July 1st-5th at Monticello Girls Camp
July 2nd, Saturday: 2nd Day
July 1st, Friday: Day 1
We stopped in Monticello to get pizza with just our own little family before going up to the camp. It was perfect weather to walk around and enjoy quite before meeting up with everyone! We ended up getting into camp around 6:30 and got to spend the evening with Bill and Mindy's family! We just enjoyed catching up on life with them, especially Megan and Todd! That evening Jenell's family arrived and we roasted marshmallows and again just enjoyed the quiet evening before all the other families arrived the next day!
The other families started slowly trickling in that morning. We eventually made it to the lake after lunch and enjoyed the majority of the day there playing in the water! Daniel and Frank's family didn't make it until around dinner time! We took our little family into town after the lake because I was feeling so sick! My voice was completely gone by this point and I desperately wanted to fix it! So we went to the store to find some medicine and got some creamies while we were there. McKay was so tired that he conked out on the way back to camp! We made it back right in time for dinner and singing happy birthday to all the kids that had birthdays that week!
July 3rd, Sunday: 3rd Day
There was about half of the family that wanted to go to church and the other half that wanted to stay at camp and have their own church. Since I was in charge of the reunion this year I had previously asked my bishop for permission to have our own sacrament at camp and he said no that we need to attend a local church. Chris and I also feel very strong the importance of going to church no matter how hard or inconvenient! We have made a commitment to always make an effort to go no matter where we are! So that is what we did! Thankfully my parents ended up going too, I loved having them there at church with our family! After sacrament meeting instead of going to the other classes we decided to take our family to the new Monticello Temple and walk the grounds. We talked about the importance of attending church and going to the temple. We of coarse had to sing I Love to See The Temple! It was a very special time for our family! While at church Chris got to make some connection to some family history from one of the Brethren who bore his testimony! Definitely a little miracle and blessing of going to church! Very neat experience for Chris! That evening Jenell and I were in charge of dinner and after dinner we did a family testimony meeting! This is one of my favorite parts of the Freeman Reunions! The spirit is always so strong and I love hearing my dad's strong message! In preparation for this reunion I worked really hard along with Matt Cassidy in getting a family video: an interview of my parents done. Once it got dark enough we showed the video. Unfortunately the speakers were not super loud and it started raining which made it impossible to hear. So we had to keep stopping and waiting for the rain to stop before continuing to watch it! Good thing they are all getting copies of it for Christmas!
July 4th, Monday: 4th Day, Happy 4th of July!!
The original plan was to have a big breakfast and then have everyone clean up camp and go floating down the river! Well after cleaning up camp about half have made plans to go home and we decided it wouldn't be the best idea to take little Jackson down a 3-5 hour float where there is no way to stop and leave. Megan had felt the same way about floating with her baby. So Jenell and Marla's family still went floating down the river while Bill and my family went to Mesa Verde to see all the sites! Lots of driving and the path was closed to hike right up to it, which was very unfortunate! We still had lots of fun, but keep in mind that I still had no voice and wasn't able to breath while hiking as well as i would normally! After we finished we met up with Deric and my parents to go out to eat at a very overpriced Mexican Restaurant! Still very yummy and fun hanging out with them all. We then all went to Deric's house to see his farm and property. The kids loved seeing all of the goats and Megan and I got to go through all the baby clothes! Bill's family and mine were the only ones to go back to camp that night! We stayed up late talking to Megan and Todd again!
July 5th, Tuesday: 5th day Last Day
After breakfast, packing, and cleaning up camp we met Bill and Mindy at an arch on our way to Hole In The Rock! The arch was a perfect little hike for the kids! The Hole In The Rock was not what we expected. Just little stores to buy souvenirs! From there we went our separate ways but it was fun hanging out with Bill and Mindy more! Good Reunion but I am very excited for next years reunion just being at home. This year was fun but I felt like I hardly got to see anyone the majority of the time! Plus it is a five hour drive to get there!
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