Party in Park City

Here comes the motha-load of pictures people. We road tripped from April 1st - April 11th and I have plenty of pictures to show for it. I'll probably do this in 2 posts, but this should be a good start so here we go...

My fam planned a little reunion in Park City, Utah for General Conference weekend. The last time we were all together was January 2008, at Brent and Janeen's reception before Bryan's mission to Mexico. Now, 7 grandbabies and 2 years later, we thought a reunion was long overdue. Rather than even attempt to fly with our 4 littles (can you imagine?), we loaded up the mini and started off on out first major family ROAD TRIP!

We made great time on day 1. Heading out around 4am was definitely a smart move, the kids did plenty of sleeping. Another strategic play on our part was moving the twinners up to forward facing carseats for the trip. I'll admit, it was a little preemptive (2 1/2 weeks before their first birthday) but totally worth it. They loved looking around and watching DVDs...

We arrived in New Mexico in the afternoon with plenty of time to do a little hotel swimming...
These two became best buds on the trip, I caught them holding hands and sharing snacks constantly...After another somewhat peaceful day of driving, we arrived in Park City just in time for snow, snow, and more snow! That same night, 6 of my seven brothers and sisters were all in the Salt Lake Temple together while Jeffrey (the baby boy) received his endowment. It was so neat to be there with our adopted brother Cody, my Carver cousin Jackie and her husband, Aunt Dee Dee, and other extended family members.

The next couple of days were a blur of hanging out at the cabin, taking turns going to the Conference Center in Salt Lake, and watching kiddos. It was way busy but fun. Here we are ready for a Sat. afternoon sesh...In the evening, the guys headed off to the Priesthood Session while the girlies had a little Girls Night/Birthday extravaganza for yours truly...
Later that night, not even snow fall could stop some of us from some Park City hot tubbin'...The next morning was Easter Sunday, and some very excited cousins were sure glad the Easter Bunny found the right house...The rest of us were just down right tired including this crew (I'm sure Ry will be thrilled that I posted this charming pic...I just love how they all have the same sleepy look)...
Next, we were off to Uncle Gary's place where we had an Easter Feast that would put Thanksgiving to shame. Those Stefan's sure don't mess around when it comes to food! Thankfully, there were plenty of baby lovers around so we got to sit and enjoy our food kid-free. My beautiful cousin Kristin... Kaydree absolutely could not wait to visit Grandpa Bob. My cute Grandpa has been in and out of the hospital for months, we're all convinced he has at least 9 lives, maybe more. He is practically the 8th world wonder...Kaydree has been praying for Grandpa Bob at least 3 times a day for as long as she can remember so she was so excited to meet him. This was the first time that Grandma Gracie and Grandpa Bob could meet the twins too, so everyone was pretty excited!Both the good food and the good company at the Stefan's was enough to wipe anyone out, including our 4 bundles of energy...We still managed to make a quick trip up to Bountiful to say hi to Ryan's Aunt Maryann and Uncle Mark. Before driving up to Idaho the next day, we made sure to make a stop at Temple Square...Our eternal family...If you think that was a lot, that was just the first half of the trip! Stay tuned for part 2.