girls, Bella, Tiffany, and Charlotte

Brookie

These two are the best of friends

Why's she mad? Because I made her wear a life jacket of course. She threw the biggest fit known to man. 

HAHAHA!! I am such a mean mom!

Cute cousins. Jace and Hinckley. They are one month apart. It's fun for us to see them every so often! His mom Anneka was one of my closest friends growing up and as a bonus, we were cousins too!

How about this neato theater room?

Family talent shows are always entertaining...

Sweet grandma giving us a little message

 Day Two:
We woke up and went to the Minnedoka Caves for a tour. They were really fun and really cool to see.

Wow, family pictures are hard....

Gosh I wish Florinda liked us...

Gosh I wish Devin and Flor liked us...

I know these pictures are pretty rough because it was dark in there, but the cave was really quite cool to see!

Jennifer and I were the lucky recipients of wild flowers from Jace and Brooklyn. Aren't they so sweet?

And apparently that's where I stopped taking pictures. That afternoon, we swam in the pool and hung out around the cabin. We had a great time eating, playing games, staying up to all hours of the night...you know, the typical reunion stuff! It was especially awesome for us to get to see our old besties Sarah and Daniel as we haven't seen them since they moved to Vegas and we moved to Farmington. They also had twins in that time, so we got to meet sweet Will and Claire. Bummer that I have no pictures of them. Boo.
We left Saturday night from the reunion because Devin had to speak in Sacrament meeting the next day and I was teaching Relief Society. We were bummed to leave early, but it worked out okay for the kids to get back to their regular beds and to adjust for Sunday.
Until next year, Strobels!
Oh and PS...the best, BEST part of the reunion this year? I wasn't in charge of it!! (Right, Sarah?!)

Oh and the worst part of the reunion? When Jace and Brooklyn went missing and we had to send out a search party for them. Yep. True story. Mother's worst nightmare. We eventually found them out by the pool locked in a bathroom, which they wouldnt' come out of until they cleaned up the big mess they had made because they knew they were going to be in trouble. I have never been so simultaneously relieved and mad in my whole life. That kid...I swear he will be the death of me!