The Harold and Merilee Waters Reunion

We went to Salt Lake City the night of June 29th to July 2 for a fun filled reunion with the majority of my siblings and my parents. We drove down after Wes got off work and arrived at the hotel around 11:30 pm. After unpacking the car and visiting for a little bit we decided it was time for bed. Piper had been awake for the most of the trip and I knew she was tired. Silly me thinking I could just put her to bed and she would be out for the night. Oh, how I was wrong. I layed her down with her bottle and she instantly started screaming. She screamed for about 45 minutes and nothing would console her. My parents and the younger kids were upstairs trying to sleep. My sister Cheary and her husband were right outside the door of our room on the pull out couch. No one could sleep due to the fact that my darling baby girl was no willing to go to bed. Finally around 1:30 am I decided she needed her tubby. I thought we could forgo the tubby since it was so late. Piper is so very stubborn that she calmed down as soon as I turned on the tub water. She splashed in the water for about 10 minutes and then was out for the rest of the "morning". I did not take a picture of her at the time because I was concerned that the flash might wake her and we would be starting all over again.

Any way, she sleeps in her pack and play much the same way as she is sleeping in this picture. She also is known to roll over bury her head and sleep with her bum in the air.

Then Tuesday morning we went to the Salt Lake Temple to do a session with my sisters, brother-in-laws, and my parents. I was quite the enjoyable time and I do not have pictures of that.

That afternoon was the part the kids were looking forward to the most. We went and spent the rest of the day at Lagoon.

It was so warm the Wes and I decided we were going to the pools to cool off and we knew that was what Piper would enjoy the most. We floated the lazy river.

Then Piper found the water volcanoe. She really found the stairs and she always liked climbing the stairs so that is where she went. Once climbing to the top of the stairs she found the water pouring down from above and the many slides that would take her down. Upon finding the slides she insisted on going down each one of them multiple times. So we took turns with the camera and going down with her.

This was her first trip down, she decided it wasn't so bad. We pretty much spent the rest of the evening in the water and then she was so very tired that we each went on a few rides.

Then time for refreshments with Grandparents, Thanks Mom and Dad for playing with the kids!

Wes and Dan took her and our neice Kaylin on the train and she was out.

More of our adventure to come later, now is time for bed.

Good Night!