We had a miracle happen in August... our entire family, except Elder Simms, gathered together in Yosemite, CA. I have been procrastinating starting these posts, trying to decide how to manage them. I have tons of pictures. And tons a various activities. Audrey was the "number one" planner of that trip. She spent lots of time working on reservations and other activities. Everything turned out well. Andersons, Simms, and us shared a cabin in Wawona. Petes and Christiansens shared a cabin in Oakhurst. Mike and Carrie had their own cabin in Fish Camp. The only thing that none of us anticipated was the curvy, mountainous driving situation. There wasn't a great mileage distance between places but driving "times" were usually at least an hour because of the slow curvy roads. The Pete boys, the Simms boys, and Micah and Dallin all met up a few days before the rest of us arrived for their own back packing trip. (That meant that Ashley and the girls, and Alison and the rest of their kids flew to CA on Wednesday evening, August 2. Us and the Andersons also flew in that day, but we arrived in the afternoon. (Ashley and the girls were originally on an earlier flight, that would have arrived in the afternoon, but it got canceled- putting them on the same flight out of SLC as Alison.) All of those flights flew into Fresno Yosemite airport... about two hours from Yosemite. Mike and Carrie arrived on Friday evening and had to leave on Sunday evening. The rest of us all left on Tuesday, August 8th. I am going to share some of the group and family photos with this post. Then I will do other posts of the various activities and gatherings. Audrey bought blue T Shirts for everyone, and Jaden put a white vacation theme on them. "Give Me this Mountain". That was the theme of the Denver Colorado mission when Savages were the mission presidents. Audrey thought that was fitting for our family reunion in a place like Yosemite. We took the family photos near Bass Lake on Friday evening after Thompsons arrived.
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