Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Coombs Family Reunion (Saint George, Utah)

 Last week we spent a few days playing in Saint George for the Coombs Family reunion.


We went straight to the pools on the afternoon we arrived in Saint George.
Krew and Jarren coming down the slide.
Penny coming down the slide.
Tristan and Penny jumping off the rocks.

Schofield jumping off the rocks.
Kendrick jumping into the water.
Harrison and Diana playing pickleball.
We ate all kinds of yummy foods.
Penny, Charly, Ivy, Diana


Penny decided grapes in a hotdog bun would taste better than a hotdog in a hotdog bun.
Many games were played.
Jarren and Grandma
Ivy and Penny

Krew, Douglas, Sam, and Stacie playing Settlers of Catan.
Playing He-Man with Harrison and Reed.

Harrison and Reed
Kendrick and Ivy
Diana, Taylor, Charly
Making crepes for one of the breakfasts. We 10x the recipe.
We spent a few hours at a larger pool area on the second day.
Spencer and Nate doing a bit of brotherly wrestling.
Schofield jumping to catch the football.
Krew jumping to catch the football.
Jarren
Tristan jumping into the lazy river.

Krew and Douglas fighting against the current of the lazy river.
Lydian getting a ride on her Dad's (Andrew's) back.
Lydian and Andrew
Happy Ivy (with her Dad, Clayton)
Not-so-happy Ivy
Our family occupied this section of the pool most of the time.
Penny and Tristan jumping into the water.
Seth and his sons, Reed and Jarren.
Ivy with her Mom (Kate), and Lydian and Penny to the right.
Grandpa Doug relaxing in the shade.
Charly jumping to her uncle, Nate.
Sam floating on the lazy river.
Penny jumping into the water.
Left-to-right: Grandma Margaret, Stacie, Diana, Valerie, Charly
Charly
Diana
You can see Penny smiling through the water.
Charly and Diana

Spencer (above) and Valerie and Nate (below) taking naps after all the fun in the sun. Everyone was thoroughly worn out by the end of our few days in southern Utah.



Slow-motion video of Diana hitting the ping pong ball. And here's the clearer version:
Early on Saturday morning, Sam and I visited the new Red Cliffs Temple, which is located 20 minutes from where we had the family reunion.

This is the funny brother who took our picture for us. While he was taking pictures, his wife started laughing and commented that he was smiling while photographing us. Now we know why. Unbeknownst to us, he decided to take a picture of himself as well. 😁






Stacie, Sam, Jori, Grandma, and Kate chatting in the kitchen.
Stacie, Jori, Kate
These three beautiful ladies are bringing three new babies to the family in a few months. Stacie and Kate are due in August, and Jori is due in September.
Playing pool on the morning we checked out of the house we stayed in during the reunion. The pool table was probably the most used item during the three days. The kids loved it!

Douglas loved the pool table so much that he came home and immediately went to work building a pool table out of legos.

We attended a nearby Sacrament Meeting before departing Saint George on Sunday morning. Note the exhaustion on the faces of the kids. Too much fun and sun!

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who planned this very successful family reunion!

Monday, May 20, 2024

Diana's dance recital, Taylorsville Utah Temple open house, Douglas's magic trick

 We had fun watching Diana's dance recital on the 14th. Grandma and Taylor joined us.

Diana wasn't in this one (the Mario dance routine), but this was another favorite from the recital.








We attended the Taylorsville Utah Temple open house last week.

Penny and Diana

Douglas loves magic tricks these days. Thanks, Grandma, for getting this video of Douglas. The ending is funny. Even Douglas gets tricked by his tricks sometimes. 😁
Here's the same video, but better quality:


Saturday, May 11, 2024

Douglas turns 10


 Douglas turned 10 years old today. Taylor's birthday present to Douglas was a trip to an indoor surfing place in Ogden. Douglas had a blast!

Diana
Diana
Diana
Douglas
Douglas
Taylor



As usual, this blog site won't let me embed a vertical YouTube video (YouTube Shorts). So, click on the links below to see Sam on the boogie board:

Or, you can watch them here, although the quality isn't as good:

Following the surfing, they went over to Farr's Ice Cream for a treat.


When they returned home, I got on FaceTime to watch Douglas open his presents.




This evening, Grandma and Grandpa Coombs, on their way home from the airport, stopped by to celebrate Douglas's birthday.
Sam made this cool LEGO cake for Douglas.



The flowers are LEGO sunflowers. Douglas loves LEGO and the sunflower is his favorite flower.

Happy Birthday, Douglas!

Sunday, May 5, 2024

Tulips and Bouffants

Sam took the kids to the Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving Point this week. Kate, Clayton, and Ivy were in town from Arizona. They, along with Taylor, joined Sam and the kids for some optical delight. Diana, our little anthophile, was in flower heaven.

Penny, Diana, Douglas
Douglas, Penny, Ivy
Diana

Penny
Ivy and Douglas
The kids with their Aunt Taylor.
Diana loves this book and all things related to styling hair.
So, Sam gave Diana a little bouffant of her own. Diana was quite pleased.