After weeks of planning, the weekend finally arrived. We were so excited to have Teri's family up for a visit and a chance to all be together. But the weekend fairy had other plans....Early Friday afternoon, Vance and family tried to come up with LaDawn's trailor, but just outside of Evanston the motor decided it was tired and blew up in his truck. So while Teri went to get her nails done (Yes, nails came before family!) Eddie went to go save the day. He finished towing up the trailor to the lake as Vance went back home with the tow truck. Vonya and Cory and crew came up Friday night, along with Amber and Josh. Saturday morning Eddie called Vance and told him they had a date and Vance was NOT to stand him up. With a little coaxing, Vance and family came up, as well as the rest of the family. Mom, NaDeen, LaDawn, Chalise, and Taylee came from Park City where they had stayed the night for a girls night out. After having fun and shopping they came up. By 4:00 all the family had gathered at the house. Everyone was there but for 2 of Teri's nephews, which were missed. It was so nice to have everyone together, as it hasn't happened for a long time. After dinner we all drove to Flaming Gorge for the Parade of Lights. We had borrowed Eddie's sister's pontoon boat, dubbed the "Party Barge" so everyone was able to be on a boat and out on the water for the Parade. The weather was great and we had a great time. The Parade was a little disappointing due to not many boats were entered into the Parade and not many boats were on the water come time to watch, but all in all it was worth it. We loaded the boats up and went to a different marina where the trailor was located. Some of the crew stayed the night at the lake, sleeping in the trailor and on the boat, as the rest of us came home for some sleep. We all woke up the next morning and headed down to the lake to the trailor for breakfast. The weekend fairy sprinkled more fairy dust as the weather was awful. It was very cloudy and windy with some rain mixed in. After cooking breakfast, we decided that we would take the boat out with the tube and see if we could salvage anything fun for the day. It took a bit of effort by all the teenagers to push to boat back from the shore as the wind over the water had the boat pretty stuck in the beach. But due to strong kids and LOTS of effort, it came free and we went out on the lake. It was loads of fun as turns were taken on the tube and even more fun as Eddie dumped the kids into the lake on some pretty big waves. It was very fun to have Cory and Vonya coming along on the waverunners and to help rescue the dumped passengers of the tube. Before lunch we traded and took Mom, Richard, Vance, Brenda, LaDawn and Brent for a much smoother ride on the boat. At first it was bumpy due to all the wind and we all got soaked, but once back in some coves it calmed down and was very enjoyable. We all went back on shore and had lunch. We decided that at this point the weekend fairy and the weather had won the battle and we packed up to go back to the house. That night we had dinner and roasted marshmellows. We watched Narnia and then watched the video that was taken from the boat of all the fun at the lake. What great shots we got of bodies flying off the tube! As people started to settle down for bed, the weekend fairy decided things were getting boring so she once again sprinkled some more of her fairy dust. As NaDeen was going down the stairs to bed she slipped and tumbled down the stairs. Her foot had got caught on the step and tore her big toenail away from her toe. It was a bit scary as we didn't know if she had broken anything and to what extent the injuries were. But after a bit of calming her down and cleaning up the toe we found that was the major part of the injury. We got her into bed and other than a very sore toe, which is very pretty colors by now, she was fine. The next morning we all had breakfast and everyone started heading home. It was very nice to have two of Eddie's daughters and grandbabies with us throughout the weekend and Teri's family were able to meet them and enjoy them as much as we do. We hope that the weekend made some great memories and that everyone will come see us again soon.....and the weekend fairy is NOT invited!! Bad Fairy!
