Vea Camping Trip

August 11 – 14, 2011

Vea Family Reunion

Earlier this year when we went to Price for Eric’s grandpa’s funeral we talked to a couple of cousins and thought it would be fun to plan a cousins camping trip. Eric’s family does not get together very often. We drove down Thursday, August 11 in the afternoon and stopped at Eric’s brother, Travis’s house. We filled up our trailer with water and then headed to the farm. We decided to have camp above the farm so that it was close for those that wanted to come and go throughout the day. We stopped at Uncle Jerry’s and cousin, Danny drove us through the gates. We set up camp and then had a fire. The other’s didn’t come up until Friday evening. Friday morning we went and visited with Eric’s mom for a little while. She wasn’t coming up to camp because she had a busy weekend and does not like to go camping or go on the mountain.  We then went to the grocery store for a couple of things. Then back up to camp. It was pretty hot, but sitting in the shade wasn’t bad. Travis & Lisa and their girls were the first ones to come up. They got there in the afternoon. Then Steve & Mika, really close friends of the family. Jodi and her kids came up and then had to wait for Josh to bring their trailer up. He got called to work and had to work a little late. Cody and Lexi came up for the night and then went home. We cooked tin-foil dinners and stayed up late telling stories. It was so fun being together and just laughing and having a good time. Saturday, we all cooked breakfast and ate together. The moms and kids decided to go swimming at the Helper pool. Just after we got there some little kid had an accident in the pool and they had to pull everyone out and it ended up being about an hour before everyone could get back in. The kids were pretty patient, but we were close to leaving. Once we got in. The kids had a great time. It was nice to swim in the heat of the day. Bridget and her girls came and swam with us, it was really good to see them. They are growing up fast. Rylee ended up going with us to camp and staying the night. JaSalene ended up changing her mind and really wanted to come so she came up with Travis and Lisa. We cooked BBQ chicken and dutch oven potatoes for dinner. It turned out really good.  Everyone was a little worn out from the pool and the heat. We put the kids to bed and then enjoyed telling stories again. Cody and Lexi stayed the night on the back of their truck.  Sunday, it started sprinkling, but felt kind of good. We fixed breakfast and then started packing up. We left camp about 11:30. We went into Price to dump the trailer and then were on our way home. We hope to do something like this every summer. It was really good to get together and let the kids play and just have a good time.

On our way home we stopped at my parent’s house for dinner.  They have dinner once a month for the family and any birthdays that month.