Hart Reunion- 2008

Hart Reunion: Grand Tetons, Summer 2008

Friday: We left early morning and drove 11 hours to Ogallala, Nebraska. The kids were actually well-behaved so we had a good trip. After we arrived, we went to the pools. They had an indoor pool, outdoor pool, and large Jacuzzi. The kids were so thrilled to be out of the car that they actually swam for 2 ½ hours!!!
That evening, when we plugged the next hotels address into mapquest we quickly realized something was wrong. We had accidentally booked a hotel in Green River, Utah instead of Green River, Wyoming!! So, we did some quick searching and were able to get a hotel in Rock Springs- phew!

Saturday: We drove about 7 hours to Rock Springs. Again, we headed to the pool where we had the pool to ourselves and we swam 2 hours. The hotel we were in had 3 queen beds so everyone was a happy camper.

Sunday: We took an incredibly scenic drive through the “Teton Scenic Byway” and it was gorgeous! We stopped and took some pictures at the Reservoir. We did about 5 ½ hours of driving. We finally arrived in Alta, Wyoming for the Hart reunion. The house we were in had an incredible view of the Grand Tetons. If you looked out the other window you could see the valley. It was really a majestic site. The house had plenty of room, a hot tub with a view of the Tetons, a game room, basketball court, playground, sauna, volleyball net, and a separate annex where we stayed. The weather was beautiful.
We watched a wonderful video the Hart grandparents had put together of videos they had taken since 2002 and had scones for dessert. We also started the filming of the next sequel to Evil Planners.

Monday: This was river-rafting day on the Snake River. Alayna and I didn’t go since Alayna missed the cut-off age by 1 month. It was pouring down rain, but no one seemed to mind since they were all wet anyway. Alayna and I took it easy and played with the new babies.
The afternoon was spent doing American Idol on Playstation II, Guitar Hero, and Karaoke. In the evening, the younger kids went into the hot tub, the older kids played video games, and the adults played Buzz Word (which was pretty entertaining).

Tuesday: We continued to tape many of the scenes for EP. This was the night we were in charge of dinner so we made kid friendly margaritas and walking tacos- always a hit! The kids practiced more American Idol and went in the hot tub. We topped it all off with the game Apples to Apples before bed.

Wednesday: The boys left early for several hours of Paint ball. The rest of us went down to Jackson (a gorgeous scenic drive) to do some window shopping. We found some fun postcards and took pictures. Then we had a picnic lunch at the park while the kids played. That night we had an American Idol contest (using the PS 2 game)

Thursday: We woke up early to go to some waterfalls but then found out they were over an hour and a half away and changed our minds. Instead we had several tournaments throughout the day that everyone participated in: American Idol, washers, ping pong, Wii-tennis, etc.
That evening we celebrated Pioneer day with a cookout (tin foil dinners, some fun pioneer activities (mining for gold, calligraphy, making pioneer yoyos), and made smores and doughboys. It was also neat because Gma and Gpa told some stories about some of our ancestors.

Friday: We took the scenic byway back through the mountains. What we thought would be a quick 3 hour drive turned into 6. There was a lot of construction. We did stop and take a picture of us with a giant potato. We also stopped at Bear Lake for yummy raspberry shakes (kids got chocolate and M&M shakes)