So for part 3 of our fun summer vacation we got to spend a week at this place...
This is Aspen Grove, a family resort located just a few minutes past Sundance in Provo Canyon. Jason's parents treated us all to a week of fun in the mountains and we all had a blast. This was the place we stayed. It'ss called Beckham Lodge and each family had a two room suite which was perfect for our little family. Jason and I had a room with a queen bed, Landon and Abby slept on bunk beds in the second room and Nolan slept in a crib in the living room. We all slept very well while we were there, especially after full days of playing with family.
The views were awe-inspiring (we finally showed our kids what "real" mountains are. It made me proud when we came back to Maryland and Landon asked if that green bump in the distance was a mountain...they call it South Mountain here. Abby eagerly piped up and declared no, that was just a hill. The "real" mountains are in Colorado and Utah. At least I'm teaching my kids something right!!)
Every single person from Jason's family was able to be there for the very first time since all the marriages that occurred this year (there are now 22 of us!)
One of the best parts was that they provided all of your meals. I wasn't crazy with all the red meat selections, but I was crazy about not having to buy it, cook it or clean it up. They also had lots of kid-friendly options too which I often took advantage of.
Landon wasn't thinking these cooked carrots were too kid-friendly though...
The kids loved being surrounded by nature...
And had a blast playing with all their cousins.
During the day, the kids would go to their different groups where they would participate in fun activities, play at the various playgrounds and go swimming.
Abby was a Bobcat (age 6).
Landon was a Tromper (age 4).
And Nolan was a Romper (age 1). It took Nolan a while to get used to things but once they discovered his love of swings, I think he spent a lot of time on them!
With the kids involved in all of their activities, I got to spend a lot of quality time with my very favorite person on earth...
We shot some air rifles...
Practiced some archery (just call me Katniss)...
And even got down and dirty in the painball arena!
But they weren't all violent activities...we also played a few rounds of golf...
And enjoyed a beatiful hike up to Stewart Falls...
The evenings were reserved for family time. We especially loved Frontier Night where we got sno-cones, rode a train, shot guns, threw axes, etc. etc. etc.!!
Abby and Landon also got to go fishing for the first time (that little girl in the glasses is not Abby,just some random girl who we actually got a better photo of than Abby who is hidden behind Jason.)
We also played some field games and enjoyed taking the kids to the various playgrounds, trampolines and Cowboy Village where they had all kinds of building like a bank, a school, a jailhouse, a barbershop, a store and a church for the kids to let their imaginations run wild with.
We had such a great time and really loved being able to spend such quality time with Jason's family. It was a great way to wrap up our summer of traveling!
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As if you hadn't had enough fun this summer already you had to go spend a week here? Holy cow you guys really had an awesome place to spend a week.
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