McOmber Family Reunion 2012

We had the BEST time in Utah!! It was so much fun taking this vacation together as a family and getting to spend so much time with family and friends! We are so lucky to have such awesome family and friends! 

We drove down/caravanned with Shad's sister Heidi and her family...which was so lucky we did! The boys love their cousins Karissa, Victoria, and Julia. They were such good company and kept the boys happily entertained in the back seat. (Although the trip was not totally stress free!!...Owen puked within the first hour...we had to stop and feed Nathan oft...Owen had a few meltdowns being strapped in that long...Nathan screamed until we stopped a few times...etc!) The trip was filled with family, friends, fun, good food, late nights, few naps, games, trips to the park, warm weather, and laughter! But we survived the trip and overall had a wonderful time! 

We broke up the trip both ways, stopping in Boise and staying with our dear friends, the Greens. They were such great hosts and we even squeezed in some swim time together! :) Nathan chillin' in the shade!

Owen in the pool with his floaty. 

Allie was really good at showing us her pool "tricks!"

 Nathan and Marilyn hangin' by the pool!

 Doug and Shad making big splashes and jumping in!! 

Owen and Katelyn watching their dads jump in!

 We arrived in Utah on Saturday night and got all settled. On Sunday the whole family finally got all together and had a fun BBQ at the park, played in the grass, and got all dressed up for family pictures! 

I had the pleasure of being the photographer!

Owen and Casen, cousins. Just a couple weeks apart in age! :) 

 The whole McOmber Gang! 

 The McOmber grandkids... it was absolutely impossible to get a good pic of all the kids! Haha

 Grandma Rosalie with sweet little Nathan.

 I absolutely ADORE him!

McOmber Kids oldest to youngest: Heidi, Kendal, Heather, Shad, Wendy, Trevor, Jessica, Danielle. 

Owen LOVED all the time with "Grandma Rosalie!"

The three 2-year-olds! All born within the same month!

 Owen's first popsicle! It was serious business. 

Owen loved Aunt Heather's dog. :) 

My love. 

On Monday Shad and Owen went with most of the family to hike Timp. caves. It was 100 degrees outside, so Nathan and I opted out of the hike! Luckily, Shad and I went up to Timp caves before we moved to Spokane, so I didn't feel like I was missing out too much. Plus, I spent the afternoon with my BFF Kambria! It was a good day for all of us!

Owen hikin' with his cousins. 

Utah Valley...so pretty. 

Owen inside the caves with Grandpa Niki

The "heart" of the caves. 

Monday evening, we all gathered together for dinner outside and a family talent show! Seriously good times! 

Owen with bubbles. 

Cute Bella blowing bubbles. 

Casen eating some pizza. 

Daddy and Nathan. 

Princess Bella LOVED baby Nathan. 

Let the talent begin! Natalie (age 9) and Amanda (age 7) showed off their sweet gymnastics moves!

Victoria (age 12) did an awesome Tap dances, which she choreographed herself!!

Princess Bella (Age 5) and Prince Casen (age 2) also showed off some dance moves!

Konner (age 3) Beat boxed! So cute!

The Gaffney Family did a cute musical number... Owen LOVES his cousin Julia, so he had to join in!

Julia did a dance number also. 

The Johnson Family did an interpretation of "The Very Hunger Caterpillar"...very cute!

Caydence (age 2) sang a song

It was revealed that we will be having a new NIECE and NEPHEW due on the same day!! (I think sometime in November!) Whoo!

Owen (age 2) sang "Thomas and Friends" and showed off some spelling skills!

On Tuesday Shad and I took the boys up to BYU campus!! We walked around campus and spent way  too much money at the bookstore! And I indulged WAY too much on BYU chocolate milk! Owen loved it! Nathan wasn't as excited... haha!

Owen, of course, loved the BIIIIIIIIIIG Y on the mountain!  

After campus, we took Owen to the temple. He has been asking to go to the temple for awhile. He was super excited and loved the "water mountains" too! We then met some old friends from my old work for lunch (at Vivint...aka APX). It was fun to see how much has changed!

On Wednesday (the 4th!) we had resevered some time at the Scera Pool in Orem. I didn't take my camera, because I knew we would be swimming and I didn't want to leave it unattended. But Aunt Heidi captured a cute picture of Owen and Caydence in the water. It took us FOREVER to convince Owen to get in... but when he finally did he didn't want to get out! He loved to splash!

 

After we cleaned up and grabbed some dinner, we headed over to the park to gather and watch fireworks. Owen and Casen were just too cute in their 4th of July outfits!

Aunt Jessica bought a bunch of glow sticks for the kiddos. Owen was in heaven! (Owen has a deep love for flags as it is!) He even slept with this glowing flag that night! 

The kids had fun with the sparklers...

...and so did we! I had Shad spell out O-W-E-N! :) 

 Newlyweds Danielle and David. They were so sweet together.

Konner wanted me to take a picture... I asked him to smile... this is what I got! Haha

Owen really enjoyed the fireworks. He keeps asking to see more! And we even left early before the BIG show! :) 

On our last day (Thursday) in Provo/Orem we packed up the condo and went out to lunch with Shad's sister Heather and her fam. So fun! Then we headed back to BYU campus to meet up with the others for BOWLING! (These are also from Heidi camera... not sure why I didn't take any pics!?)

Owen really enjoyed the bowling!

 On Thursday night we stayed with my bestie Kambria in Salt Lake before heading back to Boise the next morning. Owen was very excited to see Kambria... he had been talking about her the whole trip! 

Friday we headed back to Boise, stayed the night again with our friends. Stayed up late playing and talking. Before heading out again on Saturday morning we had an AWESOME Kneaders all you can eat breakfast with Heidi's family and the Greens. It was the perfect way to end our trip and head back home. 

It certainly made us miss Utah and our friends and family there. It was so fun to reminisce and gather together.