Vore Family Vacation, June 2018

June 2018

We headed to Mapleton, Utah for our Vore Family Reunion.  So much fun.  Chris found a really cool VRBO house.  It was humongous: three floors, an indoor pool and basketball court, an outdoor tennis court and playground. Brit and I planned some activities and Angelique handled the food/shopping for the days we ate at home.  I will just try to post a few pictures from each day.

Saturday June 9th

Flying as an extended family.  It's always an adventure!

Bri and Bryn

BOYS-ugh...so hard to get a normal picture!  Holden and Tanner
came on board with their own looks.  Holden had his headband
and Tanner was "Swaggy T"

Parker and baby Lincoln-he's very popular

La, Aub and Dylan Hill (Kerry's girlfriend's son)

Charity, Bryn and Park (ugh-boys and their faces for pictures!)

Sunday June 10th

We, the Gwilliam fam, headed to Draper for Kyle's homecoming while the Vore family had church, Temple Square and other activities planned.  Kyle did a great job sharing his testimony and it was so fun to be in town for this big event!  I didn't take many pictures but Keith and family, Jeff and family and Grandma and Grandpa Gwilliam were all able to be there for his homecoming.

McKayla and Kyle

Tan being goofy...what a lovely church look

Monday June 11th  

We spent the day in Provo Canyon.  We played ultimate frisbee and razzle dazzle.  The little kids had fun with bubbles and playing in the freezing river.  Everyone enjoyed the foil dinners (lunches) and making smores.  Then we drove up the canyon to float down the Provo river. Tanner was with the Kerry Vores and Parker and Brinley were with Charity and Benja and some others.  Brian and I were on a raft with Adam Bird and kiddos.  The Bird kids were AWESOME!  The river was super slow and they appreciated the tiniest motion in the water.  Hudson and Braddock were super paddlers too. 

Back row: Adam and Britney, Quetta and Kerry, Me and Brian, Parker, Brinley, Adam, and Benja
Middle row: Stevie, Gram, Charity, Gramp, Ang and Chris
Front row: Holdon, Ty, Aubrey, Tanner, Lauron, Becky, Dylan
Sitting: Braddock, Hudson, Charlotte, Eleanor, Perry, Griffin and Blair

Gram and Gramp with the little girls.

Megan, Aubrey, Hudson, Adam, Parker and Bryn around Lincoln

Later about half of the group headed to Sandy to watch Tuck Everlasting at the Hale Center Theater. (Tanner saw me typing this and in reference to the play said "ugh, that was a terrible time."  He's not a big fan of plays.) 

In and Out Burger before the play.
Charity, Brinley, Benjamin and Paker

Aubrey and Lauron with the leading actress who was just their age.

Tuesday June 12th

We met for an Escape Room activity and lunch at Cafe Rio and then had a "Choose Your Own Adventure" day.  Most of our group spent at least some time at the mall and then had a blast at the house playing racquetball, tennis, swimming and hanging out with cousins.   I loved that my one of my very best friends from High School, Shawn Bonifay, drove down from Salt Lake to visit us!  One other fun thing was almost every evening the kids, from Griffin 7 years to Adam 22 years, played capture the flag.  

Back row lft-rt: Parker & me, Chris & Ang, Benja & Charity, Grandpa & Brinley, Adam & Britney, Adam, Megan & Lincoln, Brian   Middle row: Ella, Tanner, Becky, Braddock, Hudson, Quetta, Kerry & Blair  Front row: Charlotte, La, Aub and Perry, Griffin

Braddock, me, Charlotte, Tanner, Lauron, Aubrey, Brian and Hudson

Brian, Aubrey, Tanner and my group...one of hour pure chaos and excitement.  (Braddock's face pretty much sums up that little room experience...And no, we did not get out!)  

Shawnee, Me and Angelique.  I love these two girls so much.
They were my closest two friends during my teen years!

I think Shawnee called this our "cougar" selfie!  If the age fits....

Provo Center City Temple

We had to do two pictures because there was
nobody on the grounds to take one of our whole family.

Wednesday June 13th

We did a prospective student tour of BYU for Bryn and Parker and then we hit the bookstore and the Cougareat.  LOVE BYU!  That evening while the other half of the family went to the play at the Hale Theater (we split the group for babysitting options) some of us did a tour of the Missionary Training Center.  Erin Miesje, who is currently serving in the Independence Missouri Visitors Center mission, set it up for us.  I am so glad that we took the time to do the tour.  We were all worn out and the kids were grumbling but once we got there everyone settled in and really enjoyed the experience.  The spirit was so strong on the MTC campus.  It was amazing to see so many young men and young women walking in groups reverently from one area to the next.  We all felt the peace and every one of our children expressed gratitude that we went.

Bryn and Tanner at BYU.

Hudson joined our group...this sign was so huge
we didn't realize he looked so little and alone.  

Chris and family, Grandma and Aubrey were in a tour 30 minutes later.

The new building with lots of windows and light
for the missionaries who are studying all day.

One of the new classrooms.

Thursday June 14th
Our last morning.  Mostly everybody just packed up and headed out to the airport. I am including a few random pictures (out of over 200) from the week.  We stayed in Utah six more dayts to get in some Gwilliam family time. We loved our Vore Vacation.  Thank you Gram and Gramp for making it possible!

Charity and Bryn...several family members sat down
and worked on this puzzle throughout the week.

The Vore Boys.  Chris, Adam and Benja

Josh and Sara Martin stopped by a couple of times (Ang's brother and sis-in-law). 
Adam and Britney visiting with the kiddos in the sandbox behind them.

Ang, Grandpa, Gram and Adam at the Provo City Center visitors center.