Savage Family Reunion 2017

Our family got back from a week long vacation that started out with the Savage Family Reunion. We flew out of Cody at 6:30 am Monday morning, had a couple hour layover in Salt Lake and then off to Los Angeles. Once we were in California, we got our luggage and caught a shuttle over to the Long Beach pier to embark on the Carnival Inspiration for our family reunion. Once we were one, we had some lunch and then explored around and found some of our extended family members. Carson had kind of a rough start to the cruise due to not keeping up on his Dramamine! Poor kid spent quite a bit of time in the bathrooms throwing up due to motion sickness. Lucky for him, we got it back under control and he was able to enjoy the rest of the cruise without feeling sick! That evening, we had some dinner in the anytime dinning hall. One thing the boys were super excited about was getting to try new foods while they were on the cruise. They were rock stars and tried all the weird things they could. The first night, they all (minus Carson who was sick) tried alligator and liked it.

Carson always tries locates the puke bag as soon as we get on a flight. When he couldn't find one, we asked the flight attendant for one and they brought us a monster plastic bag...one of the ones they use to pick up the trash while on the flight. It came in handy when we had wet swimsuits!

Getting ready to embark the Carnival Inspiration

The boys were surprised at how small the rooms on the cruise were. We had a queen bed and then two bunks that you pulled down from the wall. Travis and Landon slept on those and Carson roomed with Grandpa and Grandma Foulger on one of their bunks. They did think their beds were pretty fun!

 

Exploring the ship

My Aunt Roberta, the one that planned the cruise, greeted each family with a nice little backpack full of fun little things. It was full of treats, sun screen, hand sanitizer, playing cards, water bottles, lanyards which were a lifesaver to have to put our drink cards in, and other things. It came in handy so many times.

We set sail around 5:30 and cruised towards Catalina Island in the night, which was actually only like 22 miles from where were took off.

Watching the ship take off.

Adventures on the Pryor Mountains

Yesterday, we spent our day up on the Pryor Mountains exploring. Our group, consisting of us, my parents, Jason and Cassie, my grandparents and four members of the Whitlock family, unloaded up at Crystal Creek around 11 and headed our on our 4-wheelers and side by sides for a dusty ride up the mountain to the Ice Cave and then up to Dry Head Overlook. The trip was about 25 miles total, each way and was about an hour ride. This was our first time up there and it was beautiful! It is so green and lush this year! It was a warm and beautiful day! Once we got to the Ice Cave picnic area, we used the bathrooms and then walked down to the cave and explored around.

Heading out. We were COVERED in dirt by the end of the day!

Our caravan of ATV's.

Finally made it to the Picnic area

You have to walk down several flights of stairs to get into the cave. Once you are inside, you can stand on a platform and look around.  It's amazing the difference in temperature in the cave.  There was plenty of ice in the cave and it was cold enough that you could see your breath! Jason bought and gave each of the boys their very own head lamp to use while they were exploring. They went off the platform to the side and did some exploring over there and ended up finding some cool crystals.

Heading down in

 

All ready to explore with their head lamps on!

Exploring.

The boys and the crystals they found.

After some exploring, we went back to the picnic area and enjoyed the lunches we packed and visited while the kids played.

Travis, Jason, Cassie, Great Grandma Foulger, Great Grandpa Foulger, Carson , and Christian.

Brett and Cathy Whitlock, their daughter Cammy and her son, and Grandpa and Grandma Foulger eating some lunch.

A pretty butterfly on some flowers. The flowers were gorgeous. There were Indian Paintbrush flowers all over.

Landon enjoying his lunch next to his new buddy, Cohen.

After lunch, we drove up to Dry Head Overlook. It was an amazing view. I'm sad that it was a little smokey from some area fires, but it was still beautiful. Christian brought his binoculars to try and see his dad's cows.

Cassie, Travis, Christian, Grandpa Foulger, Jason, Brett, Grandma Foulger and Cathy checking out the view.

Family pic time: Christian, Grandpa Foulger, Jill, Travis, Jason, Carson, Cassie, Grandma Foulger, Landon, Great Grandpa Foulger and Great Grandma Foulger.

After checking out the overlook, we headed back down to our cars. It was much more dusty on the way back and hotter. Great Grandma said their thermometer ready 97 degrees! 

Landon fell asleep while riding with the Whitlocks on the way down 

 

Heading back down!

It was such a fun day and the boys were excited to get to cross off another thing from our Summer Bucket list! We are so lucky to live in an area where we get to enjoy so many beautiful and wonderful things!

Trip to Utah

Last Friday we made a quick trip to Utah for the weekend. We left Lovell around 2:30 and drove to Green River and stayed the night there. Once we were there, we let the boys swim to get some energy out and then went back and got ready for bed

On the road...I was driving and everyone was sleeping. It was a pretty quiet trip for part of it.

And it was hot. The thermometer says 101. I saw it get to 103

Carson and Travis took turns flipping each other off their shoulders into the water.

I told them to flex and these are the poses I got. We really need to work on Landon's flexing form!

 Saturday morning, we got up fairly early and head to Provo, UT to visit Christian's grandma. She turned 101 this Summer, so we thought if we were going to be that close, we would drop in and see her. We visited inside for a while and then she took us outside to see the pond and ducks.

A momma and her babies.

We ended up getting some crackers out of the car to feed the ducks with. Carson decided he would try and feed one out of his hand. He was surprised when it actually took it!

After a nice visit with Grandma Asay, we grabbed some lunch at Tucanos, a Brazilian restaurant, and then made our way to Logan to see my sister for the blessing of baby Sloane.

Landon and baby Sloane. He wanted his picture with her because they were matching.

Jabin took Christian, Carson and Travis out to a little lake where they jet skied for a while. They had fun trying out something new and exploring the area.

That afternoon, Grandpa and Grandma Foulger showed up with really Grandpa and Grandma Foulger. We hung out and ordered some pizza  for dinner. Megan, my mom and I worked on making salads for the luncheon after the blessing on Sunday.

Christian and I made a Swig drink stop at like 10:00 Saturday night. I was surprised to see cars lined up at the drive up when we got there. I guess we aren't the only ones that craved a yummy drink late at night. We stopped at the grocery store on our way back to Megan's and picked up some guardana (a Brazilian pop Chrisitan drank on his mission) and a carton of Aggie Blue Mint ice cream to share. Getting ice cream from the creamery was one thing Carson wanted to do while we were there, so this was our second best option.

Sunday we attended Sacrament meeting in Megan and Jabin's ward for the blessing of Sloane.

Sloane in her blessing dress.

After church we went out Jabin's parents house for a luncheon and spent most the afternoon and evening there. We left Monday morning around 8 to head home. We really had an enjoyable weekend and are so glad that we could see family while we were gone!