Bear Lake Tripp Family Reunion

 Tanner and Peyton

We had our annual Bear Lake family trip.  MacRae has been looking forward to this all year long and could hardly wait to be able to spend a whole week playing with his cousins.  We love to all get together and spend time just hanging out by the pool.  We are so lucky to have such amazing parents to plan such fun trips for us.

Teagan loved being in the pool especially with her Papa.

Peyton liked to crawl in and out of the pool and run around play with her cousins more than she liked being in it.

The things Papa lets us do to him.

Our little dare devil could not get enough of the pool, and for sure has mastered his flips.  He usually got in right after breakfast took a little break in the afternoon and was back in with the big kids later on.  Boy did he crash at night.

Tanner, MacRae, Brooklynne and Cassidee

We also went out on the boat every day too.  MacRae loved it and didn't want to go with the little kids, he had to be with all his buddies.

Tanner, Rachel and Riley

Gage, Sidney, Tanner and Jenny

Brody, Gage Rachel and MacRae

MacRae absolutely loved the paparazzi.  Once he got on it was impossible to get him off.  He loved it when they went fast and crossed over the wake.  He got dumped off a few times and didn't even cry.

Our little bathing beauty loves her sunblock.

We also had a volleyball and baseball tournament.

Pretty good pitch for 70!

And the long awaited Talent Show.  MacRae and Hendrix did a Ninja fight to some Kris Kross "Mac Daddy".  It was the funniest thing I have ever seen.  They were both so serious.

Brody and Gage did a magic show.

MacRae got to be Gage's assistant.  He was so surprised by all their cool tricks.

Courtney, Cassidee and MacRae

Another exciting thing to happen while we were there is Tysen came home from his mission.  He got permission to fly to Salt Lake so he could see all of us.  We were at a wedding , but the kids got to see him come home.

We colored a banner for him, and tied yellow ribbons all over the big blue house.

We are all so proud of Tysen and the sacrifices he made to be worthy to go on a mission and to be gone from all his family for 2 years.

He for sure was missed and was the highlight of our trip.