The Yoder Reunion

Last weekend Dave and I headed down to Zion's for my Mom's family reunion (the Yoders). I had been off on a business trip* the night before so I had packed prior to the trip. At the point of packing the weather was supposed to be 80-90 degrees... When we left on Friday morning the whether was threatening to not even get up to 50!

*side note: on the business trip the hotel accidentally gave away my room so they had to upgrade me to a 2,300 square foot suite with 2 living rooms, 2 bathrooms, a jacuzzi tub, 8 flat screen tvs... the works!

Dave and I decided to carpool with my parents (since we were both going and leaving for home at the exact same times), so we all carefully watched the temperature rise as we headed south. By the time we reached the Cabin, the weather had reached a pleasant 70 degrees. So we decided to have a quick jaunt up Angel's Landing with my Uncle Emil, and cousins Emil Michael and Noah.

Even with the 10 year old (Noah), we still made it up and back in 3 hours! We really trucked it, and it was great to get to know them better in the process. It's been great getting to know the aunts and uncles as an adult (a little different than our relationship growing up).  We planned to do some canyoneering over the break as well, but couldn't due to flash flood warnings.

Over all the whole weekend went well and was a great opportunity to get to know the relatives better. I had many conversations with cousins/uncles/aunts that helped me understand them better and grow closer to them. It was a great trip, although I wish we would have taken a day between starting and going back to work. It was rough to jump right into a new job. But the Job is going great! I'll write more about it later...